Always make sure it’s loaded!

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Did a dumb one today! Started loading new rounds for my 38spl about a week ago and apparently when I unloaded it to make sure the reloads fit I didn’t load it back.

Went shopping and one store was posted and the girlfriend drove, so instead of fighting off the IWB holster I un-holster the gun and opened the cylinder to put in her glove box and it’s empty! I’m sitting there going what the hell???? I first thought my brother did it and then it dawned on me last weekend I was messing with the reloads, empty the gun, check loads and must have put back in holster and brought it back upstairs without putting the SD ammo back in it. Had I needed it I’d be screwed!

Well good thing cabelas was 5 min away and I only had 10 golden sabers left at home, so I grabbed a box of Hornady Critical Defense 110gr FTX +P. Btw cabelas now has a sunglasses showcase and tons of BP t shirts when you walk in the door. Only one shelf of pistol ammo too. Had I not needed ammo I would have walked out when I seen that nonsense. $400 for used M&P 9mm and $350 for a bodyguard! Ha!

Always make sure it’s loaded before leaving the house!
 
Another reason to always carry a reload. No need to go out and buy new ammo ;)

I had a similar instance a few weeks ago where I had unloaded my Glock 19 and when I reloaded the gun I apparently forgot to chamber a round. Carried it for a day before I found out. Thankfully if I needed the gun it would have just turned into a standard malfunction drill, but it was still a good reminder to always know the status of your weapon.
 
A few years ago I had a similar brain fart. After shooting my carry piece at the range, I replaced a magazine in the gun. I carried it several days. When I went to clear the gun for cleaning, I realized there was only 2 rounds in the gun, one in the chamber and one in the magazine. I better have good shot placements.

I do double check now after that.
 
I guess carrying a weapon for well over 30 years makes it easier to determine if the gun is loaded or not. Cause it always is unless being cleaned or mag change at a range. So, I'll continue with what I currently have Besides, I can tell if the magazine is loaded by the weight of the handgun and can look at the loaded chamber indicator, but I don't and I am not worried if the gun is loaded or not.
But to each their own....
 
ohihunter2014 said:
Btw cabelas now has a sunglasses showcase
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If they were Cocoons sunglasses you should have picked up a pair. Those are the best sunglasses I have ever worn. The reason I mention it is because the the only place you can buy them in Colorado Springs is at Bass Pro
 
I know I should probably be more diligent about making sure that my gun is loaded but nobody lives in my house with me and my wife and she doesn't have any reason to unload my gun.

If I'm not in bed that gun is on my person or under my direct personal control. It's the ones in the safe that are supposed to be unloaded that bother me.

I check them meticulously anytime they come out of the safe
 
Rule #1 Always check your weapon.
I got in the habit of checking my duty weapon before heading out the door for work. Even though I knew that no one had touched my weapon other then me, I still checked it.
I do the same for every gun I carry.
I also don’t shoot my carry gun at the range. I always carry a different gun then the ones I plan to shoot that day.
My bedside gun is always loaded, I know because I check it every night when I go to bed.
No need for Rule #2.
 
Pulled a Bersa Thunder once to low-ready when an aggressive dog presented itself to me and my then-baby daughter while we were out walking. The dog held back, and I reholstered. Got home and went to put the gun back in its "spot" (this was before I'd made the decision to simply stay armed at all times) and found the magazine missing. I was afraid I had somehow lost it on the walk, but, no, it was where the gun was going to go. I had never inserted it.

Because of the Bersa's magazine-out safety, I would not have even been able to use the one round in the gun's chamber had I needed it.
 
Once in the late '70s or early '80s, it seems, I went about my business all day with a loaded chamber and empty magazine in my Walther PP. :eek:

I had felt the chamber indicator with my thumbnail as was my wont but failed to drop the mag for a check. :(

It was an excellent learning experience for me because it has not and will not ever happen again. :)
 
kcofohio said:
A few years ago I had a similar brain fart. After shooting my carry piece at the range, I replaced a magazine in the gun. I carried it several days. When I went to clear the gun for cleaning, I realized there was only 2 rounds in the gun, one in the chamber and one in the magazine. I better have good shot placements.

I do double check now after that.
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Maybe we nickname that one the "Joe Biden double tap", since you are only gonna need two, right?
I last month was shooting my carry gun and went weeks afterwards with a mag half full of fmj instead of xtp. Not useless, but in 9mm I'd much rather have expanding ammo. Doesn't pay to be inattentive around guns, and this was a good reminder for me...
 
ohihunter2014 said:
Did a dumb one today! Started loading new rounds for my 38spl about a week ago and apparently when I unloaded it to make sure the reloads fit I didn’t load it back.

Went shopping and one store was posted and the girlfriend drove, so instead of fighting off the IWB holster I un-holster the gun and opened the cylinder to put in her glove box and it’s empty! I’m sitting there going what the hell???? I first thought my brother did it and then it dawned on me last weekend I was messing with the reloads, empty the gun, check loads and must have put back in holster and brought it back upstairs without putting the SD ammo back in it. Had I needed it I’d be screwed!

Well good thing cabelas was 5 min away and I only had 10 golden sabers left at home, so I grabbed a box of Hornady Critical Defense 110gr FTX +P. Btw cabelas now has a sunglasses showcase and tons of BP t shirts when you walk in the door. Only one shelf of pistol ammo too. Had I not needed ammo I would have walked out when I seen that nonsense. $400 for used M&P 9mm and $350 for a bodyguard! Ha!

Always make sure it’s loaded before leaving the house!
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You made a mistake. We all make mistakes. I’ve made a very similar mistake. Be very thankful you made yours when it didn’t matter as is the case with most of us. And just don’t make that particular one again. Life is about learning lessons. Some aren’t so important. Some can cost you big time. And the difference in severity can be as simple as turning left instead of right and your whole world can be changed forever. So we must always do our best to be properly prepared. And I’m preaching as much to me as I am you.

Hammers are for striking. Firearms are for shooting. Never let a distraction force your firearm into the role of a hammer.
 
BigBore44 said:
You made a mistake. We all make mistakes. I’ve made a very similar mistake. Be very thankful you made yours when it didn’t matter as is the case with most of us. And just don’t make that particular one again. Life is about learning lessons. Some aren’t so important. Some can cost you big time. And the difference in severity can be as simple as turning left instead of right and your whole world can be changed forever. So we must always do our best to be properly prepared. And I’m preaching as much to me as I am you.

Hammers are for striking. Firearms are for shooting. Never let a distraction force your firearm into the role of a hammer.
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Thanks!

I honestly don't know why I didn't put the 5 round back in the gun before I took it back upstairs. I went through the trouble of removing them and checking the reloads and then putting it back in the holster. Come to think of it when I was reloading yesterday there wasn't live ammo on the bench. I think I figured it out now! We were supposed to have family over and some small nephews, so I bet someone unloaded it even though its hidden under the mattress. Why not just put it in the safe instead of unload it? My brother did that to me years back I was working an armored truck job and came home to cut the grass or something and left it laying on the top shelf behind the doorway. Well he brought someone home and unloaded the damn thing and didn't tell me. I got to work and always pressed checked before leaving on the truck and sure enough the chamber was empty. I am betting he unloaded it because of the kids.
 
Not recommending that anyone carry an unloaded firearm, but: Best statistic I can find indicates that when you are accosted, if you present a firearm, 93% of the time your attacker will flee. So, even unloaded, it's not completely useless. Unless maybe you're pointing it at a dog. :)
 
The old adage is to "treat every weapon as if it were loaded and especially every weapon that has been out of your sight, because you don't know what happened to it in your absence"
 
Well, I can say I've never left the house with an empty weapon. But there was the time when upon returning home I found my holster empty. I freaked. Where could I have "dropped" it? I know I never took it out of the holster or took the holster off. I searched the truck, I scoured the house. Figuring I was going to have to report it lost I checked one last place. Yep, there it was, in the safe where it had been all day. Funny how you can get so used to something you don't even pay it any attention. I now triple check before I leave the house.
 
Trunk Monkey said:
If they were Cocoons sunglasses you should have picked up a pair. Those are the best sunglasses I have ever worn. The reason I mention it is because the the only place you can buy them in Colorado Springs is at Bass Pro
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They have a Bass Pro in Colorado Springs? You leave a city for 24 years and everyone starts getting delusions of grandeur. :D

Matt
 
Not unloaded, but we had a cop who loaded and holstered a gun out of the box.
It was three weeks before he got around to (attempting) to shoot it and learned he had been counting on a dud.
 
My EDC doesn't get messed with outside of range work. Once I'm done with drills I reload my SD ammo and tripple check the guns condition.

From there the only handling is putting the whole rig on my belt. I may occasionally switch holsters but the gun remains the same.

I have no kids and my wife doesn't touch my EDC.

It doesn't get messed with until the next range session.
 
I keep a speed strip of .38's in the center console of my truck. It's always there, regardless of if the gun is in the car or not.
 
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