Maybe a sign that I need to start carrying with a round in the chamber!

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I always have my Glock 27 on me, but I've just never felt comfortable carrying it with a round chambered. Something about knowing the gun is only an accidental trigger pull from being fired worries me.

Anyways... I had a weird dream last night where I was staying at my friends house (who just happened to have a brand new baby) and late at night some guy snuck in dressed in all black with a gun. He came in shooting and I panicked, pulled my Glock out, pulled the slide back but not far enough and somehow the bullet jammed and I couldn't get it to slide back again. I didn't even get a shot off and only remember having this horrible feeling. The dream kind of wandered after that and I don't really remember what happened.

Yeah, it was only a dream but maybe it's a sign that having an unloaded gun on me really is about as useless as a brick!
 
As long as you carry in a quality holster & you follow basic handgun safety rules, having a chambered round is PERFECTLY safe!
 
Your subconscious was looking out for you.

If a true street predator wants a piece of you, he's gonna be on you before you're ready, condition yellow or not.

Trying to rack a slide while fighting for your life doesn't sound fun to me.

A gun's not a magic wand...chamber a round. And don't let it be an excuse to get fat and sloppy.

You're a thousand times more likely to have to defend yourself with your hands than with your G27. If, God forbid, you ever need both, you're gonna need that round in the pipe.
 
Amen to that, Habu- But I don't even consider Glocks to be pistols. I don't hold a high opinion of them.
 
Let's not have another Glock bashing thread.

I think we all can agree what his little .40 will kill a bad guy just as dead as your average tactical nuke...or .45 ACP. Hmm..that's almost redundant. :D
 
What good's an unloaded gun in an emergency that requires a gun?
 
Yep, a pistol you can't pick up or pull and fire one-handed is more dangerous than none at all. It makes you think you have something that you may not really have. Hopefully this dream revealed to you the wisdom of carrying with a round in the chamber.
 
TheOtherOne:

Honestly, seriously, I'm not trying to scare you; often my dreams foreshadow things to come.

It IS a sign.

I'm not religious, not especially superstitious, but it's happened to me, so I take it as truth.

FAR too many times I catch myself saying "gee, I SHOULDA listened to that little voice" and the like.

Truly, carry chambered. An unloaded gun WILL get you killed.
 
FAR too many times I catch myself saying "gee, I SHOULDA listened to that little voice" and the like.
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OH MY GOD!! Someone else that's just like me. I can't begin to tell you how many times I have wished I listened. I carry my 1911's cocked and locked, 1 in the hole and 8 in the clip. If you are uncomfotable carrying the glock like that you should look around at other guns with external safeties. I am a clutz at work, always running into equipment and counters and whatnot...but I never have to worry about my series 80 Colt going off. I just don't. That gun is not going to discharge unless it's in my hands with me intently squeezing the trigger. Perhaps you should consider a Springfield XD? Or just become comfortable with the fact that you are a trigger stroke away from BANG! I don't want to sound like I got lazy about safety because of my series 80, I just mean I don't worry about it AD'ing....EVER. :)
 
I agree with the others - your dream was a warning.

In a CQ struggle, you may not have two "free" hands to rack the slide. If you cannot become comfortable with the idea of carrying a Glock with one in the pipe, then you need to find another gun to carry.

MJ
 
1. If you're not comfortable carrying a Glock with one in the pipe, get a gun that you are comfortable carrying that way...soon.

2. Don't ignore your subconscious.

- Gabe
 
Thanks for all the comments. I got the message. Carrying "cocked and locked" now -- well, as cocked and locked as a Glock can be without a hammer or a safety! :D

I've got a nice fitted Galco holster and figure I've been carrying all this while without a chambered round and the trigger has never accidentally been pulled. I'll just have to convince myself that all these passive safeties everyone tells me about on the Glock really do work great.
 
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You should be completely comfortable with the gun that your going to use to defend yourself and loved ones. If leaving a round chambered in your G27 gives you the ibi-jibesss on ADs or NDs, then you might want to consider a gun with a longer or heavier double action pull. Springfield Armory makes a XD series with the same trigger but adds a grip safety to the equation, or you can try something like a 1911, Walther, Sig, Beretta or even a wheel gun.

Another important reminder are the 3 Basic Gun Safety rules. A quality holster should not catch the trigger. Train, Train, Train.

Shoot safe

45R
 
Don't want to beat a dead horse!

But! If you're going to carry a Glock with one in the chamber then it is absolutely imperative that you have a holster that covers the trigger. There are a lot of good ones. I carry my G27 in a kydex by Sidearmor. Makes for a safe, secure carry all around. Good shooting:)
 
Glock pistols are designed to be carried with a round chambered, so far as I know.

A PROPER holster is always a worthwhile investment, especially when they aren't all that expensive to begin with.
 
..........does your Galco cover the trigger&guard??
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Yep!

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Go to Glock Talk for 5,000,000 posts on unchambered carry. Only three are original.

As far as dreams, I prefer to dream about unclothed carry with the right dream partners.
 
I don't know guys, I read an article on keepandbeararms that all but sold me on the concept of keeping your guns in condition 3. The reasons is, it takes the conscience mind to rack the gun, and at that point, you have decided that you wanted to shoot someone/something. Not from subconscience, but from the conscience...
 
Twoblink:

That might apply at NIGHT, but definitely not during the day.

(Unless you're one of those nocturnal feeders Ricky Butler keeps talking about! :D )
 
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