I'm in CA so I can't carry, but in the past ...
Cond 3, regardless of pistol -- whether it's a 1911, Glock or a Makarov, the manual of arms is the same. If I carried in areas where I might be surprised and need an immediate action capability, I would upgrade to Cond 1 with a 1911 or Cond 2 with a Glock or Mak, but I tended to avoid areas where immediate action was needed (still do) and my profile as a target was and is relatively low. I'm not in LE and I can choose to not go places that make me nervous. This comes from decades of never having any need to be in condition 1 and 99.44% of the time Cond 3 is just fine -- I've never been in that other .56% so I haven't been convinced of the error of my ways. If the pistol is a revolver, it's carried with 6 rounds, hammer down -- that's just the way a revolver is carried.
Around home where I don't carry, the pistol out of the safe is at Cond 3 and roomies revo is full. Anyone entering will make a lot of noise and will probably be met with a 12 ga Rem 870 -- five rounds in the tube.