How many rounds are adequate capacity for DEFENSE?

[orangeninja]

Not less than 6

and only then if you're very proficient with it.

 

[twolf]

always been taught redundancy

When I was in the service I was always taught "two is one; one is none"....in other words, you can never have too much.

I generally carry 15+1 in my Glock and one extra mag, ya just never know.

 

[Marshall]

Every situation would call for a different answer, more than likely. Just make sure you can hit what you aim for and you'll be in business whether you have a 5 shot revolver or a 20rd extended mag on a semi-auto.

 

[Rickstir]

When I can carry my 92 FS, its 16 and a spare mag. When I carry my snubby its 5 and 5 more in a speed strip. I have 25 of each in boxes in my console. Doesn't take much more effort.

 

[wheelgunner100]

6 in the gun, 12 on my belt and 5 in my pocket. I shoot revolvers better than I do bottom-feeders so that's what I carry. Ammo capacity doesn't mean anything if you can't hit what you shoot at.

 

[WEPS]

i've never heard a man complain of having too much ammo. more ammo is always better.. better to have and not need then to need and not have. that being said i still only carry one 7 round mag

 

[JohnKSa]

Things you never hear people say after a gunfight.

1. I wish I had been carrying a smaller gun.
2. I sure wasted a lot of time practicing.
3. I wish I hadn't been carrying so much ammunition.
4. He was so close it was a waste to have such an accurate gun.
5. I'm thinking that I could get the same effect with a .25 ACP.

 

[twolf]

Also

I wish I wouldn't have had to kill him, that way he could sue me later in court

 

[faustulus]

I bet a gunfight has never ended with someone thinking: "I had too much ammo."

 

[Vern Humphrey]

Or, as Jeff Cooper said, "There is such a thing as enough ammo. And there is such a thing as not enough ammo. There is no such thing as too much ammo."

I carry my Kimber Custom Classic (M1911 Clone) cocked-and-locked with an 8 round magazine, and two spare 8 rounders -- for a total of 25 rounds.

 

[CAS700850]

Okay, let me first admit that I've skipped forward to the end of the thread. Sorry I got here late, and more sorry if I repeat anything that has already been said. For me, adequate supply fo ammunition means enough that I bring some home when the problem is solved. If I have my way, and I will, I'll be adding mags soon enough, with the AWB dead, and hi-cap mags priced somewhere below gold and platinum.

My carry gun is a Glock 19. I wear it in a Jackass rig with two Glock 17 mags, with the +2 adaptors. 54 rounds should get me through the night, as I use this set-up for when I'm on-call, goinmg to crime scenes, helpiing with search warrants, etc.

During the day, when it's a suit and tie, I carry the same Glock with one mag as a reload. 35 rounds should do fine.

I just never want to find myself in a situation where I;m holding an empty gun, praying for help to arrive.

 

[foghornl]

Enough ammo for you to be the "Last Man Standing"####, and be able to walk away.


#### Unintended reference to Bruce Willis movie

 

[one45auto]

Once again in a RIOT, Civil unrest, or home defense of multiple attackers I am not even going to be thinking about my handguns.

Nor will I.

Wyatt Earp once claimed that carrying a revolver proved he had no intentions to start a fight at the Ok Corral, because a man who knows he's going to get into a gunfight takes a shotgun or a rifle.

In all of the scenarios you mention I'd be reaching for my Winchester Trapper first and foremost, using my pistols as backup just in case the bad guys caught me in the act of reloading.

 

[Buck Snort]

I think we need a law on the books requiring all BGs who attack GGs to stand in one place and give the GG a chance to get off at least one sighted shot. That way I'd be able to stop carrying around that heavy .45 ACP and start pack'n a derringer.

 

[Slaytera666]

What if I come into a situation where I need more ammo?
What if I'm jumped by 30 guys and I only have 25 rounds?
What if my attacker has on two Second-Chance vests?
What if my attacker has more ammo than me?
What if I slip on a bar of soap in the shower and die?

We can do "what-if's" all day long, it's going to get us nowhere. Carry what you feel is comfortable for YOU, a weapon YOU are proficient with, and the amount of ammo YOU think YOU will need. Do some guys on here have alot of valid points? Yes. Do some go overkill? Maybe. Do what you do for you, and only you.