BreechFace
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15+1 with a 15 round reload. But more often than not I don't carry a spare magazine
As an old academy instructor I knew used to say, "It's not the odds; it's the stakes."and fail in such a way that a fresh magazine would fix the issue; and in such scenario that I would have the time to fix the problem by switching the magazine during the fight.....just seems really really freaking unlikely.
As an old academy instructor I knew used to say, "It's not the odds; it's the stakes."
Would it not be faster for most people to do a "rack & tap" than a mag change in the event of a jam? Sure, an accidental ejection of the magazine w/o a spare would not be good but isn't some kind of feed jam be more likely than a dropped magazine?
I do wonder how many people pack an extra box of ammo when they take off on a trip. I've done it specifically to avoid having additional loaded mags, for fear that the optics of having 6 loaded mags vs 3+ a box of ammo would somehow be worse.
Seems like the number of malfunctions that could be solved with a new magazine vs the one in the firearms are pretty limited. Even if the one in the gun needs yanking out, then it's in the hand. Perhaps not everyone can manipulate a slide with a magazine in their hand? But I'd certainly rather deal with the one in my mitt right then than drop it and have to go scrabbling under a cover garment for a spare.
I do wonder how many people pack an extra box of ammo when they take off on a trip. I've done it specifically to avoid having additional loaded mags, for fear that the optics of having 6 loaded mags vs 3+ a box of ammo would somehow be worse.
No chambered round? Or are your mags different capacity? Not asking to judge, just asking. I used to carry a flush fit in, and back ups with bumpers because I thought the flush fit mag concealed better. I quit worrying about it, but all my carry mags in .45 are 7 rounders..45 ACP: 7 rnds + 7 rnd mag
9 mm: 11 rnds + 11 rnd mag
Two mags for me... but that's more of my CC piece..whatever I carry, I don't want to end up with an expensive rock.