bikerbill
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loaded chamber from day one ... forget having time to rack the slide; if you're confronted by evil, you need to be able to deal with it right then, not after you've fumbled with the slide and the BG has brained you with a bat ...
Not trying to start something here, but If your not going to carry it ready to shoot, leave it in the car or at home.
A reasonable amount of training and practice will make you 'safe' to carry one in the barrel. It's likely more dangerous to have to fumble with the gun than to KNOW it's ready to shoot.
Can't someone train to rack a slide once out of pocket?
Racking the slide on the draw stroke still takes two hands, and I'm not going to count on having both hands available in an emergency. There are all kinds of reasons why your other hand might be otherwise occupied, not just from being disabled.9teenEleven said:....In fact, every time I shoot, I practice racking as part of the draw process. I can get 5 rounds on target faster than the guys I shoot with who start with one in the pipe, and every bit as accurate. It really does become second nature. I understand the whole what if one arm becomes disabled argument, but the chances of that are, I think, slim....
If with practice you feel you can rack the slide quickly and reliably on the draw stroke, with practice you'll be able to reliably keep your finger off the trigger and out of the trigger guard when it doesn't belong there. USPSA and IDPA competitors learn trigger finger discipline very well, because they are shooting under the watchful eye of a range officer and will get sent home promptly upon any lapse of trigger finger discipline.9teenEleven said:...Even if they are not too slim, the chances of getting your finger into that trigger guard by accident are very real too....
I will never feel comfortable around a loaded gun, and that is a good thing.
WOW just WOW!If I get robbed I am giving the money. I am not a gun fighter.
If I get physically attacked I am very fit. I wouldn't hold a chance of 'a reasonable person's' fear for life. Also, I am not drawing a gun on someone immediately for hitting me.
The reason I carry a gun is for other people and when I see it will be needed. If someone out smarts me, I am not drawing the gun.
Revolver reliability is a myth. Revolvers are far less reliable in austere conditions then auto-loaders. Also, reloading a revolver is much harder than an auto.This is why revolvers are still legendary in shooting culture.
Another myth. High level Israelis carry chambered like every other competent Gunman.Keep in mind that the Israelis don't chamber a round until they are ready to go.
And that would be "nuff said."carry chambered like every other competent Gunman
Racking the slide on the draw stroke still takes two hands, and I'm not going to count on having both hands available in an emergency.
The truth is not low road. This is a tech forum. If people ask a question they will be told the proper way to do things.it is allowed to be low road all of a sudden with no moderators stepping in. Those who carry chambered call those who don't not ready to carry and incompetent, not safe, not socially responsible, pointless to carry unchambered, and noobie in this post alone thus far.
You are not being chastised for carrying incorrectly; you are being strongly encouraged to carry properly as choosing to continue with your current method could cost you and others their lives.Everybody who is on here and carries concealed with an empty chamber is always chastised for their decisions. What makes everybody think they have the right to demean those who carry unchambered?