Do you carry your semi-auto pistol with the "+1"?
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chris in va
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Why wouldn't you ?
The Lone Haranguer
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I don't worry much about the loss of one round when I started with fifteen rounds, but all my single-stacks get topped up.
MeanGreenZ71
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I dont everyday carry since I dont have my CWP but when there is a dangerous situation, one goes in the pipe and gun is decocked.
Diamondback6
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Well, speaking for myself I would go to Condition Three on a 1911 in Mexican-carry.
geronimo509
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I carry my Para with 13 +1, my colt and UC with a full mag +1. I dont really carry XD but I know I will carry that +1 also. Shotgun is Plus one right now on the side of my bed ( I really want the thing that Denzel Washington has in Training Day with his shotgun under the bed
) My rifle is not loaded right now and in a case. However, if I went on the offensive with it, it would be +1 ( I fear over penetration)
ps.I carry all day every day where it is legal which is just about everywhere i go
) My rifle is not loaded right now and in a case. However, if I went on the offensive with it, it would be +1 ( I fear over penetration)ps.I carry all day every day where it is legal which is just about everywhere i go
IMTHDUKE
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Cocked and Locked....
FoMoGo
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thats 2 things I cant bring myself to do...
Jim
Most of the time I don't carry +1. At work we are required to check guns at the front gate. We have lock boxes, they keep the gun, I keep the key. For safety I always unload my pistol before putting it in the box and handing it over so +1 is kind of impractical.
always chamber one and then top off the mag.
if i have to unload, the mag goes in the lockbox first, the chambered round is ejected and placed atop the mag
if i have to unload, the mag goes in the lockbox first, the chambered round is ejected and placed atop the mag
Dollar An Hour
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The last thing I want to worry about in a defending my life scenario is chambering a round! I can't see carrying any other way.
The following article mkay be helpful as to conditons 1-4
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http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQY/is_8_46/ai_63772593
possum
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of course i do, that is the only way to carry imho.
Unless I'm mistaken, the thread is concerned with weather you "top off" as opposed to weather you carry with a round chambered. One can load up a mag, rack the slide, and holster without topping off the mag.
I carry all weapons to their intended capacity. For a modern pistol (revolver or auto) that means fill all cylinders/full mag plus one in the chamber as the case may be.
I carry all weapons to their intended capacity. For a modern pistol (revolver or auto) that means fill all cylinders/full mag plus one in the chamber as the case may be.
nalioth
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Thank you!psyopspec said:
Folks, this thread is asking whether you load your magazines to maximum capacity, lock and load your pistol, and then remove the magazine to replace the one (the "+1" in the thread title) that just went into the chamber.
Nothing at all to do with 'do you carry with one in the chamber".
rbernie
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Yes, I do.
CDH
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Yup, I "+1" every semi-auto I carry defensively. I've never heard anyone offer a good reason not to.
While it may not seem so important with a double-stack, it makes a huge difference in small, single-stack pistols like my Rohrbaugh R9S Stealth which holds just 6 rounds in the mag. Turning it into a 7 round pistol by going +1 is a no brainer.
While it may not seem so important with a double-stack, it makes a huge difference in small, single-stack pistols like my Rohrbaugh R9S Stealth which holds just 6 rounds in the mag. Turning it into a 7 round pistol by going +1 is a no brainer.
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Absolutely.
Top off mag?
In U.S.Army M. P. as of 1983/84 7 round Cap. Mags were to be loaded with 5 rounds. I don't remember if I was to have one in the pipe, if memory serves me right it was5+1 cocked and locked + 2/ 5 round Mags.
the reason was positive feed? Any feedback?
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John C.
In U.S.Army M. P. as of 1983/84 7 round Cap. Mags were to be loaded with 5 rounds. I don't remember if I was to have one in the pipe, if memory serves me right it was5+1 cocked and locked + 2/ 5 round Mags.
the reason was positive feed? Any feedback?
God loves You, not Your sins
John C.
shiftyer1
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everyday no. if I feel uncomfortable and have a bad feeling yes. But really if 16 won't do it whats 17 gonna do? I do carry a spare mag which makes it 32 total but thats just because the holster I have has a built in mag pouch. I don't have a ccl yet so this is in the truck along with a 12ga mossberg. Realistically I don't see using more than 5 or 6 rounds probably less.
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