I would not depend life on your theory.
Compress anything for an extended amount of time and it will lose it strength.
The more you compress it the faster it will weaken.
YES even 2/3 mag capacity.
I might retract my statement.
I was not with the understanding the question was about going to war.
I thought it was about personal protection carry.
But I FEEL differently. Your supposed facts are irrelevant.With a degree in Mechanical engineering. It is FACT that dynamic loading fatigues springs NOT static loading.
IF you really want the long version proof, I can but I feel I’d need to be paid for the amount of time, research, math, physics, and work I would have to do to fully prove a law of physics and metallurgy. LAW not THEORY.
But I FEEL differently. Your supposed facts are irrelevant.
My usual EDC is a Glock 19 but sometimes I will carry other pistols. Regardless of what I'm carrying, I always carry a reload or two. A wise man once told me that "the only time you can have too much ammo is when you're swimming". Having been in the ocean with a large quantity of ammo, I can attest to the validity of that statement.
"The most important decisions in life are often a matter of probability." Pierre-Simon Laplace (mathematician).
Individuals differ in terms of what level of uncertainty they are comfortable living with. As others have said, the fact is that you are very, very unlikely to ever have to shoot your gun in self defense. And among that tiny fraction of people who do have to shoot their gun in self defense a tiny fraction will need more than a few rounds. The probability that YOU will have to BOTH shoot your gun in self defense AND need more than a few rounds is the product of the individual probabilities. Just picking random probabilities to illustrate this point, let's say there's a 1 in 10,000 chance that you will have to shoot your gun in self defense and that among those who have to shoot their gun in self defense 3% need more than a few rounds. That means there's a 0.000003 percent chance that you'll need to shoot your gun in a defensive shooting and need more than a few rounds. (0.0001 x 0.03= 0.000003). A similar probability could be calculated for the likelihood of a magazine induced malfunction occurring. Again, I just made up those probabilities, but the point would still remain even if you made the probabilities much higher, the product is a FREAKING SMALL number.
Those of you who espouse high capacity and multiple magazines are seriously risk averse, which is fine, but I just hope you all have life insurance, because that probability is 100%.
Over the last couple of years, I’ve found that my desire to carry higher capacity guns has diminished a lot. I used to sometimes carry a compact 15+1 gun and a pair of spare mags when out and about. Lately, I’ll most likely be found with much less. I’m not trying to convince anyone to carry less ammo, but am more interested in what this body of shooters thinks and what they see as their own minimum.
My thinking lately is that a Glock 30 with 10+1 rounds of .45 should get me out of anything I’m likely to step in. I will admit though, when heading into the city, there is still a spare mag on my hip.
What drives your choice in carry capacity and spares?
While working in an office environment, l carried a S&W J-frame 5 shot revolver in strong hand front pocket with a speed strip in opposite pocket. I would have preferred more rounds in the pistol. Something is better than nothing. Now that I am retired, I carry a semi-automatic IWB with minimum 10 rounds and a spare magazine on my hip. Untucked polo shirts work well for me.
I have never, pushing 60 years, used my fire extinguishers, yet I have them in numbers higher than recommended...
I have never needed my seatbelt, yet...
I spend a lot of silly foolish money on insurance for my property, vehicles, etc. Never made a claim...
I have had to remind myself from time to time that if I find myself in a shooting situation, then I am already on the outside of the ‘what to expect’ odds for that day. If I’m already that far out of the norm, who’s to say that it won’t go even more sideways at the situation progresses.
With a degree in Mechanical engineering. It is FACT that dynamic loading fatigues springs NOT static loading.
IF you really want the long version proof, I can but I feel I’d need to be paid for the amount of time, research, math, physics, and work I would have to do to fully prove a law of physics and metallurgy. LAW not THEORY.
It's always great to have more. But if you get into a situation where you need more than 5-8 rounds you're already pretty screwed and much more ammo probably won't make a difference.