How much carry ammo is enough?

[<MADDOG>]

I think Ronin hit it on the head; "So it's impossible to tell how much carry ammo on your person is "enough".

If one wishes to carry enough ammo to to do an airfield take-down against armored aliens, and comfortable carrying such; do it. To each to his/her own. But where does the hypothetical argument end, and where does reality begin?

I must also ask: why carry the extra mag for malfunctions? I myself think one should vet the weapon, and the ammo, you are carrying for this scenario with reliability being one's first priority, and your ability to clear a bad round being second. I myself, find clearing a malfunction quicker than reloading. I may have been dropped on my head too may times though ...

[TheBelly]

I must also ask: why carry the extra mag for malfunctions? I myself think one should vet the weapon, and the ammo, you are carrying for this scenario with reliability being one's first priority, and your ability to clear a bad round being second. I myself, find clearing a malfunction quicker than reloading. I may have been dropped on my head too may times though ...

It's hard to replicate kind of stress that a gunfight will impart. With that stress, i might not get a perfect grasp of the gun, causing a user-created malfunction. It might be that ONE load that got by with too little powder, thereby causing a short-stroke situation in the gun.. A butterfly in Thailand might have flapped its wings wrong. Whatever the case may be, when the gun stops working, I need to problem solve my way out of it.

[<MADDOG>]

It's hard to replicate kind of stress that a gunfight will impart. With that stress, i might not get a perfect grasp of the gun, causing a user-created malfunction. It might be that ONE load that got by with too little powder, thereby causing a short-stroke situation in the gun.. A butterfly in Thailand might have flapped its wings wrong. Whatever the case may be, when the gun stops working, I need to problem solve my way out of it.

Thanks Belly! But allow me to retort:

In scenario #1; if I pull the trigger with my pecker , it better go off (why I state reliability). In your scenario, one would be sure to have the same malfunction again regardless if one had one or twenty mags. Again, a matter of vetting one's weapon IMO, and possibly training.

#2, hence why I state you need to be able to clear. Again, I don't see a reload being quicker.

[TheBelly]

Thanks Belly! But allow me to retort:

In scenario #1; if I pull the trigger with my pecker , it better go off (why I state reliability). In your scenario, one would be sure to have the same malfunction again regardless if one had one or twenty mags. Again, a matter of vetting one's weapon IMO, and possibly training.

#2, hence why I state you need to be able to clear. Again, I don't see a reload being quicker.

Its just the way that I've been taught:

if the gun malfunctions, do something. If its ammo related, I'm changing ammo sources.

if I have to fire one round or thirteen, I'm reloading when I get the chance.

I can do neither unless I have another mag.


congrats on using your pecker in a gunfight, though! LoL