Carrying +1

[Sam1911]

"When carrying in a thunderwear rig, stored inside your purse, under the seat of your truck, do you thumb-cock the hammer to make it faster/easier to rack the slide and chamber a round?

Once you've got it cocked and chambered, do you feel that it is safe to carry cocked and unlocked "Plaxico-style" in your waistband?



-Sam

 

[zombieoutfitters]

You're doing it wrong.

There is no "wrong" in personal choice. The "wrong" part comes from your disagreement which is a direct result of your personal choice conflicting with mine. Tactically, it works for me and that is pretty much all I care about. That and imparting my point of view for those who ask.

 

[REAPER4206969]

Why even carry if you're not going to take it seriously?

 

[REAPER4206969]

Maybe I should also start the argument about dropping the first round in the chamber by hand, vice loading from the magazine?

No Bubba loading!

 

[NavyLCDR]

No Bubba loading!

There is no "Bubba" in personal choice. The "Bubba" part comes from your disagreement which is a direct result of your personal choice conflicting with mine. Physically, it works for me and that is pretty much all I care about. That and imparting my point of view for those who ask (and even some that don't!)

 

[REAPER4206969]

lol



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[Ed Ames]

I don't know about "bubba loading", but dropping a round directly in the chamber can be unsafe with some weapons.

 

[NavyLCDR]

I don't know about "bubba loading", but dropping a round directly in the chamber can be unsafe with some weapons.

And in some weapons it can be done perfectly safely.

 

[Ed Ames]

Yes, that's what "some" means.

 

[orionengnr]

I'm curious how many people carry their pistol with a round already chambered

Yes and Hell yes, I only carry single stacks. Why would I sacrifice one round, or 11-20% of my magazine capacity?

I saw a few pictures already with a gun in the holster and hammer back, but how many actually do this?

Yes and Hell yes. If it isn't in Condition One, it requires two hands to turn it from a club to a pistol. If I wanted a club, I'd carry a club.

Clubs are for Cave Men.

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

A handgun carried on my person for self defense will have a loaded chamber.

 

[EddieNFL]

If however I enter a situation (and I have) or place where I feel that no amount of keen observation or preparedness will allow me to predict the unpredictable...I chamber a round.

This is not to say that the "unpredictable" couldn't happen during the situations in which I choose to carry unchambered.

But, wouldn't you have predicted that the unpredictable was going to happen and chamber a round?

 

[MedWheeler]

If the previous posters were right in deducing that you have a double-action-to-single-action pistol, and that you didn't know that, then some training is in order. Until you get it, which should be soon, then carry the way you have been. Don't chamber a round by racking the slide until you know how to lower the hammer..

 

[Full Metal Jacket]

well some folks are more comfy carrying chamber empty.

i'm not one of them.

if you have to use your gun to defend your life, chances are you'll have about a half a second to draw and fire.

carrying chamber empty opens you up to fumbling with the slide, if you don't rack it hard enough the round might get caught up on the feed ramp and not fully chamber, and so forth...

 

[Jaxinc]

I figured it out! He has a S&W 6904 and does not know that the first shot can be fired double action.

JAXINC,

I would suggest that you find and read an owner's manual for your gun.

It works just like a Ruger P345 except that the hammer is bobbed and cannot be cocked with the thumb.

If the safety is on when chambering a round, or placed on after chambering a round, the hammer decocks. HOWEVER, there is no need to rack the slide to cock the hammer - the first shot will fire double action, and subsequent shots will be single action until the safety is again placed on safe, which puts it back into double action mode.

If your gun won't fire the first round double action, it's broke.

Correct, this is my first firearm and the manual of course did not come with it. I have already contacted S&W to obtain one.
I did not know that, thanks for that info.

Forgive the newb status guys, I'll get into this stuff soon enough. Going to the range this weekend to get some practice in, havnt fired a pistol in ages.

 

[Leanwolf]

Colt's Lightweight Commander .45 ACP, 8 round magazine plus one in the chamber, cocked and locked, for me.

How others choose to carry is their business. Different strokes for different folks, as they say.

L.W.

 

[boatme99]

Empty chamber=unloaded.
SA revolvers excepted.

 

[REAPER4206969]

Empty chamber=unloaded.

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