Baron Holbach
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- Jan 10, 2003
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Yes, I carry a round in the chamber in my Glocks and other pistols. However, as a lefty I prefer the Beretta 92FS due to its ambidextrous safety.
I'm sure he's fast. With both hands. How fast is he when one of his hands is pushing a loved one to cover? Or fending off the perp? Or opening a door?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.
The fact is that while some Americans do well with condition one carry, Israelis do quite well in handgun fights, even with the condition 3 carry mode. It's well documented, and if there were significant problems in performance because of this carry method, the Israelis would have switched long ago.
There's a big difference between a professional shooter carrying chamber-empty and Joe CCW carrying chamber-emtpy. The Israelis are highly trained pros. If I had the training and experience they had, I'm sure I'd be comfortable carrying that way as well.
I also personally know people who've gotten their gun from from condition 3 into action fast enough to save their lives.