Using high cap magazine in SD/HD

[eldon519]

benEzra,

I wasn't trying to say we should carry low-capacity arms or magazines. I was just pointing out that the distribution shown is inline with the statement that most shootings involved 3 rounds or less.

I like a Glock 26 and Glock 19 myself

 

[Warp]

benEzra,

I wasn't trying to say we should carry low-capacity arms or magazines. I was just pointing out that the distribution shown is inline with the statement that most shootings involved 3 rounds or less.

I like a Glock 26 and Glock 19 myself

Most people never need to use a firearm defensively at all.

If this were about simply going with the greatest odds, we wouldn't even own a firearm for defensive use, and we certainly wouldn't carry one.

BTW: Here is an example (thread is closed, just as a reference to reach or search through) of this line of discussion on THR:

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=706225

And this might be of interest as well:

http://www.thehighroad.org/showpost.php?p=8121799&postcount=1

 

[freyasman]

I am planning on switching to a Glock 32 soon (13rd standard) and have considered a 15rd Glock 31 mag, (or even the 22rd mag) as a spare. I'll admit that I do have a bit of a phobia about running out of ammo, though. It just seems like a really dumb reason to lose a gunfight....

 

[RBid]

If weapons are needed you still need to line up your target and get hits where it counts.


By the way part of my experience involved running training for a 100 man department in Dade county, north of Miami, for three years. To this day I believe that proper tactics are far more important than skill with weapons. The best violent encounters are the ones that never occurred because they were handled with skill instead of weapons...

Ley,

The bold is exactly the point I was making by calling out your earlier comment. My point is, and has been, to appreciate the value of every pull of the trigger. I believe strongly that it is a disservice to the community to say things like, "you really ought to be worried with only the first 1-3 shots", especially if you follow that up by pointing out that you have an LE background, and have been involved with training. There are people lurking around message boards who may take a statement like that from someone with your background, and use those things to validate poor choices (carry firearm selection, practice habits, etc).

Again, the bold part? 100%. Yes.

The last paragraph? Even better. I'm a big believer that explosive violence is only the best choice when diplomacy is not an option.

 

[Hometeached1]

Freyasman, I'm a little OCD about having extra rounds. I carry two spare glock 21 mags for my 30sf and some times I wish I had one more! Crazy I know.

 

[freyasman]

Hometeached1, I had a couple of times on deployment when I was actually down to my last magazine; that's not a good feeling...

 

[eldon519]

Most people never need to use a firearm defensively at all.

If this were about simply going with the greatest odds, we wouldn't even own a firearm for defensive use, and we certainly wouldn't carry one.

BTW: Here is an example (thread is closed, just as a reference to reach or search through) of this line of discussion on THR:

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=706225

And this might be of interest as well:

http://www.thehighroad.org/showpost....99&postcount=1

Again, by my post I am not suggesting or advising anyone to make their carry decision based on the probability of how many rounds they will need to expend. If you read my post again, you will notice I am not recommending anyone to do anything at all.

My comment only pertained to the mathematical correctness of an argument. A poster mentioned that most gunfights involve 3 shots or less. Another comment was made casting doubt on the correctness of this statement and including a distribution of shots fired as evidence. The distribution actually mathematically SUPPORTED the 3-shot statement rather than refute it, however. That was the entire purpose of my post. I also am not claiming that distribution to be a universally representative example nor that it necessarily isn't a skewed distribution atypical of self-defense shootings.