How do you carry a spare magazine for a small gun?

[Sgt Nambu]

Until they see two multitool pouches :-D. I will likely end up picking one of these up at some point to give it a try.

You'd think, huh? But I use two, identical, L tool pouches to carry a pair of eight round mags for my 9mm Sig compact. Usually covered with shirt, etc. but not always. People are unobservent and stupid.

 

[ikemay]

For my S&W Shield I use a cordura/nylon Leatherman multitool pouch, leather Buck 110 knife belt sheath and/or DeSantis Mag-Packer magazine holder. Keeps it up-right in my pocket making it easier for me to get.

 

[Sgt Nambu]

Wow! A lot of you guys have a lot of extra pocket room! I carry two key rings, a Kershaw knife, billfold, I-phone, pill bottle and a handkerchief! Unless I'm carrying the LPC in my right front pocket, it's all distributed evenly. If I am everything in the right pocket gets stuffed in the left!

 

[TM-Salem]

I usually wear jeans so I had my wife make a mag holder out of an old pair that I didnt wear any more.. Now the loop looks like a thick belt loop.

 

[B3dlam]

I got a few extended mags from ETS They now sell 9 and 12 round G43 magazines. The extended 12 round is roughly the same length as the 21 round doublestack extended I used to carry with my 26 so that alone may solve the issue but I love seeing all the solutions guys have!.

 

[therealhitman]

NeoMag

A little spendy but an elegant solution I have considered buying.
For the record, my spare mag is just sitting in the left side pocket with my multitool.

 

[Raidingtime]

Wow! A lot of you guys have a lot of extra pocket room! I carry two key rings, a Kershaw knife, billfold, I-phone, pill bottle and a handkerchief! Unless I'm carrying the LPC in my right front pocket, it's all distributed evenly. If I am everything in the right pocket gets stuffed in the left!

Lcps make it too easy.

 

[2Wheels4Ever]

I made my own out of kydex. Used this one as a template. I was going to buy it, but then I realized I could make my own for around $2 worth of material. Their price is not horrible though, and I really like the simplicity of it.
Ruger LC9/LC380 Mag Carrier | KYTEX Shooting Gear

 

[UserNameInUse]

I guess these are sold to be used in a safe, but they do a good job holding two magazines upright in the side pockets of cargo shorts.

Stealth Velcro Double Clip Magazine Holder

They also sell them on ebay.

They are a little big for single stack 9mm or .380 magazines but I just made the slots a bit narrower with a stapler. Someday I will do it on a sewing machine.

 

[Sgt Nambu]

I usually wear jeans so I had my wife make a mag holder out of an old pair that I didnt wear any more.. Now the loop looks like a thick belt loop.

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That's ingenious, TM! Good job!

 

[Sgt Nambu]

Lcps make it too easy.

True, but I only carry the LCP for deep conceal or especially hot weathers. I generally pack my Sig P290rs, a considerably blockier pistol, and the eight rnd, 9mm mags are huge in comparison!

 

[Capn Jack]

Finding a compact single stack clip-on was a problem.
When I did find one the clip is a finger pinching SOB to put on,
but it stays where I put it.

I think I'll look into the Leatherman pouch.

 

[Sgt Nambu]

NeoMag

A little spendy but an elegant solution I have considered buying.
For the record, my spare mag is just sitting in the left side pocket with my multitool.

Definitely spendy, hitman! Also, a major problem for me, no protection for the delicate feed lips! I've had a dinged feed lip tie up a pistol before. To the point where the slide and the mag locked up! Fortunately, at the range. The bent lip pushed the round to the side of the bore and it moved forward far enough to prevent removal of the mag! Took a little prying to get everything apart again, so I'm completely anal about protecting and checking my mags lips for my carry guns! YMMV!

 

[Alexx1401]

You'd think, huh? But I use two, identical, L tool pouches to carry a pair of eight round mags for my 9mm Sig compact. Usually covered with shirt, etc. but not always. People are unobservent and stupid.
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When I was new to CC I often thought everyone noticed. After a few years I found VERY few people pay any attention to the world around them.

 

[etrain16]

No one has mentioned it yet that I can see, but you may want to contact supporting vendor @ORYGUNHolsterCompany. He can make custom fit mag carriers for you, and he does nice work. Worth hitting him up, at least to see what he has to offer.

 

[Kruel J]

No one has mentioned it yet that I can see, but you may want to contact supporting vendor @ORYGUNHolsterCompany. He can make custom fit mag carriers for you, and he does nice work. Worth hitting him up, at least to see what he has to offer.

Yep. I have a single mag holder for my G42 and an appendix carry holster from Ryan. I actually have quite a few different holsters and mag holders from him. Good dude and good products!

 

[Nick Burkhardt]

NeoMag

Mag Pouches

 

[Raidingtime]

True, but I only carry the LCP for deep conceal or especially hot weathers. I generally pack my Sig P290rs, a considerably blockier pistol, and the eight rnd, 9mm mags are huge in comparison!

That's funny, I normally carry my SW Shield 9mm which has a 8 round magazine and then I carry another 8 round back up and 1 in the chamber. It's not too inconvenient to conceal but is definitely a step up in weight and size from the LCP. The LCP is more of a get away from me knife wielder / multiple unarmed attacker pistol while the Shield is a entry level force on force pistol. I can fire my Shield just as good as my G19.

Sounds like we have similar tastes in CCing.

 

[P7M13]

I wouldn't know, but here's a thought: two, inside a pack of smokes, rolled up in your shirt sleeve. Unless someone tries to bum a smoke, no one's the wiser.

 

[langsethnw]

I recently picked up a Glock 43 to carry when my outfit wont allow me to carry something thicker like my G19 or G26. I am curious though how are you guys that carry small single stack pistols like the 43 carrying a spare magazine?

With the double stack Glocks like the 19 and 26 I just carry a 21 round extended magazine in my left pocket. Its length and the fact that I keep that pocket empty make that manageable with the magazine staying relatively consistently placed. With the g43 magazine being so small (see picture) it really has a tendency to disappear in my pocket. My current plan is to try out one of the Moduloader Pocket Shields from raven concealment and using a small magazine pouch to secure the magazine that way. But I am open to other options if anyone has any tricks they like.
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I carry a SnagMag magazine holder in my left pocket for my Sig 938 and Ruger LCP II. They are not cheap but well worth it.