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by A-R
Mon Apr 27, 2015 12:32 pm
Forum: Never Again!!
Topic: Why one cop carries 145 rounds of ammo on the job
Replies: 32
Views: 10141

Re: Why one cop carries 145 rounds of ammo on the job

C-dub wrote:
AJSully421 wrote:
LDB415 wrote:Why carry 10+1 in the gun with each gun rather than a full capacity magazine in the gun and the 10 round as the second backup? For that matter why not have 3 full capacity magazines when carrying?

For the G27, 10 rounds is actually with a +1 mag extension. It can only hold that number in a standard mag. His backup mags are Glock 22 mags.

For the .45, I can only assume it is a Glock 30 with full size G21 mags as backup.

There would be little point in carrying a Glock 27 with a G22 mag sticking out the bottom of it. May as well carry a G22.
Nailed it! Although, I had forgotten that the G27 was normally 9+1. I tried the Pearce grip extender, but didn't like it and traded for a standard 9 round mag with someone at a range that I let try mine and they liked it.
Actually, this guy carries all 9mm now. Glock 17 primary 17+1 & G26 backup 10 w/ 3 x 17-round mags and 2 x 33-round mags 18+10+17+17+17+33+33 = 145
Before the shooting, Gramins routinely carried 47 rounds of handgun ammo on his person, including two extra magazines for his Glock 21 and 10 rounds loaded in a backup gun attached to his vest, a 9 mm Glock 26.

Now unfailingly he goes to work carrying 145 handgun rounds, all 9 mm. These include three extra 17-round magazines for his primary sidearm (currently a Glock 17), plus two 33-round mags tucked in his vest, as well as the backup gun. Besides all that, he’s got 90 rounds for the AR-15 that now rides in a rack up front.
by A-R
Sun Apr 26, 2015 9:18 pm
Forum: Never Again!!
Topic: Why one cop carries 145 rounds of ammo on the job
Replies: 32
Views: 10141

Re: Why one cop carries 145 rounds of ammo on the job

That article had a profound effect on my what-to-carry decisions when I first read it a couple years ago.

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