Carbines and bug-out gear

Some important points to ponder here.

MAG BAGS?...

You know, i heard it happened to a friend of a guy who used to work with a guy ....

I discovered that there is still a largely overblown fear of damaging firearms by dry firing a handgun. ‘Damaging guns by dry-fire’ seems to be the gun hobby’s version of ‘I woke up in a bathtub filled with ice-water and one of my kidneys was stolen.” While it may be possible, it is highly improbable.

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Unsolicited marketing advice

Carbine/hangun combinations have been around since the advent of useful centerfire cartridges (i.e 1873). In the later Old West the 44-40 and 38-40 et. al. appeared in both the Colt SAA and the Winchester 1873.

You can still own a revolver and carbine combination and enjoy all the associated advantages.

It's harder with semi-autos and only Beretta has a current model line that includes pistol carbines that use the same magazines as the pistol.

I think Springfield could fix that with an XD carbine.

It would give them unparalleled breadth in their product line: everything from subcompacts for CCW through full-sized service pistols and a long gun that uses the same magazines.