Poll: Do you carry reloads

[Plan2Live]

While running drills with another THR member Sunday I hypothesized about what percentage of people who carry a weapon also carry spare mags, speed loaders or even extra rounds in the pocket.

So the poll question is: "How Often Do You Carry Spare Ammo or Reloads?"

 

[rcmodel]

I don't see a poll?

But when I carry a gun, I carry reloads for it.

Especially for Semi-Auto pistols.

Not for the extra ammo as much for the extra magazine/magazines.

An auto pistol with one magazine in it is less then satisfactory as a club if the magazine craps out or is lost.

rc

 

[ColtPythonElite]

Dang, I answered wrong. I though the poll was if we ever carried reloaded ammunition, which I always do. I never carry spare ammo, except at work.

 

[2wheels]

Honestly not that often, I'm more likely to carry a 2nd gun or have a 2nd gun near me (like in my vehicle) than I am to carry a spare mag/speed strip.

 

[tightgroup tiger]

With my 9mm I carry one spare mag with me at all times when carrying, and they may or may not be my reloads. My reloads are just as accurate if not more than most of the factory loads and usually more powerful. There is only one brand of factory loads I will carry because this brand will shoot to the same poa as my assembled loads do.

 

[Josh45]

Nope.
I do not carry spare magazines with me at all. Why? Because someone once said that if it isn;t over in 3-4 shots, Then you shouldn't be in that place to begin with. Sure, Sometimes it is a must for us to go to certain parts of the city we would hope not to but I feel confident in that one magazine I carry as long as my loads work without a problem

Of course, I carry a double stack in .45 ACP. 11 rounds. And, yes I can hit with them but not all that good. For what I have seen on target with my defense ammunition, I think that my would be attacker, would be on the floor.

 

[elvia]

I Work daily in areas that you wouldn't want to be after dark. I usually carry 3 13 round 45 mags as extras.

 

[rcmodel]

Because someone once said that if it isn;t over in 3-4 shots

But, it will be over for you in one shot if somebody knocks you on your azz and the gun.
And the mag pukes it's guts out 30 seconds before the gunfight!

Carry a spair mag for the extra working mag, not the extra ammo!

rc

 

[Dnaltrop]

Always when carrying the revolvers.

2 Speed loaders for the Schofield, 12 rounds in loops when carrying the Blackhawk.

Not as bothered when I'm carrying the M&P .40, but on long road trips, or when wearing carpenter jeans with extra pockets, yes. I Have a 2 mag pouch when the pockets won't work as well.

May I never be in a situation needing 45+1 rounds to resolve it.

 

[iblong]

I used to never go without a spare,but ocationally I will if Im carring my G 19.
And just running to the store,I live out in the country.
If I am carring a single stack I allways carry two extra mags.
If I go to the Cities I always carry a spare and have extras in my truck 24/7.

 

[MedWheeler]

I checked "usually", but it's more like "always". The only exception is traveling to and from my "gun-free" job, when my P32 is in my pocket. At other times, the P32 is my reload.
Before I got it, I did routinely carry a spare magazine for my PF9.

 

[browningguy]

I have spare magazines in the car, but when I get out I essentially never carry a spare.

 

[joecil]

I misunderstood this one considering being a forum on mostly reloading. I often carry a backup magazine on me and one in my car. I don't however carry homemade self defense ammo but carry factory ammo usually Speer Gold Dots short barrel versions.

 

[EVIL]

"Better to have and not need...than need and not have"

TO me, carrying an extra mag or speed loader is a logical extension of why I choose to carry a gun in the first place. "Be prepared" Even though my auto pistols have anywhere from 9 - 13 rds...who is to say the magazine couldn't fail? I don't find the extra weight & bulk of a spare mag or speed loader to be any more of an issue than my pocket knife or cell phone ... and I wouldn't leave home with

Once, I had a magazine that I am 100% sure I seated properly drop right out of the mag well upon firing my first round in a competition....this hasn't been replicated since with this particular firearm & magazine - so it is 99.99% reliable. I hate to not have spare in a similar situation, when it REALLY mattered.

This weekend I will be taking my cub scout den hiking through rattlesnake country - I plan on having my SP 101 loaded with 2 snake shells up front followed by 3 HSTs, and 2 speed loaders filled with JHPS & Snake shot respectively. DO I plan on using all these rounds? NO. But what if I miss the snake on the first 2 shots and need to reload to dispatch it? There are many variables in life.

 

[mdauben]

I honesly can't imagine why I would not carry extra ammo in the form of either an extra mag, a speed loader or speed strip.

 

[David E]

Nope.
I do not carry spare magazines with me at all. Why? Because someone once said that if it isn;t over in 3-4 shots, Then you shouldn't be in that place to begin with.

That "someone" was/is a complete and utter fool.

I feel confident in that one magazine I carry as long as my loads work without a problem

Yeah, as long as they work without a problem......

I carry a double stack in .45 ACP. 11 rounds. And, yes I can hit with them but not all that good.

Um, never mind....

 

[NavyLCDR]

Dang, I answered wrong. I though the poll was if we ever carried reloaded ammunition, which I always do. I never carry spare ammo, except at work.

That's my answer too. Yes, I carry reloads, but no spare ammo/magazines.

 

[56hawk]

I rarely carry spare ammo. Most days I'm just going to work and back. I figure eleven rounds of 9mm should be enough for most situations. If I'm going somewhere I'm less comfortable about I'll take my 40 and a spare magazine. Also anytime I'm carrying a revolver I'll take at least one speed loader. Don't think just carrying five rounds is a good idea.

 

[IdahoSkies]

When I travel out of my usual home to work routine I will carry a spare mag. But usually I just carry my pistol.

 

[GLOOB]

Carry a spair mag for the extra working mag, not the extra ammo!

So hypothetically speaking. If you had a gun that was designed in such a way that the magazine could not be accidentally ejected nor damaged by dropping the gun. And it held 10+ rounds. Would you still carry extra mags?

 

[Certaindeaf]

^
Broomhandle Mausers are pretty unwieldy.

 

[il_10]

I usually have another gun in the car, often a long gun. My carry piece is to get me out of the place I am to better cover, the gun in my car, the car to be used as a getaway, etc.
It's not so much to stand my ground and have a shootout with another armed person.
So, I rarely carry reloads. Really, the only time I carry spare ammo is if I'm in the woods and am carrying some ratshot for snakes, or am small-game hunting.

 

[R.W.Dale]

I typically carry a five shot revolver.

I do try to have at least a 5 rd speed strip full of extra ammo on my person. I'm not so much concerned with the need to reload in the heat of battle (I'm not Skeeter Shelton) but being in a semi rural environment and as an avid outdoorsman there's lots of situations where I might discharge my firearm in a non SD situation. Should this occur I want to have that ammunition there to bring my sidearm back up to fully loaded.

When camping fishing or hunting I double the amount of spare ammo I keep on my person.

 

[mljdeckard]

If one bad thing can happen, (you are in a violent encounter that justifies deadly force,) another can certainly happen. (Your weapon will malfunction.) As I calculate the Murphy factor, guess when your heretofore perfectly reliable pistol will decide to take a dump?

Do what you want. But to say, "The odds are I will never have to reload" makes just as much sense as saying "The odds are you will never be in a violent encounter, so why carry in the first place?"

 

[EddieNFL]

I do not carry spare magazines with me at all. Why? Because someone once said that if it isn;t over in 3-4 shots, Then you shouldn't be in that place to begin with.

I carry a J-frame with one chamber empty. I also removed the spare from my truck to save fuel.