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Usually 6+1 and a reload of 7. Sometimes more. Truth is that you can't predict what evil lurks around the corner. I think mindset is more important for self defense than the magazine capacity of a CCW. If I can get away using the gray matter between my ears and my running shoes...I'll take that option first.
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So if you find yourself needing to defend with a firearm, you need to accept that "statistics" now hate you and are working against you. Do not rely on them, for they are fickle and will turn and bite without warning. Quote:
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If the lady opens up with a semi-auto, they have no idea if it contains 7 shots or 17. And that is without reloading. After BG 1 is hit and screams, and BG 2 is hit and goes down silently, with maybe several close misses in between, will all the rest stick around to get shot at? I don't think so. But it is really up to them. A Jamaican ninja assassination squad will finish the attack no matter how many dreadlocked foreheads get shot through and through. So there can be some very bad results even for the very well-armed citizen. Bart Noir Who remembers Ayoob's phrase: "A gun without a reload is only a temporary gun."
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In my job I wear 9 month in the year only shirt and pants, so I can't carry a bigger gun than a derringer, because I can't and I won't carry it open. I don't know what kind of jobs the most of you have, that they can carry a full size pistol like a glock 17 , but for me is the derringer the only way to carry a powerfull gun, sure could I carry .22 like a astra cub or a beretta 950 but that guns have no stopping power.
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A good knife, on the other hand, never needs reloading (but it may need re-sharpening!) Deaf
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I shoot very well. I carry a Glock, depending on season it is a fullsize 40 or a compact 40. I carry 2 reloads most of the time and 1 reload in the heat of summer. Then I add a Bug and one reload.
How many rounds are enough? whatever it takes. I am not limiting myself by using statistics based on gunfights that the good guys lost. Statistics mean nothing to the individual, what happens when you are the ONE?
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November 13, 2013, 11:29 PM | #57 |
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5 for carry.
5,000 for home defense. |
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There is no magic number. Train realistically, shoot a lot of practice rounds and train some more. You have to have that kick in automatically orbit won't matter. And even then you can end up dead.
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And now we know that Deaf is a descendant of one James Bowie.
But there are places in USA where carrying a defensive knife is less legal than carrying a defensive handgun. Bart Noir
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Hi Blacktimberwolf. Nice to have another international forum member, especially one from a land of fine handguns. I'm the happy owner of a few used German police guns and would not mind another, that being a used German-made SIG P228. Not much chance of finding one, I know.
I am taking no chances with losing my job so don't carry to work, not even to leave the gun in the parked car in the company "car park". The rest of the time, well, you know the answer to that. Bart Noir
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I'm the one on this forum who gets verbally abused in these waters.
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"Usually it's 97 rounds..."
Thats more than my local gun shop has on the shelf right now. Pilgrim, you must be escorting a real bad dude onto the 3:10 to Yuma.
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How many shots is enough
Ahoy Seaman!! lol I just live in Miami. The sunny place for shady people! Dealt with scum before.
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For CC, somewhere between 5 and 22 rounds. After that, I run out of mag pouches.
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Currently for winter time I carry 45 rounds of 9mm.
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I believe it was Col. Cooper who said the purpose of a handgun is to allow you to fight your way to a rifle or shotgun, so I guess the answer depends on how far away you are from your big hardware.
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How many shots is enough
In war. Yes. Normal citizen CCW, no. Not likely. Your secondary becomes your primary when that's all you have.
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@ Constantine....I hear you!!!
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As has already been mentioned, you're VERY unlikely to need to reload. That being said, part of carrying is also what makes one feel safe and comfortable in life. If packing an extra mag, just in case, makes you feel more confident...you should. When the stuff hits the fan, you'll probably shoot better with that extra confidence. In my opinion, if you truly do need more than one extra mag, you're screwed because obviously you're in a situation that requires something more serious than a pistol.
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im a reformed 45 auto fan now a 9mm advocate. least for concealed carry. I think there are allot of assumptions about stopping power of the larger bullets that has not been supported by long term studies. My feeling is that someone should carry as large a capacity weapon as they can manage. 19 in my xdm compact is fine capacity wise but the long grip detracts from me wanting to carry the piece unless it can be covered under a coat or jacket, though with the 13 rounders its hidded well and lighter and I feel more likely ill carry that or my lc9 depending on concealment needs, no way would I sacrifice several rounds in the mag to bump up to the 40 or 45 or carry a full size pistol with fewer rounds on the belief that theres some huge difference in stopping power with the larger bullets. that's a myth not born out in fact. there might be some truth in stopping power when moving to magnum revolver calibers like the 357 or 44mag but at a huge sacrifice imo of capacity. wont even get into controllability for quick repeat shots where large calibers and magnums really are more difficult to control. Studies have shown the chances for hollow point bullet expansion are so low that your depending on sheer luck not science to one shot a bg because your packing a 45 with super-duper flying ashtray hollowpoints. again a myth that's been promoted over years that doesn't prove out in recent long term actual shooting data. The 40s&w, the bren 10 light ill call it. lets face it the 40 was the fbi`s answer to a problem that didn't exist. I don't know why I guess marketing, can sell more guns if there offered in many calibers, to us to police to military. Then of course you have the fans who tout the larger calibers, I used too, so I am familiar with that aspect. wasn't until I researched it when getting into concealed carry that ive come across this caliber conspirasy for lack of a good word. you can look at it like this, you have a size gun you can live with, you can opt for a 45 40 or 9mm, or 11,10, 9 mm bullet size, throw out expansion of the bullet. data supports that all three will get around the same amount of penetration in the target. holes in the target will cause said target(bg) to bleed out. well we all know how many shot you loose stepping up a millimeter, now ask if that extra millimeter is more likely to boost your odds that the bg will bleed out before he gets you or would you prefer a few extra rounds to convince him the error of his ways? anyway, I opt for the extra rounds the cheaper practice and faster shot to shot times of the 9mm.
I will say that those who like the magnum revolvers might have more likelyhood of bullet expansion due to much higher velocities. shock value would be more though stats ive seen don't bear out shock value of being struck by pistol rounds. were not talking about shooting steel plates and a hole threw the bad guy where there was no central nervous system involvement is not going to be significantly different from one round to any other. again, my opinion based on the data and analisys ive read :sourced fbi studies. and I can see where some could point to that same information and justify a larger caliber because of the actual low percentage of hits made on bad guys by even trained leo`s. But imo id rather up my odds for more hits by starting with more rounds on tap to begin with.. |
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