How much total ammo do you daily carry?

Skribs said:
This would be an interesting topic, maybe even for its own thread.

Related: if you draw and your magazine fails, would you have the time to reload?
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If you have time to run and seek cover without being incapacitated or tackled (which would make reloading difficult), you would likely have time to reload. Providing it is a practiced action and the reload is easily retrievable.
 
WrongHanded said:
If you have time to run and seek cover without being incapacitated or tackled (which would make reloading difficult), you would likely have time to reload. Providing it is a practiced action and the reload is easily retrievable.
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I'm just thinking of it like the Teuller drill. How much longer would that distance be if the requirement was "Draw, pull trigger twice, and then reload and pull trigger again."

Especially with a revolver.
 
Skribs said:
This would be an interesting topic, maybe even for its own thread.

Related: if you draw and your magazine fails, would you have the time to reload?
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You make the time, or do something else. Even if youre well practiced at seamless reloads, you may well still have to just go to Plan B as reality unfolds.

Believe it or dont, but theres actualy more to the package here, than just the gun. And the gun itself is a weapon in its own right, even when empty. You may have to actually "fight", and an empty gun is still a weapon.

I think a big problem with gun boards is, the focus, and only answer, always seems to be "the gun", as the solution to any and all problems. I dont think thats being very realistic, but then again, when you consider some of the responses to what would seem to be straight forward solutions, it does make you go "hmmm" sometimes.

I understand the whole "equalizer" aspect of things fully, but if thats all you got or have planned on, if things dont go as "you" planned, ugly is likely going to come on pretty quick if you dont have alternative plans. ;)
 
Skribs said:
I'm just thinking of it like the Teuller drill. How much longer would that distance be if the requirement was "Draw, pull trigger twice, and then reload and pull trigger again."

Especially with a revolver.
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Some people have YouTube videos of being fast enough on a reload to do that. But those are instances where they already know they intend to reload. In the scenario you describe, chances seem slim to none.
 
Most times, just 15+1 in the gun. If I'm traveling out of town, a 15 round magazine goes along. As others have noted, the spare is mostly in case of malfunction that could be best be solved with a reload.

I am in a relatively safe area, situationally aware, seldom out after dark, and avoid the stupid places, times, and people.

We do the Tueller drill in class. From low ready, most students can't make two hits on target before the runner covers 21 feet.
 
Skribs said:
This would be an interesting topic, maybe even for its own thread.

Related: if you draw and your magazine fails, would you have the time to reload?
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I train for it on a regular basis, despite believing it's an almost totally useless skill outside of competition. And frankly, in my experience magazine failures are extraordinarily rare. If one happened at the outset of a gunfight, I think I would be too astonished to do anything other than just stand there with my mouth open.

Realistically, I think it is too much to ask even a highly trained man to successfully carry out a Tueller drill, from deep concealment and a state of total surprise. Adding in a failure drill turns it into total fantasy.
 
Fifteen in the gun, fifteen in the spare magazine always. P-01. 97b, 11 in the gun, two spare 10 round magazines.
 
A Glock 19, 26 or 17 - one extra mag, usually. That's a judgement call on possible incident intensity in the more extreme end of the incident spectrum plus the usual malfunction usage. For the 26, two maybe. 5 is enough is BS. If NPE or dress circumstances mandate, then a J with one reload or G42 with one reload with full knowledge that is is not optimal and limited for the more than one economically motivated flee, I will never miss, one shot will disable blather.
 
6 or 7 rounds depending on the pistol. If I am able to carry a bigger gun I will carry a larger caliber rather than more ammo. If I can't get my butt out of trouble with 7 rounds of 45acp I really should not have been there in the first place.

I never have an extra magazine on me. I have extras in the car though.

The upside of carrying limited ammo is I always have a gun on me whenever I leave the house. Even if it is to just take out the garbage.
 
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When I'm in the gym and I've put my unloved holstered LCP 380 in a locked locker, I'm down to a Glock 26 + spare mag = 21 rounds.

Other than that, most of the time wearing cargo shorts and a shirt, Glock with at least 16 rounds + spare mag + Sig 365 = 42 rounds.
Does location factor in that? Nope. I live in a "good area". :)
Does anticipated threat factor? Nope. I'm not psychic.
How about "its hot"? I'm wearing shorts.

Mr. CDW4ME inquiring minds want to know (in theory somebody might) how you arrived at that. Okay, Sure. I'll explain. ;)
Example:
Glock 19 AIWB + spare mag ... the spare mag is a critical part of malfunction drill. 16 + 15 = 31 rounds.
Sig 365 in pocket. No, I don't live in a "war zone":barf: (that is short sighted thinking). Think options.... I can put my hand on it without revealing I'm carrying. 11 rounds.
 
My retirement CCW choices are similar to my off-duty choices when I still carried an active badge, meaning 5-9rd capacity covers most of them. A few of them bump up capacity to 10rds, and one of them uses 12rd mags (although I have a supply of 10rd mags, just in case of a change in the laws).

A spare magazine or speedstrip/speedloader is handy and usually easy to add, although nowadays I tend to consider potential more than probability. In my younger days I commonly carried 2 speedloaders or 2 spare magazines on my off time, but during the last couple of decades it's more or less changed to 1 speedloader/speedstrip or magazine.

I certainly don't begrudge ordinary folks their ability to choose to carry more ammunition on their person than I did as a working cop, because I figure if they want to do so, and it's their right, it's their business. Neither do I care how they view my practices and preferences. ;) We're all just folk, now. :)
 
5 shot (SP101, 640 Pro) cylinder full, 5 in a speed strip.

My Cbob, 8+1 no spare mag.

My EMP 9+1 no spare mag.

And just to stir the pot.....all handloads!
 
My EDC Revolver carries 7 and I got an additional 7 in either a speed strip or speed loader depending on what I am wearing.
Total of 14.

I figure the math works out like this:
3 shots are fired in an average defensive encounter.

I want to be able to double that, and have an extra incase I miss. So that is (3x2)+1=7
Luckily my revolver of choice just happens to hold 7. What a coincidence ;)

14 is easily enough for 4 average self defense scenarios, including 2 misses. So I think I am solid.

Plus it's all in a revolver so we know I can't have any malfunctions or magazine failures, so each shot is true. :D

In all seriousness I do think 7 is the sweet spot, and I do feel you should carry a reload if possible. I hold to this even if I was comfortable carry an autoloader. Which I know you could have 13+1 in a single magazine for many autoloaders, I think I would prefer two 7 round magazines in case of error. I dont particularly like all eggs in one basket kinds of scenarios.
 
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I found it interesting that those carrying bottom
feeders foresee a possibility of an accidental
mag dump or malfunction. As yes, the mag
is the weak link for autos.

Now if a revolver jams for whatever reason,
that's it and probably a reload will do no good.
But the likelihood of a well maintained
revolver malfunctioning is well below that of
an auto. My opinion backed by history.

Carry a REVOLVER. And a Bianchi strip. :)
Ya'll do the counting for me. :cool:
 
.38 Special said:
I train for it on a regular basis, despite believing it's an almost totally useless skill outside of competition. And frankly, in my experience magazine failures are extraordinarily rare. If one happened at the outset of a gunfight, I think I would be too astonished to do anything other than just stand there with my mouth open.
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There are times in martial arts class where I am so impressed by what the Master or Professor just did, I realized I forgot to watch how he did it, which was the point of his demonstration.
 
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