For you 1911 guys how many mags do you carry?

[HayesGreener]

I was taught many years ago that most malfunctions in handguns is a failure of ammunition, failure of magazines, or shooter error. If I do my part that leaves ammo or magazines. With a revolver the immediate action drill for ammo failure is to pull the trigger again, then to reload. With a semi auto, tap, rack, bang, then dump the magazine and start over with a reload. Those actions have for many years been the basis for police training doctrine to carry at least two reloads. Not so much because you think you are going to shoot that much (although you might), but to give you options if there's a failure. I was trained that way and have trained many others that way, thus I carry two spares. And again I repeat, there are only two occasions when you can have too much ammo.

 

[az4783054]

carry a hollywood pistol, they never run out or malfunction

 

[HayesGreener]

carry a hollywood pistol, they never run out or malfunction

When I was a kid I thought they must reload during the commercials.

 

[Scevaph]

one and, rarely, two depending on which mag pouch I take.

 

[Jester560]

 

[Grayfox]

For a 1911 I generally carry two spare mags. Since they're flat and fairly slim, I find that carrying two is no more difficult than just one.

 

[Oldmountaiman]

2 spares

Three spares on my person

 

[Old_Me]

i do not carry a 1911, i'd need super heavy duty suspenders to keep my pants up...

however, with ANY 1911's trip to the range i take 6 mags, so i can empty a box of ammo all at once.

 

[Anchorite]

I was taught many years ago that most malfunctions in handguns is a failure of ammunition, failure of magazines, or shooter error. If I do my part that leaves ammo or magazines.

Exactly. And for these reasons I have zero problem running a SWC profile (or a FP type) over a JHP and sticking with 7 round magazines were I to run a 1911 for self-defense purposes.

Try to eliminate at least 2 of the 3 most common malfunctions.

 

[PieterCoetzee]

Exactly. And for these reasons I have zero problem running a SWC profile (or a FP type) over a JHP and sticking with 7 round magazines were I to run a 1911 for self-defense purposes.

Try to eliminate at least 2 of the 3 most common malfunctions.

You know, I have no problem using FMJ in a 45acp. In fact everyone I ever shot with FMJ all said "ouch"...and everyone I ever shot in the face all had a change in their disposition...you might even say, it was a mind altering moment.....(sarcasm mostly)

 

[Winchester67]

Haynes is spot on about the malfunction drill. I carry one spare mag for the 1911 for sure, and generally two. I carried a single spare when I carried the Glock 19 or Glock 26/19 in case of a malfunction. Not out of thinking I was going to need more rounds because of my low risk lifestyle.

 

[az4783054]

one spare mag