Why you carry extra ammo and full capacity magazines…
April 21, 2013
“A fabulous article over at Police One about a Skokie, IL police officer who engaged in a gun battle with a Gangster Disciple bank robber who was one highly motivated bad guy who took 13 hits from a .45 auto – including six fatals – before a trio of head shots finally put him out of the fight 56 seconds into it.
And this was a firearms instructor who was a great shooter, not some rookie who “never fired a gun before he just finished the academy” shooter who struggles with the qualification shoot.
This is why you carry extra ammo.”
“Personally, I carry two spare mags always. When carrying in free states, I carry two extra mags, almost universally 17-round G17 mags even if I’m carrying my Glock 19.
It’s also another reason to fight politicians who would saddle you with 10-round magazines for some arbitrary reason.
Here’s the story. It’s a great read.”
http://www.gunssavelife.com/?p=7184
Oh, my, goodness.
I guess that sort of takes a bit of steam out of the .45 knock-down power. But, he may have been able to take 20 or more 9mm hits I suppose.
That is a good read. a recent SD shooting in my vicinity involved a perp dieing rather suddenly after only 3 rounds. That being said, my own and only SD story involved three thugs against me and my one 5 shot snubby. I felt terribly undergunned and carry a Glock 30 with 10 rounds now.