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I don't typically carry an extra mag, but I do carry my XDS 9MM hot and topped off.
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I don't top off the mag that's in the gun.
If I have to unload for some reason, I want a place to put the round from the chamber.
Consider it OCD or whatever, with a full seventeen rounder in my pocket I don't think it affects my percentages noticeably. Why should you care if you can't store the extra round in the gun? It just seems like the natural place to keep that round when it's outside the gun is back in the mag it came out of. I'm not saying it makes perfect sense, it just bugs me if I have to put it somewhere else.
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I did not know that there was any other way to carry.
I know that MCSO and Sheriff Joe's people carry +1, I did for almost 20 years.
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Yes.
I have noticed, however, in the specific case of Wilson 47D .45 mags, they may say 8 rounds, but it's hard to get them to seat under a closed slide. I've used CMC Power Mags for several years, they run slick and will seat fine with 8.
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I don't top off the mag that's in the gun.
If I have to unload for some reason, I want a place to put the round from the chamber.
Consider it OCD or whatever, with a full seventeen rounder in my pocket I don't think it affects my percentages noticeably. Why should you care if you can't store the extra round in the gun? It just seems like the natural place to keep that round when it's outside the gun is back in the mag it came out of. I'm not saying it makes perfect sense, it just bugs me if I have to put it somewhere else. Heh - glad you picked up that I meant "outside the mag". If it bugs you is reason enough, I guess.
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Back in the 1980s I had an American made Walther PPk/S that would jam on firing the first round if the mag was removed and topped off. Another friend had one that did the same thing. If a full magazine was inserted and slide racked and then just carried or shot without topping off, it would 100%.
The PARA Elite 10mm I just bought has two Checkmate 9 round magazines that can not be inserted and locked home if the slide is in battery. Many 8 round .45 and 10 round .38 Super/9mm mags will do the same.
Since I also carry 5 and 6 shot revolvers having one more round in a 15 shot semi isn't something I am going to worry about. I do top off my 1911s just because I always have and they have always worked...but I don't use 1+ magazines either. 7+1 in a .45 and 9+1 in 9mm/Super.
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I never carry with one in the pipe. Never.
and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:8) d.v. Musings on TDS
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Hell yes, no other way afaic, plus extra mags in a rear pocket.
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Yup, one in the pipe, and full mag. in gun.
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Yup, one in the pipe, and full mag. in gun. And spare mags pointed the way they go in the gun, works the same for either right or left handed shooters.
Trump Won!
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I never carry with one in the pipe. Never. That wasn't the question, but if you don't have one "in the pipe," your gun isn't loaded.
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Never +1, the mag provides a place to put the unchambered round, plus I dont have to drop the mag and add it. If I was that worried I would use mag extensions and have same capacity, or just get something belt fed.
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I never carry with one in the pipe. Never. Dead man's gun.
America needs to understand that our troops are not 'disposable'. Each represents a family; Fathers, Mothers, Sons, Daughters, Cousins, Uncles, Aunts... Our Citizens are our most valuable treasure; we waste far too many.
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Well I was carrying this but it was tricky to conceal... (P.S. I didn't carry it +6 either!) ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/eltee49/Minigun/MiniSet3-2.jpg)
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Most people don't want to believe the truth~they want the truth to be what they believe.
Stupidity has no average...
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Buy once, cry once.
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My Glock 22 I carry with one in the pipe and a full mag. The rest of my handguns all have round magazines.
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Always. Why anyone would do otherwise is beyond me. Aye.
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Never +1, the mag provides a place to put the unchambered round, plus I dont have to drop the mag and add it. Okay, I'm not the only one with mag-OCD.
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Typically do carry with the mag fully loaded and one in the pipe. Always felt 16 is better than 15.
I never unload at home.
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At some point you've gotta decide that you have "enough".
To say that I'm safe with a 1911 carrying 8+1, but that I'm crazy for just carrying to mag capacity of 15 just doesn't make sense.
your flippant remarks which you so adeptly sling
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