Do you carry with a full mag? Why or why not?

[Sigblitz]

Full mag -1, 1 chambered.

 

[KellyinAvon]

A serious question for our INGO LEOs. What about the bad guys you disarm? Are they fully loaded/topped off? Different ammo in the same mag? Wrong ammo? Got two in a 12 round magazine?

 

[Usmccookie]

Same as 95% of ingo apparently.
15+1 in the p228
Except the spare mag is center console and the rest in my go bag.

 

[VUPDblue]

A serious question for our INGO LEOs. What about the bad guys you disarm? Are they fully loaded/topped off? Different ammo in the same mag? Wrong ammo? Got two in a 12 round magazine?

Generally not fully loaded. Generally not the same variety of ammo. Sometimes not even the right caliber.

 

[freekforge]

And extremely corroded with a terrifying amount of bullet set back in my limited experience

 

[Usmccookie]

Generally not fully loaded. Generally not the same variety of ammo. Sometimes not even the right caliber.

Good news for the good guys..

 

[Bennettjh]

Full mag and one in chamber. Really don't see a reason to not be at capacity.

 

[Bigtanker]

I only load 4 into the cylinder of my 6 shot revolver. That way I can see if I'm flinching and correct it for the next shot.

 

[Trapper Jim]

I carry the full 6. That’s all the time you have to stop a threat anyway.

 

[JollyMon]

I carry the full 6. That’s all the time you have to stop a threat anyway.

 

[BIGE7.62]

Definitely full plus 1

 

[NHT3]

Usually down the one that's in the chamber and an extra 19 in a spare mag. Depending on the mag and if it's 15 or 19 rounds it seems that fully loaded mag binds up the slide a bit more than a mag that is one down. Maybe it's my imagination but reliability is my reasoning.

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[Ndavid45]

Full 6 in the cylinder and 2 speed loaders when at work. Sometimes just one speed loader when not at work.

 

[KellyinAvon]

Generally not fully loaded. Generally not the same variety of ammo. Sometimes not even the right caliber.

May the armed bad guys you encounter all have the wrong caliber ammunition.

 

[nakinate]

Weird. Yeah, I carry a full 18+1 with a spare mag. Seems silly to carry a partial mag.

 

[actaeon277]

Could be they're told "no one needs X amount of ammo."
Could be they think the spring in the magazine will be affected. On the sub, we only had 5 rounds in each mag (1911) to "protect the spring".
Mostly the problem was, our mags were decades old, wore out, and sub supply guys don't like to "waste" $$$ on small arms.

 

[KellyinAvon]

Could be they're told "no one needs X amount of ammo."
Could be they think the spring in the magazine will be affected. On the sub, we only had 5 rounds in each mag (1911) to "protect the spring".
Mostly the problem was, our mags were decades old, wore out, and sub supply guys don't like to "waste" $$$ on small arms.

Most things in there don't react well to bullets.

 

[actaeon277]

Most things in there don't react well to bullets.

That, and we tend not to want people to get "small arms" close.
Anything that close, and we usually had "special missions" personnel who were better trained.

 

[KellyinAvon]

That, and we tend not to want people to get "small arms" close.
Anything that close, and we usually had "special missions" personnel who were better trained.

You mean I sneaked a line from "The Hunt for Red October" by you?

 

[Phase2]

Heh...

Oh, and full+1 in my carry. 29 in my 30rd rifle mags.