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Originally Posted by MadMorbius
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Originally Posted by Greylocks
In real handgun IPSC competition (for example), mags wind up in the dirt or whatever. They are (relatively) cheap and replaceable. You can find mags for $5 to $10 and they are just plain metal.
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A lot of shooters will drop a mag at 6 or 8 rounds instead of 8 or 10 so that they can reload on the move and have a full mag in play for the next portal. This is fine in the IPSC space, but interestingly poses problems when a shooter crosses over into CCW and may, at some point, be required to pull and put practice into action. As a result, your training kicks in before you can counter it and you drop your mag at 6 or 8 rounds, forcing a reload where it may not be appropriate at that time... |
CCW, and real-life situations, call for different training as you well know. In that case, if you have ANY doubt in your mind as to how much ammo you have, it's smarter to drop and reload. There are things done in competitions I would never do in any combat situation.
This being said, anyone who is good enough with a handgun can reload an empty gun quite rapidly even under stress. It's a constant judgement call. No, it's not easy to do.