You are right. I am not a big fan of a spare mag for the R9. I don't care about the spare mag in this holster at all, I would just like it to place the pistol at the side of my leg, not in front. I have a Glock 22 in my pouch that would be my backup for the R9 when the 6 go bang... The R9 buys time to get to it, and it buys time to get to the AR15.