Strikers on the Nightstand

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For those of you using striker-fired pistols for home defense, how do you keep them at the ready?

I am not personally comfortable leaving a chambered Glock etc. on the open nightstand. I prefer a DA/SA auto like a Beretta 92, just less chance of inadvertently pulling the trigger when you first wake up and are in a daze possibly, and also when it is just up there and things are getting moved around.

Thoughts?
 
All of my loaded handguns are in holsters, regardless of action. My bedside pistol (Glock 19) has a round chambered and is in a kydex holster. I agree that I wouldn't want it (or really any gun) laying out with the trigger exposed. I think having the gun holstered provides the best protection for the trigger while also giving you a good "am I awake" check should you need to use the gun.
 
My striker fired Canik TP9SA that pulls HD duty is kept with a full mag and an empty chamber beside my pillow.

I keep it in that condition because I am not technically "in control" of it, as it would be if it were on my person. I also am taking the chance that all my other many home safe guards would provide me ample time to rack the slide should the need present itself.

I'm a firm advocate of condition one carry, and I do so on all of my carry guns. But there's something about the gun not being in my full control that makes me want this type of bedside armory. I'm also extremely confident that given my other security measures I'd have ample time to rack the slide.

Actually it wouldn't matter to me what kind of semi were in question, I'd prefer to have that way.

I don't use revolvers for SD but I could see that being an entirely different ballgame.


YMMV...
 
My bedside gun is a SIG P229R in a gun safe that is attached to the nightstand. It's loaded with a round in the chamber and ready to go with a SIG laser/light module mounted on it. One of the reasons I went with the SIG over a striker fired pistol is that I wanted that DA first shot.

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Cooldill said:
For those of you using striker-fired pistols for home defense, how do you keep them at the ready?

I am not personally comfortable leaving a chambered Glock etc. on the open nightstand. I prefer a DA/SA auto like a Beretta 92, just less chance of inadvertently pulling the trigger when you first wake up and are in a daze possibly, and also when it is just up there and things are getting moved around.

Thoughts?
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I do keep a round chambered in my bedside P250....there ain't no inadvertant discharging THAT trigger! It resides in a tiny little safe, so, if I had a striker pistol there, I would also keep a round chambered....and rely on years of training to keep my finger firmly parked on the frame until I was ready to fire.
 
Get yourself a beside holster, or keep it in a biometric/quick access lockbox, or in its own drawer. Personally, it doesn't bother me to have a loaded DA on my nightstand. That's the way I've been sleeping for many years. Even in a daze, I don't make a habit of putting my finger on the trigger.
 
GunnyUSMC said:
Anything I have ready for HD is loaded and ready to go. The Taurus 38 next to my bed is in a holster. The tomahawk does not have a sheath and is always in condition one.
Now my duty weapon is a Glock. It's loaded, ready to go in a holster on my dresser.
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I would be more worried about the tomahawk. I could see myself knocking it off the nightstand in my sleep and then slicing my foot on it when I went to go pee at 3 am. Ouch!

BTW, remind me to never break into your house. I want nothing to do with anyone who sleeps with a tomahawk.:D
 
I seem to be following you a lot, Steve!

My Gen 4 Glock 19 with TruGlo night sights (easy to see in the dark) comes out of the holster, onto the bedside table. As is. All my life, I have awakened instantly. Only my Wife and I are here.
My wee Town House, you would have to make a noise breaking in, outside lights, two.
Bright street light on the street. Racking slide? No Sir.
 
I tend lately to keeping a revolver in a holster. If I were to keep the Q bedside, I would most likely do condition 1, in a holster.
 
I tend toward hammer fired guns but have no worries with a chambered Glock/striker. It's not going to suddenly go off.

Now I would HIGHLY suggest a lockbox of some kind, if not for kids for any irresponsibile adults. (Hey we all have friends and parties etc and we all have THAT FRIEND bless their heart. :))
 
grampajack said:
I would be more worried about the tomahawk. I could see myself knocking it off the nightstand in my sleep and then slicing my foot on it when I went to go pee at 3 am. Ouch!

BTW, remind me to never break into your house. I want nothing to do with anyone who sleeps with a tomahawk.:D
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Actually it's pretty safe. The blade is tucked between the mattress and box spring with just the handle out. It's secure, but very easy to deploy.
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red rick said:
Cooldill , that is why I keep a revolver as my nightstand gun .
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Why would that be any different than a double-action single-action gun like a Beretta 92?

I guess I should ask if folks would consider a chambered and decocked DA/SA gun as safe to leave in the open on a nightstand, much like a revolver. Unauthorized access is not a problem for me, and I feel as if a safe would just be too slow to access, especially when just coming out of a deep sleep.
 
Mine sits in a holster on the wall side of the bed. With a steel plate I made that goes between the box spring and mattress to hold the holster. Then in the morning it goes on me. I keep it in the same condition that I carry it.
 
So far, it doesn't seem that any respondents are comfortable leaving a "Glock-type-triggered" pistol chambered and "uncontained" while it sits bedside. They're all holstered or otherwise contained, or with empty chambers.

I'm probably among them, but I don't have any guns with such types of triggers (the closest I have is a Hi-Point C9, which has a manual safety that I'd use if I stowed this gun loaded anywhere.) I typically use a handgun with an available DA-first-shot, and any safety is off. The handgun is otherwise "uncontained."

I've recently taken to having a 1911 out as well, on the high hutch above my nightstand. I'm still in the training transition between leaving it with the hammer down on a loaded chamber (safety off) and leaving it in C1, how it's supposed to be stowed.
 
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