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I recall a thread about something like this once, I believe everyone agreed that leaving the magazine in your underwear was the best option (if the ass is out ofcourse).

however if you are uncomortable with this you can always levae the magazine by the gun and grab it as you get up.

If you can't kill them with 15- 17 rounds then God want's you dead.
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sounds about right.....
 
If you are looking for a Stupid answer then this forum is the right place. If you can't kill them with 15- 17 rounds then God want's you dead.
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Get a Glock. If you're really worried that 15+1 (G19) or 17+1 (G17) rounds are not enough, get one of those 33-round magazines. 33+1 should be enough for any situation. (or if not - you're screwed, and not because of mag capacity)
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If ya'll had bothered to read the preceding posts in the thread, you'd have seen that it's not always about "needing" X number of rounds. Sometimes guns jam, and having a backup mag to swap out in a pinch could be the difference between life and death.

And FWIW, I was always told that God helps those who help themselves. I'd like to think that by bringing along an extra mag, I'm "helping myself" by making sure I have a way to get myself back in the fight if need be.
 
fiddletown said:
I'd just keep the spare magazine with me on the floor behind my cover. If I suspect I've got intruders, and if all authorized persons in the house are accounted for and in the safe room with me, I'm not going anywhere.

House clearing is a dangerous activity to be avoided whenever possible. Trained people who do it for a living do it in teams, not solo if at all possible.

If you go looking for an intruder, the intruder has an enormous tactical advantage. He jsut has to wait for you so he can ambush you. There may be more than one intruder, and while you're looking for one the other can be taking hostages. You can also easily be flanked.
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Exactly what came to my mind, couldn't have stated it better.

Keep your family and yourself safe, stay put and defend your safe room.
 
You have options-

-If your magazine is light enough tuck it into your waistband

-Switch to briefs (there's a pocket inside the flap and under your 'junk' that will hold a magazine, or even a small pistol, quite well) :cool:

-Get a high(er) capacity magazine and don't worry about a spare

-Carry the spare between the pinky and ring finger of your weak hand

-Glue two magazines together at the baseplate so if one runs dry you can just flip and re-insert

-forget the extra and don't miss :scrutiny:
 
WyoCarp said it well. Too much Mallninja sentiments for my liking. Its an intruder, not an army......besides, the intention to fill an intruder full of holes, construed by the extra mags carried, may not bode well in a court of law, to decide whether it was self defense or something else.
 
I'm with DHJenkins. Carry it like a flashlight. I do occasionally train to draw and hold a spare magazine. Where I carry a 1911, it's not a bad idea to have the next magazine ready, or at least be ready to grab it quickly. Do it all the time? Not necessarily. Know how to do it? Can't be a bad idea.

To be perfectly honest, I'll add it to the list of reasons I use a rifle or shotgun for HD.
 
Does anyone have a clever idea for this dilemma?
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Yes, a SafariLand "Gun-Quik" shoulder holster with spare mag pouch and pistol both - or a similar shoulder holster. :)

This thread belongs in Handguns - General.
 
besides, the intention to fill an intruder full of holes, construed by the extra mags carried, may not bode well in a court of law
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The "intention" is to stop the threat, period. If that means I have to "fill them full of holes", so be it. If pointing my pistol at them and commanding them to leave does the trick and I don't have to shoot them, well, that's fantastic.

And if you're questioned about the extra mag you were carrying at the time, all you have to do is tell the truth - you were facing a potentially deadly situation with an unknown intruder(s), and you grabbed an extra mag because your prior practice and training with firearms included emergency malfunction drills should one arise in a self defense situation.

The prosecotor can argue all day that your true intent was to leave a bullet-riddled corpse for the police, but unless that actually happens, they're not going to get far with it.

And besides all that - I'd much rather have a spare mag handy and explain to the judge and jury why I had it, than not have one handy and end up dead because my pistol jammed and the badguy got the drop on me.
 
Remington 870 12ga 5 rounds 3"mag #2 shot. Put 5 more on the receiver or on the stock. Use one reload one, although I dont really think it would be necessary.
 
Once you start shooting indoors in the dark in the middle of the night you'll be putting on one hellacious sound and light show. Under those circumstances the threat will likely be eliminated well before you use the first mag.
 
Spare mag is a little down on my list.

The first thing I want is a pair of shoes on my feet.

Yes, the gun seems to be the first thing everyone thinks of. "What's good for HD?" "What caliber for burglar?" "Auto or revolver?"......

It's not just the gun that will save your hide, it's the whole package.

I don't want to go into bullets flying without good traction. Bare feet don't work so well with broken glass, strewn furnature, and gravel if I have to go outside. There's never any guarantees. Being able to stay inside isn't guaranteed, so staying on nice soft carpeting isn't either.

I have a pair of shorts with spare shells, a knife, a spare flashlight, and a spare mag for the pistol (even though the plan calls for the shotgun), along with a solid set of side-zip (quicker than lacing) hiking boots, my FN SLP, and a bandolier next to the bed.

If I hear a crash, the shorts and boots go on before I ever leave the room.

It's amazing how quickly it's possible to do this. We're talking 10 seconds.

If I do run into some serious crap, I'm pretty sure this 10 second delay will be well worth it.
 
Remington 870 12ga 5 rounds 3"mag #2 shot. Put 5 more on the receiver or on the stock. Use one reload one, although I dont really think it would be necessary.
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Better still, use 2 3/4" inch shells (or 2 1/2" if your gun will feed them reliably.) You may pick up an extra shell in magazine capacity that way.
 
Vern. I'm seriously thinking of trying to get the Mossy 500 to feed the 1-3/4" #1B/#4B duplex loads that Aguila makes, for just that reason. Low recoil, same velocity, "standard" mag tube holds 8 or 9 rounds. Fewer pellets, true, but at HD ranges, most all of them will connect.
 
If my Ithaca would feed them reliably, I'd use the 1 3/4" shells, too. In fact, I might just take some old hulls I have lying around and see if I can work up a 1 3/4" load that will feed and shoot well.
 
With a semi auto, the extra mag is more for a malfunction than capacity. Your most likely point of failure is going to be the mag. Murphy likes to pick on the mags. That's really the only reason I carry the spare. New York reload is always nice. Strap on a 38 spl to the ankle, auto loader in the one hand, surefire in the other. If a quick slap and rack doesn't get you back in the game, duck behind cover and grab the back up.

Or ideally, bunker up and wait. I remember when I was younger, my mom would sleep with a 38 snubby under her pillow. If I had to go pee or something in the middle of the night, I was advised to wake her up first by hollerin from my room before heading out. She was a deep sleeper. I nearly wet myself on many occasion waiting for the grumpily reply of all clear.
 
To paraphrase Louis Awerbuck: On your nightstand should be a gun belt that fits you naked. On that gun belt should be 1) A good holster housing your carry gun, 2) At least one spare mag, 3) A good flashlight, 4) A cell phone, 5) A keychain with your house keys and a glow stick attached to it. This sounded like good advice to me when I heard it. The only thing I would add is a hands-free headset for said cell phone. The idea behind the glowstick/keychain is that once you have your family safely holed up in your bedroom/safe room/whatever, you call 911 and when they tell you that the offices have arrived, you break the glowstick and toss the keys out the window for the officers.
 
buy a Cyberdyne Systems Model 101 to stand guard at night that way you'll never be out matched unless your intruder is armed with a T-1000
 
Save your free hand for a flashlight. Unless you are being overrun by a platoon or something, you will be able to defend yourself with the 15 (or 6 for that matter) rounds in the gun you have at hand. In fact, I would suggest that worrying about an extra mag at a time like that would cost you time.

Skip the extra mag. My nightstand gun is a Glock 17 loaded up with 17+1. I don't even have a second mag loaded.
 
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