What Condition do you Carry In? (POLL)

[BerettaNut92]

Am I the only one who walks around at low ready?

Just kidding...hammer down, loaded chamber, safety off on my decocker only 92G Beretta, or P7M8 with chamber loaded in condition P7M8, whatever that is....

 

[Blackhawk]

Always chambered.

I read all the responses to find out what "other" might mean. Only 1 poster said he voted that way, but it has 4 votes so far.

A revolver with an empty chamber under the hammer is just as "ready" as a DA or DAO auto with one in the pipe.

What else might "other" mean in the poll...?

 

[jacketch]

I just go around with a squib in the barrel

Seriously, it's C&L with a 1911 or BHP and chambered and decocked with a Sig.

 

[Kalvan]

rayjay,
Excuse me for asking.

 

[LynnMassGuy]

TDA with round chambered and safety off.

 

[GunNut]

Ready to rock and roll, of course.

Otherwise you're just packing a club. I've tried to explain this to a friend.

If you're not comfortable carry your gun loaded, then a person needs to try a different gun.

I have ALWAYS carried every gun I own ready to go.

Steve

 

[BkHawk13]

1911-cocked and locked, revolver full up, OM single action five with one empty.

 

[Poohgyrr]

C&L Hi Power, or cylinders fully topped off ..

And reading Meekandmild's post, our dogs took me to the front door about 0330 AM about two months ago. The 35 year old man with no good reason for being in our neighborhood, let alone being on my front porch, got pretty nervous glancing at my eyes and trying to see my right hand behind my hip. He quickly decided to take the driveway back to the street and on out of the neighborhood. The dogs got treats and I went back to sleep. Another successful non statistic.

 

[Gabe]

USP45C loaded, chamber empty, safety off.

I estimate my chances of needing to shoot one handed is extremely remote. I feel safer with the Israeli carry. If the gun gets taken from me, at least it'll confuse the other guy for a few seconds.

 

[dave3006]

When I carry my Glock in my Smartcarry, it is in condition 3. Mr. Murphy says something funcky could happen on the draw during a stressful situation. I don't want the badguy to hurt himself laughing after I have shot myself in the wee-wee.

 

[riverdog]

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.

 

[joeoim]

All are loaded

All my guns are always loaded. Always. I don't play with them.
I will unload them if someone wants to look at one, before I hand it over.
Theres never any question.
The way I was raised, and what I'm used to. Joe