What Condition do you Carry In? (POLL)

What Condition do you Carry In?

  • Loaded with cartridge in chamber (Ready to Fire)

    Votes: 258 89.9%

  • Loaded with chamber empty

    Votes: 25 8.7%

  • Unloaded

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Other

    Votes: 4 1.4%
  • Total voters
    287
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Any gun I carry has a round chambered and is ready for use, if needed. Usually for me, that means a 1911 cocked and locked.

Any gun at home is empty and locked up, unless it is on my person and then the first paragraph applies. I believe that any loaded gun should always be under a person's direct control.


RJ
 
Glock fully loaded and ready to launch. SG is cruiser ready next to door. Daewoo w/loaded mag nearby. BHP in condition 3 mainly because I'm left-handed and I don't have an ambidextrous safety installed yet. It's used more for better-than-nothing wildlife concerns when I'm out running at home and CCW when out in Los Anchorage.
 
rayjay,

You said "I carry all my auto's loaded but not chambered. I was taught to draw and chamber while bringing the weapon up to the target. When I carry a 1911 it's cocked and locked."

Are you saying you carry a 1911 with an empty chamber AND cocked and locked?
 
One in the pipe with the safety engaged. At home I carry a snubbie revolver with all cylinders ready to go.
Posted by rayjay: ... I carry all my auto's loaded but not chambered. I was taught to draw and chamber while bringing the weapon up to the target ...
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Unless you're jumped unexpectedly and only have one hand free, then the Israeli draw becomes a liability.
Posted by Captain Bligh: ... Any gun at home is empty and locked up, unless it is on my person and then the first paragraph applies. I believe that any loaded gun should always be under a person's direct control ...
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RJ, I'm the exact opposite. I have those V-Line strongbox (with a loaded gun and a full reload inside) bolted down and hidden out of plain sight in almost every room of my house. If I need a gun, I don't have to run from one end of the house to another but can quickly reach one.
 
Any one of the 1911's are one up the pipe and C&L. safety on.

Bersa FireStorm has one up, hammer down and safety on.

Any wheel gun is fully loaded.

Shotgun has full compliment but empty chamber. 5 extra rounds in a elastic ammo holder on the butt.

Would never use a rifle for home defense. Afraid of over penetration.
 
8 rounds of 45ACP loaded in mag on belt, 7 rounds of 45ACP loaded in mag in gun, 1 round in chamber, thumb safety enabled, grip safety in neutral, brain engaged, mkI eyeballs in condition yellow scan mode.
 
I always carry with it loaded into the chamber. I am not going to treat the gun any different whether one is in the chamber or not. All the same rules apply. So I leave it in the condition it can be quickly put into action.
 
Sorry guys, I should have worded that alittle differently. When I carry a 1911 it is chambered and cocked and locked. When I carry a SA/DA or DAO I carry them loaded but not chambered.

clubsoda22

Big fan. The training was hard, and long, but it has stuck with me for years now. It has instilled in me "habits" that are hard to break, not that I'd want to break them anyways. They are good "habits" and the training was priceless.

Alan Fud

We were taught to chamber the weapon with one hand by either hooking the rear sight on our holster,belt or belt loop and pushing down or by digging the rear sight into the side of our thigh and pushing down. One handed chambering is no problem. It might slow you down a "tad" but with practice it can be done rather quickly.
 
Been carrying Colt Govt Models for 30 years cocked and locked, on and off duty. Retired now and still carry 1911 cocked and locked.
 
When I carry my Makarov it's with the chamber loaded and hammer down, safety off.

When I carry my S&W M640, it's loaded to full capacity with 5 beans in the wheel.
 
I carry cocked and locked (.45 Govt primary) and 6+1 hammer down (.380 DAO BUG).
It might slow you down a "tad" but with practice it can be done rather quickly.
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I'm fascinated. What possible advantage do you perceive acrues in carrying a DA/DAO auto in Condition 3? Why is it OK to carry one up the pipe in a 1911, but not the DA/DAO guns? There are three downsides to Condition 3 carry that I can see. a) A lot slower than a tad. I watched a DOE SWAT guy trying to do the "snag the rear sight" thing on his drop-down holster while under stress once (he was actually doing one-handed malf clearance); it wasn't pretty. b) One less round immediately available. c) No rounds available if it misfeeds in the process. The Israelis do it because they had a law or military regulation that prohibited carrying their Hi-Powers cocked-and-locked. This seems latterly to have come to "featuring the flaw" in marketing of self-defense techniques. It's a bafflement to me, akin to carrying a modern 6-shot revolver with an empty chamber under the hammer.
 
Handguns are always loaded & ready to go.

Long guns are in cruiser ready, chamber empty mag full.
 
Dave Markowitz

When I carry my Makarov it's with the chamber loaded and hammer down, safety off.
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I know a Makarov 9x18 DA/SA/decocker Pistolette has a floating firing pin (no spring), but I fail to see the advantage over a typical draw-safety off-squeeze-bang-bangbangbangbangbangbangbangbang (1&8), particularly (IMHO) when the front sight comes up normally this way.

I'd think that there would be a wobble or so when putting the front sight on target and having to thumb the hammer for the "first shot SA" capability.

I also think that the floating firing pin/dropped hammer is a safety consideration - especially if dropped.

I consider my Bulgie to be as safe a pistol as can be found when carried as designed and following the four rules.

Since you may be on to something though (I haven't tried your method), I'm willing to learn. Can you relate your experience with this method? Any safety problems?

Thanks.

-Andy
 
I'm fascinated. What possible advantage do you perceive acrues in carrying a DA/DAO auto in Condition 3? Why is it OK to carry one up the pipe in a 1911, but not the DA/DAO guns? There are three downsides to Condition 3 carry that I can see. a) A lot slower than a tad. I watched a DOE SWAT guy trying to do the "snag the rear sight" thing on his drop-down holster while under stress once (he was actually doing one-handed malf clearance); it wasn't pretty. b) One less round immediately available. c) No rounds available if it misfeeds in the process. The Israelis do it because they had a law or military regulation that prohibited carrying their Hi-Powers cocked-and-locked. This seems latterly to have come to "featuring the flaw" in marketing of self-defense techniques. It's a bafflement to me, akin to carrying a modern 6-shot revolver with an empty chamber under the hammer.
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Kalvan,

If the SWAT guy wasn't quick in charging his weapon then I suggest he do alittle more practicing. I'm not saying that my way of carrying weapons is the best way to carry. I carry this way because it was how I was trained. You see 3 downsides to carrying a weapon in cond 3. I see several upsides to it. You have your opinions and I have mine.
The topic of this thread is "What Condition do you Carry In? " NOT "What Condition do you Carry in? Oh really? I see several flaws in the way you carry your weapon." The thread asked and I answered.
 
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