How much carry ammo is enough?

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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.