Bug-out/home bags and extended magazines

[Lumpy]

I've been checking out various YouTube videos on the subject of emergency bags, and one such video touted a 30-round extended magazine for a Glock. In general is there any utility in packing one big magazine instead of two smaller ones in your loadout?

[crbutler]

The advantage of a big magazine is that if you get in a fight and get a bit excited, you can stay in the fight longer with a larger magazine. Folks have been known to sit and keep pulling the trigger despite the gun being empty…

From my USPSA experience, the larger mags are a bit more difficult to keep reliably functioning and they make the gun less handy.

If it’s truly a get home bag, a box of ammo takes up less space and will sustain you longer. If you have a gun (carry), you will have the magazines you need to fight already, the ammo is what you need to sustain yourself.

You are much more likely to have a lot of smaller nasty encounters on a journey when civil order is gone than have one big rolling firefight… I don’t see an advantage to one big magazine for a survival situation.

[Jackpine Savage]

I agree. It would make it difficult to reholster.

[gun_fan111v2]

There are extended magazines and then there are Extended! magazines.

If I were to pack such a bag I would likely grab some mags with +3 to +5 basepads that are proven to work. They do provide extra capacity and you can always move the cartridges into a smaller magazine.

[westhope]

Being a 1911, 45 ACP guy; 8 rounds is an extended magazine. (Original 1911’s were 7 rounds.)

[gun_fan111v2]

Being a 1911, 45 ACP guy; 8 rounds is an extended magazine. (Original 1911’s were 7 rounds.)

No 10 rounders?

[Zarthan]

Another consideration is concealment while you try to get to safety.
Just because there is an emergency does not mean you want to attract attention.
If you think there will be shooting then you want something with a stock.

Stay safe out there.

[crbutler]

Being a 1911, 45 ACP guy; 8 rounds is an extended magazine. (Original 1911’s were 7 rounds.)

Not quite…

The 8 rounders are high capacity, but not extended- they are the same length…

[westhope]

Being a 1911, 45 ACP guy; 8 rounds is an extended magazine. (Original 1911’s were 7 rounds.)

Not quite…

The 8 rounders are high capacity, but not extended- they are the same length…

I concede that point. A FEW of my 8 round magazines are flush. Some have a base pad that extends slightly.