How do you carry your magazine?

[boostedxt]

I dont mean topping it off or not. I mean how do you conceal it and where is it?

I have been doing weak hand side, ammo facing backwards, and in a normal holder. I wanna start to conceal it more.

joe

 

[earlthegoat2]

I wear 5.11 pants or shorts most of the time and that little "cell phone" pocket fits a magazine great.

True it is not as fast as a mag carrier but jeez if 13 rounds of 9mm will not defend me from a thug then a reload wont either.

 

[boostedxt]

not concerned about 13 rounds...i am concerned about a magazine issue or something of the like. plus I want to hear how you guys carry concealed.

joe

 

[earlthegoat2]

Pocket carry a J frame in a Don Hume pocket holster and/or a Browning Hi Power IWB with Milt Sparks Versa Max II.

 

[jad0110]

When I used to carry my 1911, I carried one spare 7 rounder in a leather Don Hume OWB mag carrier. Didn't cost much, but it worked perfectly.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

I make my own magazine carriers. One thing I have found is that lots of people carry things on their belts openly -- folding knives, leatherman tools, cell phones, and so on.

So I simply make up a double pouch carrier -- one for my cell phone and one for a spare magazine -- and wear it openly.

 

[boostedxt]

i was thinking of a leatherman tool pouch or a blackberry pouch

joe

 

[trickyasafox]

I have a couple options I use-

First, (and most frequently) I have a nylon pouch with a flap velcro top that I wear to conceal a magazine. It is a knife pouch, so most people just think its a pocket knife on the belt.

second, if I have a cover garment, I had a custom 2 magazine carrier made for 1911 style mags. Instead of having the mags side by side, it stacks them. This way the print on my belt is only as wide as 1 magazine, but about as thick as a double stack 45acp mag.

 

[bigfatdave]

Like this:



That's the same double IWB mag carrier from Tucker Gunleather* loaded up with two 8x mags for my Walther PPS or two mags for my Citadel compact 1911 (I have a pair of Wilson 8x in there now, I think that's a factory Citadel 7x mag and a 7x Wilson in the picture)

The carrier goes IWB opposite the pistol, so right behind the weak-side hip. It is set up for bullet-forward carry, which took some getting used to, I had to learn to swivel the mags left-right instead of front-back.

Someone HAS to be using this mag carrier from Garett Industries, though ... and I want a range report, dammit!



*they make nice holsters, too, but I'm pretty much sold on CrossBreed's SuperTuck

 

[Mudinyeri]

i was thinking of a leatherman tool pouch or a blackberry pouch

joe

I carry mine in a Leatherman pouch on my weak side at about 8:30. I played around with the Blackberry (actually Droid) pouch a bit but didn't like carrying my magazine horizontally. It was also much harder to extract the magazine from the Droid pouch.

 

[The Expert]

Whether I open carry or carry concealed I tend to go with my Bodyguard shoulder holster. I just keep the magazines in the integrated mag pouches.

 

[Justin]

The hidden pocket with the integrated mag pouches on the new 5.11 covert cargo pants are just about the perfect solution for carrying a spare magazine.

 

[TheWarhammer]

I made myself a WIB holster with and integrated carrier for a spare mag. I've seen all leather holsters with a similar setup.

 

[jad0110]

Someone HAS to be using this mag carrier from Garett Industries, though ... and I want a range report, dammit!

If you can find him, ask Gecko45, he probably has one of those to go with the Second Chance body armor and trauma plate he duct tapes to his back to stop .308 ammunition .

Sorry, couldn't resist. And before anyone asks who this guy is, read on...


http://lonelymachines.org/mall-ninjas/

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

In a belt pouch, on my weak side opposite the gun (typically about the 8:00 position), upright, but with the bullets facing forward. If the bullets face to the rear you will either have to turn your hand 180 degrees to orient the mag properly, or turn the mag in your hand to insert it into the gun. This is not only a wasted motion, but could be fumbled under stress. Your index finger on the front side of the mag helps to guide it into the well. I also dislike carry of dual mags where they face in opposite directions. Also, with a pistol, if you carry the mag on the same side as the gun, you have to reach across your body to retrieve it. Revolver spare ammo can be on the same side.

 

[lions]

Right now its in the cargo pocket of my shorts or the coin pocket in my jeans, neither is ideal.
I have my eye on one of these Comp-Tac mag carriers though.

 

[armoredman]

Weak side in a Hazel OWB pancake mag holder. Works great under a loose t-shirt.

 

[Shawn Dodson]

When I carry a Glock 19 I carry a spare magazine in a Milt Sparks #17 snap on magazine carrier - http://www.miltsparks.com/17.htm

When I carry a Kahr PM-9 I carry a spare magazine in either the Milt Sparks #17 magazine carrier I use for the Glock 19 magazine, but with a piece of closed cell foam fitted to the carrier as a spacer positioned so the magazine sits outboard in the carrier; or an Andrew's Custom Leather pancake mag pouch (with body shield) - http://www.andrewsleather.com/magazine.htm. Which one I use depends on the situation.

I wear the mag carrier on my support side hip at about 3 o'clock/3:30-ish.

 

[NavyLCDR]

I mean how do you conceal it and where is it?

Ummmm..... sounds like I am in the minority here. Mine is kept inserted in the gun. The handgrip of the guns does a pretty good job of concealing the magazine. You pretty much have to look straight up from the bottom to tell if the magazine well is empty, or if my magazine is in there.

 

[TheWarhammer]

NavyLT, he's referring to a spare, or extra, magazine. The one inserted in the pistol is a given.

 

[VinnAY]

same here; I use to repurposed flashlight pouch's openly on my left side. If my shirt tail covers them, so be it, but I make no conscious effort to conceal my two spare mags.

 

[VinnAY]

"thewarhammer" took that post seriously...lmao...zing, right over his head!

 

[rosewood151]

Gould and Goodrich magazine /handcuff OWB paddle on weak side, bullets forward.

 

[tex45]

Mag wallet in my back pocket;

 

[CDW4ME]

The knife or tool pouch is a creative idea, never thought of that.