Get your cameras out - let's see what ya got

[sturmgewehr]

In Indiana there is no such restriction on the number of weapons you may carry or even how you may carry them.

 

[10 Ring Tao]

I find it interesting to note that not everyone seems to carry a reload. Either that or they just forgot to picture it. I'm just wondering why?

I always carry at least one full reload for whatever I'm carrying. The reason is because you never know what may happen if you actually need your gun to defend yourself, you just may need that extra ammo.

I have yet to read where a civilian CCW'er has needed more than 5 shots, and indeed, the vast majority of self defense shootings involve about 3 seconds with 3 shots fired.

If I need a reload, and have time to reload, I'll be getting the hell out of there.

 

[Daemon688]

Same here in MN. We can carry as many pistols as we want and in any manner we choose. I carry a reload at all times for my primary but not my BUG. If the shooting starts you can never have enough ammo. Doesn't help that my mags only hold 7 rounds either.

 

[Stevie-Ray]

Most CCW licenses only allow you to carry one concealed gun at a time.
Dumb, but true.

Carry a dozen in MI, if you've a mind to. Personally, I've yet to carry more than 3.

And most of the time, not a reload.

 

[MT GUNNY]

My Rig

My first attemt at porn.

 

[M1 Shooter]

I have yet to read where a civilian CCW'er has needed more than 5 shots, and indeed, the vast majority of self defense shootings involve about 3 seconds with 3 shots fired.

If I need a reload, and have time to reload, I'll be getting the hell out of there.

The reason for a reload is for multiple attackers or because of a malfunction.
Say you are facing three attackers with only a 5 shot snubby. If you fire one shot at each of them that only leaves you with two rounds in case of a failure to stop. What do you do if you miss one or more of them with those first three shots, they continue their attack, and you have no way to escape? It may be unlikely to happen, but it could happen. If you are unlucky enough to get in a situation like that, there will be no such thing as too much ammo!!

In the case of auto-pistols, most malfunctions are due to a faulty magazine. So the easiest, most efficient, and quickest fix is to drop the offending mag and insert a new one, and I have heard about this happening. I've also had it happen while shooting on the range, so I switched mags and that fixed the problem. If you only have the one mag that is malfunctioning, well all I can say is, I sure hope you practiced your malfunction drills a lot.

You may not have heard or read about anyone needing their reload, but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

I just don't understand what the big deal is to slip an extra reload into your pocket. I ALWAYS have at least one reload, and it has never bothered me in the least to carry it. To each their own I guess, it's your life, and odds are you will never even need the rounds in your gun to begin with, much less a reload. However, I for one do not want to find out the hard way if I'll ever need a reload or not, so I prefer to always have one. It's the same as carrying a gun in the first place, I'd rather have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.
IMO, if you are not going to give yourself every possible advantage you can, which includes carrying a reload, you probably shouldn't even bother carrying a gun in the first place.

 

[10 Ring Tao]

I've done my homework, and I'm comfortable with where I've chosen to be as far as equipment. Just having the gun and being willing to display and then shoot it takes care of 99.9% of possible threats.

Without a batman belt, there is a point of diminishing returns where you have so much junk in your pockets and around your waist it negatively affects movement and comfort. If I didn't carry a cellphone, I'd probably throw a mag in that pocket, but I'm far more likely to need a cellphone than a reload.

I have a routine I can live with. An important part of that routine is that its easy enough that I'll do it every day, without fail. Too much burden, and its real easy to say, screw it, I don't feel like lugging around a midget in my pockets.

 

[mfetty77]

Here's mine.

 

[PennsyPlinker]

Here's (most of) my stuff. I left out the wallet and hankie.



I carry the PT145 in a DeSantis Nemesis pocket holster or a Galco IWB depending on what I am wearing. Sometimes I have a Kel Tec P3AT instead or in addition to. Extra mags are usually close at hand.

I hate having a bunch of stuff in my pockets, and I don't know how some of you guys do it. I keep the Leatherman, lighter, flashlight, and all that other good stuff in my truck in a Maxpedition man purse. There are very few times the truck is not where I am, and in those cases, grabbing the versipack is quick and easy.

And as one other poster put it, I think as I go out the door, "keys, phone, money, gun". Everything else, even a knife, can be replaced if I forgot it.

 

[Piedmont Plinker]

Black Majic what kind of BMW do you drive.

 

[Boom-stick]

the more I read this thread the more I realise how much my country sucks...

Although this is an old picture, this'll give you an idea of what we get away with,



BTW, pen and phone have changed now to a Mil Tac TDP and an 02 pda phone with tom-tom GPS.
I really must update my pictures.

 

[209]

When I'm around town and out-and-about, I usually carry this:



When at work, depending on what I'm doing, I carry one of these:



If things are getting bad at work, I may carry this:



If everything goes South, I up-grade to one of these:



All-in-all, it's a major step down. I used to carry one of these:

 

[68'chevelle]

If I can find my pics I'll post what I carried every day, and what I carry now. I used to carry one of them aka M60 Happiness is a Belt-fed Weapon

 

[Irwin]

Boom stick could you enliten me into what we are leagly aloud to carry knife wise in Britain and does scottish law differ from english in this respect? ps ill get a photo up once me camra has charged.

 

[sturmgewehr]

Irwin, it must drive you guys crazy seeing the stuff we can legally carry over here. What are the gun laws like in Scotland? I would imagine they're as draconian as the English laws...

 

[Irwin]

sturmgewehr, it does indeed drive me crazy when i was over in new york in july my cousin was showing me all his guns like he did the year before but he had his 7mm magnum back this time unfortunetly we didnt have time to go shooting like last year, but man I would love just to be able to go to the gun shop put my money down and buy a rifle with out all this burocracy even if i was only aloud to own one gun that would suit me fine cant wait to learn my trade and settle over there. I mean im worring if its still leagl to carry my penknife to work anymore. Irwin

 

[hayseed_byte]

I also carry a cell phone but I had to use it to take the picture.

In case anyone is wondering, that rectangular thing towards the center is a deck of cards in a metal card clip.


--Hayseed_Byte

 

[spankaveli]

 

[Guitargod1985]

Good Lord, spankeveli! You think you'll have enough knives for one day?

 

[spankaveli]

I don't even consider the one on my keyring anything more than a useful tool.

 

[mpc12]

What was in my pockets today after work.

 

[Kentak]

Dude! you got an iPhone?

 

[doubleg]

Here's (most of) my stuff. I left out the wallet and hankie.

Nice phone ya got there Plinker.

 

[sturmgewehr]

Hey now, I have phone bragging rights.

 

[outdoorman63]

here is my stuff..depending on what i wear will depend on which gun i carry