I've been trying, and failing, to come up with a valid reason to carry your spare mag next to your holster, and NOT on your weak side.
Care to explain?
Amputee.
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I've been trying, and failing, to come up with a valid reason to carry your spare mag next to your holster, and NOT on your weak side.
Care to explain?
Amputee.
Some things are more important than lightning fast mag changes.
Like what?
Yeah, and there's a dude who shoots well with just his feet.
However, seeing as we were talking about coppers, I fail to see how your comment really applies.
+1 to thatI don't think you are fully aware of how submissive and anally retentive the sheeple of MA really are when it comes to evil guns. When they finally "allowed" (only after an armed robbery at my place of work) our security to carry sidearms there was all kinds of gnashing of teeth and ripping of garments by the very people that had to look down the barrel of 12 ga shotguns while being threatened and robbed blind. This is a BLUE state. The place is a cesspool of mental disease.
So I just have no clue why someone would carry a double-action revolver with the hammer on an empty chamber. I could understand why someone would carry a Colt Single Action Army with the hammer down on an empty chamber, if I could understand why someone would want to carry one of those in the first place
And once again sarcasm over the internet fails..
I was thinking about if the person were criple, and had one arm real short, like a T-Rex arm.. that would be good to carry your mag on the same side as the holster..
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I've been trying, and failing, to come up with a valid reason to carry your spare mag next to your holster, and NOT on your weak side.
Care to explain?
Like what?
I was thinking about if the person were cripple, and had one arm real short, like a T-Rex arm.. that would be good to carry your mag on the same side as the holster..
That's almost exactly how I carry. 4th Gen Glock 19 in a Raven holster... I'm just not asian.
I use the Glock nights sights though.
I'm confused. How would it be different from a weapons retention standpoint to have your spare magazine on your strong side rather than your weak side?Weapon retention.
I'm confused. How would it be different from a weapons retention standpoint to have your spare magazine on your strong side rather than your weak side?
I've never seen a uniformed cop with his reloads on the same side of the belt as his sidearm.
I've never seen a uniformed cop with his reloads on the same side of the belt as his sidearm.
You mean like this? http://www.7dvt.com/2007/edgeFor some reason as yet unknown to me, that is the exact method which is taught at the U.S. Border Patrol Academy, with the mag carrier on the right side of the belt buckle and opening facing to the left. I've heard that agents are permitted to reconfigure their duty belt setup as they see fit once they get off FTO, but they are required to adhere to that method at least while they are at FLETC. If you type "Border Patrol" into a Google Images search you'll get many images confirming this setup.
You mean like this? http://www.7dvt.com/2007/edge
With that orientation, he can still get access the mags with his weak arm. But that's different from the a vertical mag pouch directly in front of the holster, which is far harder to reach with the weak hand.
If the mags are carried horizontally, then having the just past the centerline on the strong side, with the opening up to centerline can be a quick way to load.
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