george burns
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Excluding extra mags or speed loaders, 'which I, and I am sure many others carry". Would you feel that 5 rounds was enough, 10, or 15+.
This is a subjective question, because no one knows what on might be facing on even that 1 bad day. I have a front night site on any guns . I found early in life that the gun is pretty much useless if you can't see the front sight, or a laser or even a built in weapon light. and extra ammo.
Some of these if not most, can be removed for daytime use, but if you end up in a basement or dark room, even during the day, you may need every edge you can get. Many like their carry gun to be stripped down of any extra gadgets that might encumber it's use, but a front sight won't really make any difference other than enable you to get the gun on the target, much faster, in any but complete darkness.
Basically, if you can't see it, clearly, you can't hit it where you want to. If you can see it, but can't see the muzzle of your gun, it's almost the same thing. You might get lucky and point shoot it , but that's very iffy when you can't see what your shooting at clearly, you realy should not be shooting at something you can't see in front of and behind. Glow sticks work well for this also, , yet another thing to take along.
Suddenly you are out of ammo and alone in the dark. I know many claim to carry a weapon light, but how any people actually do on a regular basis if they aren't Law enforcement?
2 Mags, a gun and a weapon light are a lot of things to lug around all day, I haven't found a magic way of doing it without a fanny type device, for a tac light , mags, takedown tool, knife, wallet, keys, phone, glasses, etc., etc.
Sometimes you have to forgo much of this, if you go out to dinner or go visiting, or you look like a prepper. Being retired I can get away with wearing what I want to cover up most of my "stuff", but unless you wear "cargo pants" everyware you go, it is a real challenge, so I understand that something is better than nothing. What is the normal amount of stuff you carry and where does it all go. A strong belt is the key, but still without a fanny pack, I just can't contain it all, plus god forbid you need to use the bathroom, they will send a search party looking for you.
I catch a lot of grief rom my wife for carrying all this gear, but have always done so, "before I married" and will continue to do so in this crazy world in which we live.
This is a subjective question, because no one knows what on might be facing on even that 1 bad day. I have a front night site on any guns . I found early in life that the gun is pretty much useless if you can't see the front sight, or a laser or even a built in weapon light. and extra ammo.
Some of these if not most, can be removed for daytime use, but if you end up in a basement or dark room, even during the day, you may need every edge you can get. Many like their carry gun to be stripped down of any extra gadgets that might encumber it's use, but a front sight won't really make any difference other than enable you to get the gun on the target, much faster, in any but complete darkness.
Basically, if you can't see it, clearly, you can't hit it where you want to. If you can see it, but can't see the muzzle of your gun, it's almost the same thing. You might get lucky and point shoot it , but that's very iffy when you can't see what your shooting at clearly, you realy should not be shooting at something you can't see in front of and behind. Glow sticks work well for this also, , yet another thing to take along.
Suddenly you are out of ammo and alone in the dark. I know many claim to carry a weapon light, but how any people actually do on a regular basis if they aren't Law enforcement?
2 Mags, a gun and a weapon light are a lot of things to lug around all day, I haven't found a magic way of doing it without a fanny type device, for a tac light , mags, takedown tool, knife, wallet, keys, phone, glasses, etc., etc.
Sometimes you have to forgo much of this, if you go out to dinner or go visiting, or you look like a prepper. Being retired I can get away with wearing what I want to cover up most of my "stuff", but unless you wear "cargo pants" everyware you go, it is a real challenge, so I understand that something is better than nothing. What is the normal amount of stuff you carry and where does it all go. A strong belt is the key, but still without a fanny pack, I just can't contain it all, plus god forbid you need to use the bathroom, they will send a search party looking for you.
I catch a lot of grief rom my wife for carrying all this gear, but have always done so, "before I married" and will continue to do so in this crazy world in which we live.
