Bed Time.

[LaEscopeta]

'Cruiser ready' pump shotgun, hammer down on an empty chamber, safety off.

I’m thinking about switching to keeping the slide back with a shell in the chamber and the safety off, as posted above, to eliminate the chance of short stroking under pressure. But I don’t know how much of a risk it might be of having the shell fall out of the ejection port before I can get the action closed.

 

[Molon Labe]

My bedside gun is an Imbel FAL. There's nothing in the chamber and the safety is on. A 30-round magazine loaded with 7.62X51 FMJ is on the dresser located 6 feet away.

Yea, I know this isn't an ideal arrangement for someone breaking into the bedroom. But we have kids, and it's a good compromise between safety and effectiveness, IMO.

 

[hirundo82]

Wilderness Safepacker, with top flap stuck between mattress and box spring, hanging off side of bed. Chambered Glock 17 in Safepacker. Surefire Z2 and extra mag (33rd G18 mag) on nightstand.

 

[Mortech]

M&P40 with M3 taclight on floor next to bed , Mossberg 500A rnd cambered safety on and finally a WSAR-10 with 30 rnd inserted in closet +75 rnd drum nearby (I live in a really rural area with a 40 minute response time) .

 

[Just_a_dude_with_a_gun]

Sa 1911-a1, in a push-button locking pistol safe, 1 mag loaded in the gun,
nothing in chamber.

Just cycle slide, and go.

 

[beerslurpy]

Depends entirely on the gun.

If I have an AK type near the bed, I keep it off safety with nothing in the pipe. Working the action on an AK is very easy even in the dark. The safety is a pain even in the day. I rarely use it. Also, working the bolt on an AK is not much noisier than the safety.

If I have my IMI 40 near the bed, one in the pipe safety on. Flicking off the safety is much easier than racking the slide on that gun.

With an AR, I would keep one in the pipe with the safety on. Safety on an AR is easier to work than the bolt, at least for me.

With a 1911, glock or keltec, I would keep it safety off, one in the pipe. They dont have safeties and I hate working slides on semiautos if I am full of adrenalin.

 

[evan price]

Glock 21, loaded mag, chamber empty, "Safety? What safety?" in a "locked" Doskocill gun case (I wrap a Master Gun Cablelock around the handle of the case, loose enough that I can rip the case open and get the gun out but tight enough that small hands can't get in...We have two kids under age 4 at home!) Plus a 3-D maglight on night stand. Plus CCW gun is available, Sig 239 with night sights.

Mossberg 500, first round is #6 birdshot, followed by (4) 00 tactical Buckshot, with action cocked & locked on an EMPTY chamber with safety on, by door. Why? I know it is empty and cocked and locked. Slide won't move unless you either use the slide release lever or else release safety and pull trigger. I am betting if a BG finds the shotgun and attempts to use it I will buy a second or two to return fire with the Glock when he checks the slide, it is locked,either BG knows Mossbergs and cycles the slide (sound lets me know, he found the shotgun!) or he figures, must be loaded, pulls trigger, <CLICK>... then BANG BANG BANG with Glock. Or if I want to "send a warning" I know to release the slide and cock it & I won't drop a round... and that 12-gauge pump cocking noise has made previous potential BG's leave in a hurry.

 

[B36]

Typical poll??



Author forgot there are guns other than semi autos.

 

[Autolycus]

Originally Posted by: Biker
All guns, including Glocks, are 'cruiser ready' unless they're revolvers or on my person.
Biker

What is "cruiser ready"?

I am unfamiliar with that term.

I keed none in the chamber and the safety off. Its my Mossberg 590 shotgun next to the bed. I also keep a HK P2000 in the same condition. My roommates are not the most gun savvy people. They have no interest in guns so I am not worried about them handling them. Either way they are in the closet when I am not home so I am not worried. At night one gun comes out and sits next to the bed. 99% of the time it is the Mossberg. The other 1% is for when I have female company and I dont want them to freak out so I put the pistol next to the bed.

 

[mr.trooper]

One word: REVOLVER.

 

[Nitrogen]

No safety on my XD, so I voted round in chamber, safety off.

 

[Dave in VA]

Two words: Two Revolvers 2x6 for sure beats a full house any day

 

[atlctyslkr]

Fresh CO2 Cartridge in my Crossman .22 Pellet Gun. For those raccoons that get in my patio garden at night

Revolver for the criminally minded homo sapien

 

[308win]

In no particular order I have either in or on top of my night stand or by the headboard the following:

870 1 in pipe, six in mag, safety on
S&W M19 6 in cylinder, hammer down
S&W 642 5 in cylinder, striker fired
Colt 1991 1 in pipe, 8 in mag, cocked&locked
SA XD9SC 1 in pipe, 15 in mag, striker fired

In the event of a bump in the night, the 870 would be my go to weapon

 

[Manedwolf]

First choice is 870, loaded but nothing in the chamber. Second choice is .45 with frangibles, apartment building, and I'd not want to puncture neighbors.

 

[trenchrat]

Revolver, revolver, revolver. My personal bias. I do have a few auto's and rifles but at nightime it's the revolver. Eleven years ago a lowlife holding one of my kitchen knives kicked open the bedroom door around 0300 hrs and hit the lightswitch. As soon as he saw that .45 coming up and being racked he flew out the front door which he had the foresight to have open. He obviously knew the drill. He had slipped the lock on a living room window and gotten in through there. He had also cut the phone line. The mere second it took to rack a round gave him the opportunity to bug out. My oldest boy at the time was 5 and I had checked his ability to squeeze the trigger on a cocked .45 Auto. Since he could I didn't keep it locked and loaded. He wasn't able to do this with DA revolver for several more years.

 

[tegemu]

Chambered - Safety ON. In my view, I just may be using my weak hand to fend off an intruder or performing another required function. I can snap the safety OFF with my gun hand but I can't load the gun or chamber a round one handed.

 

[Manedwolf]

As soon as he saw that .45 coming up and being racked he flew out the front door which he had the foresight to have open. He obviously knew the drill. He had slipped the lock on a living room window and gotten in through there. He had also cut the phone line. The mere second it took to rack a round gave him the opportunity to bug out.

Isn't that the point, and the desirable outcome? The threat was ended by the perp fleeing.

 

[Sinsaba]

I have a glock... no safety to put ON

 

[DMK]

I keep a revolver for HD.

Cylinder full, no safety or trigger lock.

 

[High Planes Drifter]

Sig 220- round in chamber(no safety).
AR15, no round in chamber, safety on.

 

[AaronE]

Night time setup...

My side of the bed, unlock drawer, check 1911, release safety, press-check and reapply safety, roll drawer shut

Wifes side, unlock drawer, check S&W M-60LS by rolling cylinder out and counting primers. Close cylinder, return to drawer and roll drawer closed.

in the middle of the headboard on back side, reach over, remove cable lock and slide 20 ga 870 up, check safety, release action and check for loaded, check safety again return to scabbard on back of headboard.

Sleep for night.

Morning, lock drawers as make ready to leave house, apply cable lock to 870. Lock bedroom door on the way out the door.

Repeat.

Aaron

 

[RyanM]

Glock is chamber empty, full mag in, no safety to begin with. Revolver is kept completely unloaded, but with a loaded speedloader in the case with it.

 

[Sylvan-Forge]

Round in chamber, safety off.

Decent amount of initial takeup on the LEM trigger.

No lil' uns' or trigger grabbing critters about.

 

[AlaskaErik]

Round in the chamber, safety (if there is one) off. Same as when I carry it. Otherwise it's just an expensive paperweight.