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November 7th, 2008
Dear Friend,
As the picture above indicates, today is the LAST day that our Handgun Accuracy package will be on the shelves. At 11:59pm tonight, it’ll be coming down indefinitely.
It’s really a great package, and I encourage you to at least have a look at it. 10% of all the proceeds go to the Fisher House, and I’ve even established almost a hundred bucks worth of product discounts related to Handguns and Handgun training. You get all that with the package.
Check it out and get those orders in before midnight eastern time!
=> Find out more about the Handgun Accuracy Package…
(and Reserve your own copy if you decide to!)
…when I was new to shooting, I spent hundreds of dollars on ammunition trying to become a great shot. But it turns out that I was throwing that money away- because not only was the practice I was doing not helping my accuracy, but I was reinforcing bad habits-
-Bad habits that took MUCH longer to overcome.
Don’t make the same mistake I did.
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“Looking at Conquest”
“…Gun owners were soundly defeated in this election….
…We must examine why this happened…”
by XAVIER
It has happened. What Syd so succinctly dubbed the Electoral Apocalypse has occurred. Gun rights advocates lost in the 2008 election. What do we do now? Where do we go from here?
First, accept defeat with dignity and grace. We must do that. An individual or a group is not characterized in how they achieve victory, but rather in how they accept defeat. We were whooped. Our asses are on a silver platter in front of us. But we do not have to eat. We must determine how this happened and not allow it to happen again.
I was not surprised that some of my readers would be bemused at my using a MSNBC widget to keep up with the 2008 Presidential election results. But what better way to assess the situation than observing the opponent? The bias that we have seen in the mainstream media will be exposed as they turn on their anointed superhero of 2008. By 2010, Barack Obama will suffer many more slings and arrows than George W. Bush ever did. The mainstream media is not about providing information. They are about power. The power to get someone elected, and then the power to tear them to shreds. Who the President is matters little to these power mongers. Since they felt the taste of power in the taking down of Richard Nixon, they have systematically tried to dismember every President that has held office, whether they helped him achieve that office or not. Barack Obama will not survive this onslaught. His followers are too fickle.
Barack Obama cannot possibly fulfill all the deluded promises his devoted followers obviously believe he made. He will not buy anyone gasoline, and he will not pay their mortgage. No FEMA cards are going to be available for the economically and socially ignorant. His inability to become the Sugar Daddy to millions of denizens who feel they have been disenfranchised by the Great Right Wing Conspiracy of Hate and Intolerance will cause them to toss him aside with the contempt of a crackhead tossing aside a baggie full of baking soda when the reality of the illusion sets in. Barack Obama will no doubt be remembered as the most ineffectual and perhaps the worst President the United States ever elected. Two years from now, Obama will no longer have the power base he has mobilized. We must preserve our rights until then.
Gun owners were soundly defeated in this election. Two of the most vehement gun rights abolitionists ever to achieve office are now headed for the leadership of this country. We must examine why this happened.
Gun owners have allowed themselves to be divided. We must not allow ourselves to be conquered. We must accept any one who wants to legally own and use a firearm, regardless of race, creed, religion, or sexual orientation. The gun abolitionists can not vote against gun rights when over half their constituents own guns and vote for their own human right to self defense. The gun abolitionists can not vote against gun rights when those rights are inextricably tied to human rights and civil liberties.
There is a reason that gun abolitionists want to preserve hunting. Hunters are easily marginalized. They do not represent a majority of the vote. The same is not true of people who have a need for self preservation and self determination. Those people constitute the entire strata and constituency of the voting public. They cannot be marginalized. We must introduce them to the purpose and true meaning of the second amendment. I know that meaning, most of my readers know that meaning, but did QJ know that meaning? He does now, and it is something he will vote to preserve.
Gun rights are about self protection, not hunting. We must never allow our opponents to paint us as a group of big game hunters again. We are not just hunters. We must stand up and say who we are. We are mothers and fathers. We are Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians and Independents. We are black and white, yellow and brown. We are gay, straight, bisexual and asexual. We are Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, Agnostic, Atheist, and we live in every state in the Union. Our education ranges from doctorates from Harvard and Stanford to GEDs achieved while fighting in the streets of Baghdad. A dusty pick-up truck with a gun rack inside the rear window is not necessary to be one of us. We have one common goal. That goal is the preservation of our right to self defense. That right, that need, is universal. We must never allow ourselves to be portrayed as ignorant rednecks with tobacco juice drooling down our unshaven chins again.
So I challenge each gun owner reading this. Take an Obama supporter to the range. Teach them to shoot. Teach them about the second amendment. Take away the political left’s power to destroy our rights through the ambivalence of others. If we fail, our enslavement is inevitable.
WHILE teaching you how to MASTER your carry gun…
Your jaw will drop!
== Review of Pro-Ears Gold Series ==
Electronic Hearing Protection
written by Cody S. Alderson
USCCA GEAR REVIEW
I absolutely do not like the feeling that passive (non-electronic) hearing protection gives me when I’m out shooting or just working in an environment where hearing protection is necessary, such as using power equipment. When I put on a pair of regular hearing protection earmuffs, or shove those little foam plugs in my ears, I feel like a big portion of my world has just been shut off. And it has! I can’t hear what I need to hear when I’m taking care of my ears by using passive hearing protection.
When I am at an indoor range I need to double-up on the passive protection. I put in the foam plugs with a set of ear muffs over them. The pressure wave from gunfire inside is quite a bit different than what one experiences outside. When I’m shooting from behind one of those indoor benches that are made to stand behind, and have side panels that separate me from the shooter standing next to me, I really get a blast in the face when firing even 9mm cartridges. I remember the first time I shot inside behind one of those benches. The muzzle blast reverberated off of those vertical panels and found its way back to my face. It didn’t hurt but it sure was annoying feeling that big POOF hitting me in my face after every shot.
What we hear is commonly described in relation to its decibel level. Most sources indicate that long term exposure to even 85 decibels will result in hearing loss. For exposure to any source of sound at 140 decibels (some say 130 decibels) it will result in instant and permanent hearing loss. Not necessarily complete deafness, but hearing loss nonetheless. Hearing loss that will be cumulative based on the exposure to the loud sound and for how long. Repeated exposure then would be cumulative adding to the damage to one’s hearing.
Gunfire most often being over 140 decibels will cause an amount of instant and permanent hearing loss. Does that mean that everyone will go completely deaf the first time that they are exposed to gunfire without hearing protection? No. It does mean that those exposed to gunfire without hearing protection being worn will experience at least some permanent hearing loss that will get worse with repeated exposure. However, it is possible to go deaf being exposed to one gunshot without wearing hearing protection.
Hearing protection uses a Noise Reduction Rating (NRR) that indicates how many decibels incoming sound is lowered by wearing the hearing protection. A point of note when using dual hearing protection such as wearing earplugs and earmuffs that the level of protection is approximately 5 decibels higher than the highest rated product that the user is wearing. So, if your earmuffs are rated at 30 NRR and your earplugs are 27, then the NRR for that setup would be 35 NRR. Since the earmuffs are rated higher than the earplugs you would add 5 to the earmuffs making it a 35 NRR. The two together aren’t 57 NRR that one would suppose by adding the two ratings together.
If my gun consistently produces 140 decibels I need to lower that to protect me from hearing loss. The way to lower it is to put something between the pressure wave of the gunfire and my ear canals. Foam earplugs, and over the ear earmuffs are the two most common styles of hearing protection. My Pro-Ears Gold Series Electronic hearing Protectors have a 33 NRR. That means they reduce the 140 decibel level of my gun to 107 decibels. According to OSHA they recommend no more than 30 minutes of daily exposure to sound levels of 110 decibels. Since I don’t shoot every single day (though I’d like to) I am not in any danger of exceeding recommended exposure levels.
A Range Master that doesn’t use a whistle or electronic signal for cease fire or other range commands is going to have some sore vocal chords at the end of the day if all of the shooters are wearing passive hearing protection. Shooters wearing the passive earplugs and earmuffs just can’t hear range commands while gunfire is in progress. That changes when a shooter is wearing a Pro-Ears Gold Series Electronic Hearing Protectors.
Pro-Ears products aren’t like many of the other electronic hearing protectors on the market. The electronics in these hearing protectors have blown me away. Pardon the pun. Other products clip the sound coming in when it reaches 80 decibels. Gunfire is above 80 decibels, so those types of electronic hearing protectors turn into passive ones at anything 80 decibels or above because they just shut off the incoming sound. Pro-Ears takes sound over 70 decibels and lowers it while simultaneously raising sound levels that are lower than 70 decibels. What that means is that a shooter wearing Pro-Ears Gold Series can hear other sounds while gunfire is in progress. When the Range Master says a command, it can be heard while the line is firing!
I absolutely am enthralled with my Pro-Ears Gold Series Electronic Hearing Protectors. I use them outside mowing the lawn, or when I am running any type of loud power equipment. They don’t just sit in my range bag waiting for the next time I go shooting.
I can set a jumper to increase my ability to hear sounds by eight times. For those with hearing loss, the speaker level can be set to a higher level by repositioning another jumper on the circuit board in each earmuff. A jumper is just a little piece of plastic that has metal in it. It fits over two prongs on a circuit board. To change a setting, one just needs to pull it off of one set of prongs and then put it on a different set of prongs. It is easy to do with a pair of tweezers or needle-nose pliers.
Wind sounds coming into the Pro-Ears sounds the same as when I’m not wearing hearing protection. Wind is a big issue with some electronic hearing protectors. I listened to the wind buffeting against my ears one day. I compared what the wind sounded like without the Pro-Ears on, and what it sounded like with them on. It sounded the same. We can’t hear other sounds very good when the wind is making that helicopter sound as it blasts into our ear canals.
Electronic hearing protection won’t fix that, but there is one neat thing about the Pro-Ears that helps with wind noise. Since the electronics bring up sound that is lower than 70 decibels, it would be somewhat easier to detect other sounds in the environment even through a buffeting wind. Also, since the Pro-Ears do not shut off loud incoming sounds, but rather lower them to safe levels, there may be an advantage to this type of electronics in a very windy environment.
My Pro-Ears also have true stereo sound because of having separate electronic components in each earmuff. Each ear gets its own electronics, batteries, microphone, and volume controls. I like that redundancy, and there isn’t any little wire to break that goes over the head strap like on some units that share the electronics for each cup of the earmuffs. It makes for a system like the real ears I have on my head. If sound is coming from my left I hear it coming from my left just like I would without the Pro-Ears on. I get the same directional sensations with the Pro-Ears on as I do without them. I adjust the volume for each ear and go about my business. I can work, shoot, talk, listen, and be aware even better than without the Pro-Ears on. Better because sound is so clear and distinct. And if I did have diminished hearing in one ear I could compensate by adjusting the volume higher for that ear.
Another great thing about my Pro-Ears Gold Series is that it has inputs on the earmuffs for me to plug in my MP3 player. I like to download pod casts of Tom Gresham’s Gun Talk radio show at www.guntalk.com, then listen to them while I’m outside mowing the lawn. With my MP3 player hooked up to my Pro-Ears with the included cable, I can listen to whatever is on it through the Pro-Ears. I can choose to adjust the volume on the earmuffs so that I can only hear the player, or I can adjust the volume to be able to hear what’s going on around me, as well as what is playing on the MP3 player.
To just listen to what is on my MP3 player, I plug it in to the Pro-Ears with the included cable. One end of the cable connects to my player, and the cable splits at the other end to send audio to each earmuff via an input jack built into each earmuff (see photo below). To just listen to what is on the player, I turn each earmuff of the Pro-Ears on, but I don’t turn the volume up. Turning the volume up is just turning up the sound picked up through the microphones on the earmuffs. Turning the volume control to just the “On” position activates the electronics so that I can hear what’s playing on my MP3 player. To adjust my MP3 volume I do it on the player itself. If I want to add some sound of what is going around me I just turn up the volume on the Pro-Ears to a level that suits me.
(Some of the residual dust can be seen in this photo from being out mowing. I just wipe them off and go on with my business. The Pro-ears don’t seem to mind.)
The ProForm Leather™ seals on each ear piece of the Pro-Ears are much more comfortable than any other hearing protection that I have ever worn. If you have only worn earplugs or earmuffs with plastic cushioning I can best explain the difference with an analogy of how it would feel to switch from burlap to silk underwear. And no, I don’t wear silk underwear. Let’s stay on topic people!
When my Pro-Ears Gold Series were new, I wore them outside mowing the lawn before I had a chance to wear them while shooting. I’m tough on tools when I’m working. I don’t want to have to be careful with tools that are supposed to be able to work harder than me. I wasn’t careful with my new Pro-Ears.
I sweat when outside working where some of you others may only lightly perspire. I put tools through their paces to get a job done so I can go and do something else like target practicing. We’ve got a couple of spots on our property that is more dirt than lawn, and I sure can kick up a bunch of dust when I go over it with the lawn tractor. If the weather has been dry, I can kick up a dust cloud about sixty feet high and about three-hundred feet long. By the time I’m done mowing, I’ve got a thick coat of dust covering me from head to toe.
I took off my Pro-Ears after making a big dust cloud, and they looked like an ancient artifact that has been lying untouched for a few thousand years in an Egyptian Pyramid. They were covered in the dust from that huge dust cloud. Hey, I was product testing! It was a cool looking cloud though. The Pro-Ears didn’t have a problem with the dust. They didn’t have a problem with my sweat either. Thanks to sealed military grade electronics.
I also unintentionally whacked them quite hard when I was getting into a vehicle. I thought I might have broken something on them but they were fine. I knocked them off of my head when I jumped up into a van. I didn’t think to take them off because it’s not like wearing passive hearing protection. I could hear everything going on around me with perfect clarity. I adjusted the volume to mimic the volume that I would naturally hear. After wearing them for awhile, I just forgot that they were there. It’s sort of like a comfortable hat, and how we forget we are wearing one. As a matter of fact the acuity that I had while wearing the Pro-Ears is missed when I’m not wearing them.
If I was to come up with one negative for the Pro-Ears, it would be a very slight buzzing sound that I could hear from my own voice when I had to yell something to someone else who was a distance away from me. I think that may be due to my own voice causing some sort of resonance with the microphone inputs and earmuff speakers, or possibly due to the decibel level of my voice when yelling something. It was very slight, and only happened when I had to yell.
Pro-Ears electronics have a 1.5 millisecond attack time. That means that in 1.5 thousands of a second the electronics handle the loud sounds and soft sounds coming into your ears without you having do do anything. Inferior electronics in other electronic hearing protection products don’t have that quick of a response time. The response of the Pro-Ears electronics is so quick that if you are shooting steel targets, you will hear the sound of the bullet hitting the steel. How will that help you out if you are a competitive steel shooter?
The electronics have an 8 bit microprocessor that completes a diagnostic upon powering up. There are two “N” size alkaline batteries per side of the Pro-Ears that give a minimum of 200 hours of service before they need replaced. When the batteries diminish to the point of where there is around 40 hours of use left, the user will hear 10 beeps. This will repeat when only 10% of battery life is left. Then a beep every minute will be heard.
I want to make mention that there is a battery that looks very similar to the “N” size batteries used by the Pro-Ears which is 12 volts each instead of the required 1.5 volts. Using the wrong batteries will damage the Pro-Ears.
There is an auto-shutoff that automatically turns the units off after four hours. I wouldn’t use the model that I have on the job, since most work shifts are at least eight hours. I wouldn’t want my on-the-job hearing protectors shutting off right in the middle of trying to hear something important. To turn the units back on, one only needs to turn the volume control off for two to three seconds and then back on. I’m not sure if their industrial models have an auto-shutoff feature.
Using DLSC™ technology (Dynamic Level Sound Compression) the Pro-Ears lowers sound levels at or above 70 decibels. It doesn’t lower the volume level that you have set the earmuffs to, but actually compresses the loud sound down to a safe level. That means that sounds such as gunfire are heard, but at safe levels. The Pro-Ears electronics are also superior in raising lower decibel sounds such as speech to levels that can be heard even through loud sounds such as gunfire.
The audio quality features DSR™ (Dynamic Sound Range) which permits the Pro-Ears to give the user an incredible natural sound experience. Gold connectors add to the clarity with gold being the best conductor for most electronic applications.
When you put a set of Pro-Ears on your head it isn’t going to sound like an old AM transistor radio. It brings the world of sound outside of the earmuffs to your ears at safe decibel levels sounding clear, rich, and natural to the ears.
I said it earlier but I’ll say it again. This product isn’t some cheap inferior electronic hearing protector that just cuts off the sound when it gets too loud to be safe. This product uses state of the art electronics to control the sound reaching your ears. You set the volume level you are comfortable with. Set it how loud or soft it needs to be for your comfort level and to be able to hear the spoken word. Now when the electronics control the sound of something like gunfire coming into the unit, it will be dropped to a safe decibel level, but you will hear it at the volume you have set. The softer sounds such as human speech are brought up to a level that makes it easier to hear and understand.
So, do you want to hear what’s going on around you while protecting your hearing from unsafe levels of sound? Do you want to hear your bullets hit the steel of those steel targets in a competition match? Do you want to be able to hear range commands while the shooting is in progress? Would you like to increase your ability to hear sounds by eight times when out hunting? Would you like the option of listening to your MP3 player, portable CD, FRS radio, or AM/FM radio, through your hearing protection while shooting or working with power tools? Do you have a hearing problem in one or both ears that would benefit from hearing protectors that can be adjusted for volume and microphone sensitivity for each ear? Do you want a durable product that will last for years and years? Do you want to buy a trusted product made in America? Pro-Ears Gold Series is what you want if you answer yes to any of those questions.
Visit Pro-Ears at http://www.pro-ears.com.
I want to remind the readers that I am reviewing gun and gun related products as well as other products that will facilitate one in surviving any natural or man-made disaster. Being concealed carry permit holders automatically puts us in the segment of the population who wants to be better prepared to survive whatever may come our way. It takes much more than a gun to survive a bad situation. I hope to introduce all of you to gun and gun related products as well as some other interesting products that may help you and your family survive.
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When Carrying Concealed is MORE than a Preference
Hello! I am a new member. We lost the house we were renting and we just moved into public housing in the middle of gang central. I will be buying a gun soon and getting my CCW permit ASAP. We have had one murder and two shootings within the last month.
I feel more comfortable with a revolver than a automatic due to my learning disability. I have experience as a armed security guard-that is all! My problem is I am a little on the heavy side and normally wear a pullover shirt & shorts. I don’t know what kind of holster to get etc.
These gang punks usually travel in packs. They killed a guy here last week just to get initiated into the gang!
Any advice would be appreciated! Thanks!
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Reply #1
First bit of advice is to move. Save, scrounge and beg if you have to. In some areas public housing is a GFZ.
Second, a revolver is simpler to operate and if it doesn’t go off for some reason, just pull the trigger again. An auto is relatively simple to operate. Put a magazine in and rack the slide. Some have a safety and some do not. In your situation, I would probably consider the auto just because of the extra rounds. A revolver holds 5-6 normally where an auto will hold 7-32. I carry a LCP that holds 7 and a S&W 9mm that holds 17. With multiple BGs, the extra rounds would be nice to have.
If you leave your shirt un tucked, a outside the belt holster would work. Your shirt would cover the gun.
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Reply #2
I second the advice on moving asap (easier said than done, I know), and I also second the advice on considering a semi-auto for the extra rounds.
And above all, I would seek some training. Many gun ranges host NRA sponsored courses, one of which is called First Shots (I think). I have seen some ranges offer this particular NRA course for free, and while it’s an extremely basic course, it might be a good and cheap way to familiarize yourself with semi-autos so that you can include them as an option as you go forward with selecting your gun and getting your permit.
Good luck to you, welcome aboard, and be sure and browse many of the existing and old threads. You’ll find a lot of insight on different guns, holsters, and other concealed carry topics.
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Reply #3
Go with the semi-auto over the revolver. You can carry more ammo in the initial mag, then god forbid you need more you can load another. I carry a Springfield XD45. 10 in the mag, 1 in the pipe, and my spare mag on my belt has 13.
Be careful with those gangs. I live in an area where MS13, Bloods, and Crypts are getting out of control. I deal with them at work on a regular basis.
Be safe.
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Reply #4
I had a similar problem with some drug dealing neighbors that liked beating the ladies earlier in the year and i managed to pressure them out of the neighborhood. I can tell you though that it was a big pain in the butt and i would have been better off moving. If you would like any advice drop me an email. When it happened to me i turned to the professionals here on the boards for advice and it really helped. I had them scrutinize my actions regarding a firearm action and they told me what i did right and really took me to task for what i did wrong.
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Reply #5
From Cody Alderson’s thread Philosophy Of The Gun Unified Theory (P.O.T.G.U.T.):
”#22. If you know a fight is about to start then don’t be there.”
Public housing, gang central, GFZ. The best way to survive a gunfight is AVOIDANCE. Do everything you can to not be there.
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Reply #6
Move ASAP.
To the point possible use irregular routing, and low probability of attack scheduling of outside movement. For example, moving along with, shopping with, and generally being part of the 8-9 to 5-6 work crowd makes you just one of many. Shop at 3 AM and you’re one of few. Predators are generally less likely to attack a herd, more likely to attack stragglers.
I’d probably get a semi auto with the biggest magazine capacity I could. But avoid the extended mag. route, you need to conceal the thing. A nine with 13 or more round magazines would probably work OK. If the gangs in your area “stack” in groups as opposed to being in a line abreast you may be able to make “shoot through” work for you instead of against you. Consider this in light of your own circumstances.
There’s always a fine line between “challenging” someone and just giving them reason to pick someone else. Rather than planning on an extended engagement I’d probably tend toward using the typical SEAL method of hitting (the leaders) hard then pulling back while the other side is wondering what hit them. I think it’s generally a huge mistake to plan on any type of extended engagement where the other side may have access to shotguns, carbines, and rifles, or ?, and any plan that gets you out of the area is one up on keeping you alive.
Any chance of forming a “coalition” with the locals who share your predicament?
Hope this helps.
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USCCA QUOTE OF THE WEEK
- Sometimes a good quote will inspire or motivate you. Sometimes, they’ll just put a smile on your face! Here is the quote for this week…
”Age wrinkles the body…
…Quitting wrinkles the soul.”-Douglas MacArthur
SELF DEFENSE STORY OF THE WEEK
- Every day, thousands of Armed Americans use their firearms to preserve human life. Let this section of my newsletter serve as a record of this fact!
- “Why it pays to be resourceful…”
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A homeowner in North Dallas who answered his door Sunday night to find a man pointing a gun at him killed the would-be-robber.
Police say the resident grabbed the man’s handgun and used it to shoot the would-be robber.
A second would-be-robber escaped on foot.
The homeowner wasn’t injured, but the man he shot later died at an area hospital.
Names of the homeowner and the victim were not released.
Police Senior Cpl. Kevin Janse told The Dallas Morning News that the resident “was protecting himself.”
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Closing Thoughts
This week’s question is as follows:
“What is the best and most comfortable way to carry extra magazines concealed?”
EXCELLENT question. There are many ways to do this, but I think almost everyone who carries a spare magazine does it in one of two ways:
1) “Pocket-Drop”. Yep… you just drop them in your weak side pocket. They wiggle around, collect dust, lint, and dirt, and can print when you sit down… but, it’s what a lot of people do. Simple, and they’re there (somewhere in there) when you need them. Just be careful that when you pull your sunglasses out, you don’t pull the magazine out too!
2) Magazine Carriers. These are “holster” like containers that attach to your belt that hold your magazines- a lot like what the cops wear. You can get them in all sorts of different configurations, but they all have the same basic idea in mind: Consistency. They allow you to reach for the same exact location on your body during training for a reload.
No grabbing inside your pocket and coming out with your keys, or with your spare magazine upside down. Magazine carriers put your spare magazines right where you want them every time.
Tons of companies make them. I don’t mean to direct you to one company over any other, but to get an idea of what I’m talking about, HERE is DeSantis Holster’s page on magazine carriers.
I hope this helps!!
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