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Offline linux203

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When open carrying, do you conceal spare mags?
« on: March 08, 2014, 04:48:33 PM »
Call it an open poll:  When you open carry, do you conceal spare magazines or openly display them with the pistol?

I usually open carry spare mags on in an OWB holster.
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Re: When open carrying, do you conceal spare mags?
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2014, 04:58:42 PM »
My extra clips are usually in my pocket.
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Re: When open carrying, do you conceal spare mags?
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2014, 05:14:33 PM »
When I conceal, my mags are concealed.  When I open carry, the mag is in its pouch not concealed.

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Re: When open carrying, do you conceal spare mags?
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2014, 05:31:34 PM »
When I conceal, my mags are concealed.  When I open carry, the mag is in its pouch not concealed.

Same.  Typical carry for me is a 1911 with 2 spare mags in a Fobus paddle.

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Re: When open carrying, do you conceal spare mags?
« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2014, 05:40:21 PM »
Depends on which gun I'm wearing.  I don't have a mag carrier for my Five-seveN.  I do for my .40 S&W and .45 ACP.

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When open carrying, do you conceal spare mags?
« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2014, 07:25:10 PM »
I use a blackhawk dual mah carrier on weak side. Usually put my shirt over it


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When open carrying, do you conceal spare mags?
« Reply #6 on: March 08, 2014, 08:03:43 PM »
I just switched my EDC to my Glock 17. I'm going to start OCing 2 spares in a Safariland Duty dual mag pouch.
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When open carrying, do you conceal spare mags?
« Reply #7 on: March 08, 2014, 10:23:34 PM »
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Re: When open carrying, do you conceal spare mags?
« Reply #8 on: March 08, 2014, 10:52:37 PM »
Depends on which gun I'm wearing.  I don't have a mag carrier for my Five-seveN.  I do for my .40 S&W and .45 ACP.

That's because there isn't a mag carrier made to date that can withstand all the awesome.

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Re: When open carrying, do you conceal spare mags?
« Reply #9 on: March 09, 2014, 07:47:48 AM »
My extra clips are usually in my pocket.

Are those hair clips? Fingernail clips? Paper clips?   :|>
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Re: When open carrying, do you conceal spare mags?
« Reply #10 on: March 09, 2014, 12:57:31 PM »
Are those hair clips? Fingernail clips? Paper clips?   :|>
.45ACP clips  ::)
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Re: When open carrying, do you conceal spare mags?
« Reply #11 on: March 09, 2014, 01:31:49 PM »
I very rarely carry extra mags. 
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Re: When open carrying, do you conceal spare mags?
« Reply #12 on: March 09, 2014, 02:21:06 PM »
I very rarely carry extra mags.
Read the article titled "Ammo: How Much Is Enough?"  You might rethink your position.  It can be found here in the Jan. 2014 issue of the MOC Newsletter:

http://miopencarry.org/moc_files/publications/newsletter/MOC-Newsletter-3.pdf

If you just want to read the article and nothing else, you can also find it on Ammoland.  Please ignore the typesetting bastardization they did. 

http://www.ammoland.com/2014/02/ammo-how-much-is-enough-when-carrying-for-self-defense/

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Re: When open carrying, do you conceal spare mags?
« Reply #13 on: March 09, 2014, 11:27:51 PM »
I could write something cliché and insightful, but that would be too cliché and insightful.

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Re: Re: When open carrying, do you conceal spare mags?
« Reply #14 on: March 10, 2014, 04:07:21 AM »
I just switched my EDC to my Glock 17. I'm going to start OCing 2 spares in a Safariland Duty dual mag pouch.

A fine EDC choice.

I have taken to carrying spare guns instead of mags.  It's just faster for me to go to a secondary, than reload. And it gives me options that single pistol carry doesn't. If primary is G17 then spares are two cc G26's but that is just what works for me. When I carry the 45acp (FNX-45 @ 15+1 cap) it is one OC and one in a shoulder rig, as that's about all the weight my old bones can handle these days.


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Re: When open carrying, do you conceal spare mags?
« Reply #15 on: March 10, 2014, 04:39:30 AM »
I am all in favor of a backup gun (or two), but carrying more guns instead of extra magazines seems like a lot of extra weight.

I currently carry a Glock 19 only, and will likely buy a Glock 17 as a new primary and keep the 19 on me as well as a backup.  AND some extra mags :)  Or just get another 19 cause I'm so bad ass.


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Re: When open carrying, do you conceal spare mags?
« Reply #16 on: March 10, 2014, 08:03:42 AM »
too many block owners...circuits overloading....

i like my smith and wesson glock look alike :) 1/2 the price of a block and just as reliable

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Re: When open carrying, do you conceal spare mags?
« Reply #17 on: March 10, 2014, 09:29:39 AM »


If you want to "play the odds," don't bother carrying at all.

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Re: When open carrying, do you conceal spare mags?
« Reply #18 on: March 10, 2014, 12:33:09 PM »
If you want to "play the odds," don't bother carrying at all.

Thats a piss poor attitude to have. 
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Re: When open carrying, do you conceal spare mags?
« Reply #19 on: March 10, 2014, 12:48:26 PM »
Thats a piss poor attitude to have.

That's what I thought.  That's what Yankee Marshall advocated, playing the odds.  His opinion is, odds are you won't need spare ammo.  Five rounds is enough.

What if your mag fails?

What if you have multiple attackers?

What if you miss more than you assume you're going to?

It never ceases to amaze me that some people think they're going to fire one or two shots, perfect center of mass, no misses, under pressure, and stop the threat(s).