How many carry extra magazine concealed carry.

[RSKY]

If I knew I was going to have to go into harm's way I would want a high capacity automatic. If I get woke up at 3AM by somebody breaking into my house I want to lay my hands on something that doesn't take much thought to operate. That is a revolver. I have told this story on here before but here goes.

A friend and co-worker served two tours in Vietnam. Very easy going guy but had a really bad time over there. Ended up running LRRP patrols into areas bombed by B52s. Made it thru the second trip and was pulled out and put at a secure base waiting to ship back home, I believe he was supposed to leave the next morning or so. That night the base he was at was attacked and he and everybody else had to grab an unfamiliar M16 and prepare to defend themselves. He was told to walk around the base or take a patrol or something I don't really remember what. But anyway he rounded a corner and there stood a VC. John aimed and pulled the trigger. Click. Nothing chambered. Somehow he then managed to drop the magazine out. Two tours thru some heavy fighting, lost half a platoon in one day one time but had survived. And he didn't chamber a round and dropped the mag out. The VC took off running. At least that's what I remember now. He would tell that story and tear up and nearly cry every time.

Anyway, if I am woke up in the middle of the night the pump 12-guage takes five separate steps to be able to load and fire one round. My auto pistol takes three steps. The revolver takes one step, pull the trigger.

Hopefully while I am going to the door with the snubby my wife will be loading the pump shotgun and backing me up.

RSKY

I forgot another step for the snubby, I have to run a finger over the biometric sensor in my gun box to get it out. So it and the auto would take four and two steps.

 

[kenmac]

I don't have 1 gun in my house that I'm not familiar with..
There isn't a weapon in my home that doesn't have a round already chambered..shot gun, 9mm, 45,rugar 10/22, AR 15..
I do have a 357 revolver that I carried back when I policed in a small town in the early 80's

I only have 2 steps to go through to fire any of my weapons..#1 .Aim...#2 Pull the trigger !

 

[k0ua]

Nice Gun !!!I have the same gun in 6" . Springfield 45 super longslide v16.. It will shoot 45 supers and 45 acp

Thanks, it started out as my wife's simple parkerized box stock Springfield that she shot in competition for a number of years, and I swapped her a Sig Saur P226 for it and had it customized as you see here.

 

[charlz]

Anyway, if I am woke up in the middle of the night the pump 12-guage takes five separate steps to be able to load and fire one round. My auto pistol takes three steps. The revolver takes one step, pull the trigger.

What are the 5 steps?

If you treat it like single-shot combat loading it would only be three... rack the slide back, drop a shell in the ejection port and return the slide forward. Four I guess if you are counting trigger pull as a step. With practice a pump shotgun can keep up a decent rate of continuous fire until you run out of ammo.

 

[CurlyDave]

The older I get, the better a friend my revolver becomes.

Grip strength goes down with age and racking the slide on a pistol can get to be difficult...

 

[kenmac]

If my strength gets that weak, I won't have enough strength to pull the trigger on my revolver (357),nor will have enough strength to hold it in my hand after it fires due to recoil

 

[Bocephous]

I don't have 1 gun in my house that I'm not familiar with..
There isn't a weapon in my home that doesn't have a round already chambered..shot gun, 9mm, 45,rugar 10/22, AR 15..
I do have a 357 revolver that I carried back when I policed in a small town in the early 80's

I only have 2 steps to go through to fire any of my weapons..#1 .Aim...#2 Pull the trigger !

Same here. I keep my Glock 23 on my bed, in this holster, one in the pipe, with an extra magazine and a flashlight alongside. Other mags distributed in various places.

 

[dakotagun]

Good points and questions, all.
I often CC, mostly with my Ruger LC9. Fits in pockets and IWB bolster nicely. I don't carry an extra mag. If I lived in some of your cities, I would consider it. From my Leo days I still have and sometimes carry SW 4506, when my outerwear provides better concealment for that larger frame. I shoot better with it, but still no extra mag.

 

[NY_Yankees_Fan]

Interesting thread.... Of those of carry, how many have used your weapon in defending yourself or your family in a situation, and what was the outcome?

 

[dakotagun]

Haven't had to protect/ respond with it yet, but like being able to choose my course of action if pressed. 15 yrs in LE, I've seen enough to know what threats exist and am comfortable making the decision when to/if to use deadly force. And I hit what I aim at, because practice is part of my life. I hope I can copy/paste this in 20 years. But If not, I'm OK with that, too.