Anyone carry with an empty chamber?

[Weezer]

It seems the vast majority of people carry thier CCW weapon with one in the chamber. This question is mainly for Glock owners; do any of you carry without one in the chamber?

Thanks

 

[blades67]

No. I don't carry dull knives either.

 

[MacPelto]

I have carried a Glock daily, for years now, with a round chambered. No ill effects yet...

Keep it in a good holster.

YMMV

 

[DeltaElite]

Nope.
IMHO, only a fool would do that.

I know that some do, but I think it is foolish.

 

[isaidme]

I would on a glock!But with a 1911 or hi-power I would have one chambered.

 

[El Tejon]

Why would you carry an empty gun?

 

[DeltaElite]

Remember, an unloaded gun is just a very poorly designed impact weapon.

 

[Soap]

Why make a bad situation more complicated? Guns don't just "go off" anyway. Always keep your gun loaded.

 

[Mark IV Series 80]

Anyone carry with an empty chamber?

This question is mainly for Glock owners; do any of you carry without one in the chamber?

If you carry a Glock, and you are concerned about carrying it with a round chambered, you can get one of these:

http://www.tulsafirearms.com/online-catalog/locks-safes/saf-t-blok-glock.htm

 

[Archie]

No.

 

[bad_dad_brad]

Well, I almost blew my gonads off once shoving a Kahr MK9 in my waistband. The key to carrying chambered in a pistol like a Glock or Kahr is HOLSTER! If you do that you are fine.

 

[Kahr carrier]

Nope always like one in the spout.

 

[Standing Wolf]

No, and I don't let my car's fuel tank run dry, either.

 

[P95Carry]

In my P95, yes of course. but I have to admit...... and usually suffer derision for owning up .... in my HP (FEG) I do carry on empty chamber .. just me! But then, over many years I have been using a draw technique where as the gun comes out I am racking it .. so the time lost is actually very small.

Critical some might say. Well, maybe but . with enough practice the whole draw can be a smooth flowing action ... it works for me anyways.

Call me odd ... I'm too thick skinned to worry!

 

[J Miller]

The only gun I cary with an empty chamber under the hammer is an OLD STYLE single action revolver.
Autos and all other revolvers are caried full up.

 

[dairycreek]

Change your gun!

I understand the anguish that some feel when carrying one in the chamber of a Glock. Some have that same feeling about carrying in Condition One with a 1911. If you are not comfortable with carrying a gun with one in the chamber. Change your gun. It makes very little sense to carry a gun as a means of self protection and not have it instantaneously ready at the moment it might be needed. Good shooting

 

[Old Fuff]

I know an individual who carries his Glock with an empty chamber and cycles the slide when he draws. He is not slow. When I carry an autoloader it usually has the chamber loaded, but not always. Simply walking around in the field doesn't require Condition One.

 

[Mastrogiacomo]

God -- I should write that arguement down so I can run it by the police chief. I have a Class B so Glock, Beretta, Sig, H&K or S&W -- I HAVE to carry visable and unloaded. Now who's dumb idea is this for gun permit applicants? :banghead:

 

[BerettaNut92]

My shooting instructor: "What are you, a liberal? Carrying with an empty chamber is for pacifists!"

 

[Schuey2002]

I have from time to time, but I normally pack with "one up the barrel"..

 

[SteelyDan]

Can't carry here (yet, may change in the next two months), but if it were legal I think I'd keep the chamber empty. Most of the mechanical things I've operated over the years have screwed up one time or another (or, to be fair, maybe I screwed some of them up, but that distinction doesn't matter here). Compared to not being able to carry at all, the extra half-second it takes to work the slide seems like seems like a minor price to pay for the extra margin of safety. If it were a higher threat level situation, my opinion would change. But for a trip to McDonald's with my kids? Nope.

 

[10-Ring]

No empty chamber here either.

 

[sm]

No

 

[Lennyjoe]

Absolutely NOT. Always loaded, chambered and ready to rock. The time it takes you to chamber a round just might cost you your life.

Thats a chance I aint willing to take.

God forbid I ever have to use my weapon on another human being but if I do I want to be ready in every way and come out ahead of the perp.

 

[Thumper]

I know an individual who carries his Glock with an empty chamber and cycles the slide when he draws. He is not slow

I agree that you can get pretty fast cycling the slide with both hands.

Unfortunately, predators don't attack from across the street. They could be on ya and cuttin'.

That might tend to slow down your drawstroke. Why complicate things?