Do you Carry chambered?
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thunder173
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Always.....no point in carrying a brick in your pocket.
The truth from Ruger: http://www.ruger-firearms.com/LCPRecall/index.html
We want to remind gun users that, for maximum safety when carrying any pistol with a loaded magazine in place, the chamber should be empty, and the slide should be closed. Any gun may fire if dropped or struck.
------- Seems their new guns like to do that.
We want to remind gun users that, for maximum safety when carrying any pistol with a loaded magazine in place, the chamber should be empty, and the slide should be closed. Any gun may fire if dropped or struck.
------- Seems their new guns like to do that.
Vern Humphrey
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Which is why I carry an M1911, not a Ruger.
Larry E
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What's the point in carrying if you have to put the piece into operating condition in case of need. One up the tube, and safety on with the P345, and cocked and locked with a 1911, all chambers loaded with the GP100 or Blackhawk (new model).
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Does Revolver = 6 Yes
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Well, it looks like it's almost 50-50 on cocked/uncocked so I'll attempt to "break the tie"
.. I carry my PT1911 with one in chamber and cocked. Why? Because I go into rooms and forget why I'm there. Why would I want to hafta remember to: 1. Determine if there is a problem, 2. Determine what action to take, 3. Draw, 4. Chamber a round, 5 Aim, 6. Dodge the bullets whizzing by me, 7. Pull trigger, 8. Run like Hadeas!!!!!!!!! Just too much for an OleCodger to remember and to get right! However, carrying without one in the pipe would be much simpler. I would only hafta remember step #8. There is no "second place" in a gunfight!
Well, it looks like it's almost 50-50 on cocked/uncocked so I'll attempt to "break the tie"
.. I carry my PT1911 with one in chamber and cocked. Why? Because I go into rooms and forget why I'm there. Why would I want to hafta remember to: 1. Determine if there is a problem, 2. Determine what action to take, 3. Draw, 4. Chamber a round, 5 Aim, 6. Dodge the bullets whizzing by me, 7. Pull trigger, 8. Run like Hadeas!!!!!!!!! Just too much for an OleCodger to remember and to get right! However, carrying without one in the pipe would be much simpler. I would only hafta remember step #8. There is no "second place" in a gunfight!ruger_dude
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I carry my 1911s with one in the chamber, and hammer down I'm a lefty and most of them don't have an Ambi saftey that isn't an aftermarket. But my Sig 220 in its shoulder holster has a round up the spout decocked. And yes I carry both of these guns with each other.
Schofield3
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yep....
goalie
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I carry with one in the chamber. If I was going to carry with the chamber empty, I wouldn't carry a gun, I'd just carry a rock.
Depending on the hunting, I don't have a round chambered. Basically, until I am in my stand and set, I have an empty chamber, and any time I am stalking in the woods, the chamber is empty. It is really an apples to oranges thing though, as the worst that happens to me because of the empty chamber in the woods is I miss a shot at a deer.
Depending on the hunting, I don't have a round chambered. Basically, until I am in my stand and set, I have an empty chamber, and any time I am stalking in the woods, the chamber is empty. It is really an apples to oranges thing though, as the worst that happens to me because of the empty chamber in the woods is I miss a shot at a deer.
Rational Debasis
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I carry mostly a G19. So of course I carry chambered.
On the rare occasions I carry a USP45, I carry chambered, hammer back and safety off.
YMMV.
On the rare occasions I carry a USP45, I carry chambered, hammer back and safety off.
YMMV.
Quick Karl
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HK USP Compact 9MM 125g CorBons - chambered, cocked & locked, on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday.
Springfield 1911 A1 45ACP 230g Federal HydraShocks - chambered, cocked & locked, on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday.
Springfield 1911 A1 45ACP 230g Federal HydraShocks - chambered, cocked & locked, on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday.
Dusty308223
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Chambered ! XD9mm, allways! My safety is in my brain.
No matter what gun I carry it has one in the pipe. None of my carry guns have a manual safety and all are sa/da w/ a decocker. They are for protection and simplicity is key and carrying the same way every day should keep me from screwing up. Cocked & locked is not for me. I've tried IWB holsters but find them bulky so I carry inside the belt w/o a holster and can effectively draw without my finger slipping inside the trigger guard until it should.
sailortoo
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Like a few other posters, YEP -each chamber always loaded, YEP - it's always on "safe" - because its a Ruger revolver! Life can be simple and safe, and even better, reliable.
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MikePGS
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If its not chambered, you might as well leave it at home.
I ALWAYS carry a round in the chamber. It makes no sense to carry and not be ready for that ill-fated moment, where fractions of a second can mean the difference between life and death (yours and/or his). As for the safety, it depends on which gun I'm carrying. Most often though, as in 99.99% of the time, NO I don't. For the same reason as above. 1911 sub-compact is my first choice, but sometimes I carry a Kahr or Smith snub. No safety on those, other than ME!!!!!
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1911 commander cocked and locked in a west woods rig.
TStorm
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Chambered PM 9 in Smartcarry. That is putting your money where your.... you get the picture.
xd .45 shooter
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chambered
xd 45 one in the pipe always. like said earlirer when it goes bad it goes bad quickly. :banghead: i don't understand why people don't get this.
xd 45 one in the pipe always. like said earlirer when it goes bad it goes bad quickly. :banghead: i don't understand why people don't get this.
denfoote
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Of course I carry chambered!!
Six of them to be exact!!
No safety to flip on and off either!!
Six of them to be exact!!
No safety to flip on and off either!!
Well thats why my personal favorite for a carry pistol is a good revolver. Always ready and able, And it also polices it's own brass which I also like.
But I do carry a S&W Sigma in 40 caliber on occasion, And I do carry one in the chamber. If you do need to use that firearm there is a strong chance that you will not have the time to rack one into the chamber. It may not be that the threat is coming at you that fast, But you yourself might not move fast enough to get one in there and get it where it needs to be.
So just practice good safety procedures and always remember you are carrying a gun that is ready to fire and treat it as such.
But I do carry a S&W Sigma in 40 caliber on occasion, And I do carry one in the chamber. If you do need to use that firearm there is a strong chance that you will not have the time to rack one into the chamber. It may not be that the threat is coming at you that fast, But you yourself might not move fast enough to get one in there and get it where it needs to be.
So just practice good safety procedures and always remember you are carrying a gun that is ready to fire and treat it as such.
I didn't used to but I do now.
But if you're new to carrying and don't feel comfortable carrying chambered yet, don't sweat it.
Carry with a full mag/empty chamber. Even if you do have to rack the slide you're still way better protected than the shmuck who doesn't carry at all.
But if you're new to carrying and don't feel comfortable carrying chambered yet, don't sweat it.
Carry with a full mag/empty chamber. Even if you do have to rack the slide you're still way better protected than the shmuck who doesn't carry at all.
anymanusa
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--Whoa whoa whoa, I think this about sums it up... he's a retired LEO, so what he says is pretty much the rule...
Maybe I want to have the option of running one out the barrel and I don't want to have the noise signature of racking a slide. Nah, that's unnecessary, you said so.
That pretty much implies that they were mishandling the gun regardless of having one in the chamber or not... 'never point the gun at anything you don't intend to destroy'.
I keep one in the pipe safety on in my P345. The XD45 keeps on in the pipe. My handgrip is the safety for that gun.
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