Comments on: Reloads and Back Up Guns

By: firefighter4884

firefighter4884 — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:21:28 +0000

My usual carry set up is either a Glock 19 or a Kimber TLE II/RL, along with a spare magazine. I carry the second mag not so much for more ammo as I do based on the fact that the majority of malfunctions in a semi are based on mag issues, it is usually easier to just have a spare mag.

In addition, I usually carry a Ruger LCP in my front left pocket (I am right hand dominant) because in the event that the hairs on the back of my neck start to go up, I can put my hand in my pocket and have a full firing grip, without alarming anyone.

–Jim

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:02:32 +0000

For my situation, 1 is no problem, and 2 is almost always the case. I can also carry a pistol on my body easier than she can. 3 is the real problem, I think. YMMV.

By: Mostly Genius

Mostly Genius — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:07:43 +0000

So given:
1. I am going to have two guns on me.
2. A person I trust with a gun (who doesn’t have their own).
3. The opportunity to give the gun to them in situation.

Is kind of a stretch. I don’t see this being a good enough reason or a common enough case to carry two firearms.

By: Speakertweaker

Speakertweaker — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:11:37 +0000

I like your approach. You’re addressing a strictly hardware view of things, a subject that frequently gets deeply lost amid issues of training or X vs. Y.

I would add one thing, strictly as a sidenote. Carrying a backup weapon, as I see it, does add the possiblity of capability. For instance, if one finds oneself in a situation where the backup weapon can be deployed to another person (i.e. to me, since I just left work and can’t carry at the office leaving me presently disarmed).

It wouldn’t always work (hence the possibility of capability), and like every other scenario it would be fraught with variables, but I’d say the Good Guys would be more capable if there were more of them shooting.

Thoughts?

tweaker

By: Snowflakes in Hell » Blog Archive » Reloads and Backup Guns

Snowflakes in Hell » Blog Archive » Reloads and Backup Guns — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:59:47 +0000

[...] Brillianter looks at the subject. I’ve generally only carried an extra magazine in Winter, when they can be easily concealed. I carry a Glock 19, which has 15 rounds, and figure that should be enough to get through most self-defense scenarios. In summer, when I carry the Kel-Tec much more than the Glock, I do usually carry one extra magazine in the pocket. Ideally you’d carry all the same equipment as a police officer, but for civilians that’s not usually possible to do, and remain comfortable, and discreet. Go have a read. You can’t possibly carrying everything, but I like Brillianter’s strategy of thinking about what expands your options and capability, and to what degree, and using that information to decide what tradeoffs to make. [...]