What To Do With the Chambered Round At Night?

[simpleguy]

I agree with GunNut on this for my carry gun is one of my HD guns:
Before kids: Round in Chamber, gun in holster.

After kids: Round in Chamber, Gun in Holster, Gun always in my control/sight.

But when I don't have my firearm on me or I'm not in bed I must say Walkalong has a nice idea with multiple easy access safes. I have the challenge of when I choose to take my firearm off at home, I like to have it "handy" but secure.

 

[jackstinson]

I keep my carry guns (S&W 6946 & KT P3AT) with one in the chamber 24/7, DAO, no safety.
I keep a bedroom gun and a basement gun with full magazines, but not with a round chambered. Both of these guns are simply for backup use when I am upstairs or working in the basement.
FWIW: My "kids" are 25 and 34.
Jack

 

[PX15]

ALWAYS chambered... No problem.



JP

 

[Marshall]

Leave it chambered.

 

[usp9]

Best to leave your pistol alone. Continuous handling is more dangerous than not. Lock your gun and holster up when you get home if there are people around that may play with it.

 

[Cosmoline]

Leave it be unless you have cause to unload it.

 

[10-Ring]

Keep it loaded!

 

[walking arsenal]

My CCW comes out of itd holster and a flashlight goes on the end of it.

Thats it.

I swap the ammo out of it every six months and rotate the mags about every three.

 

[tacmedicp94]

I have no kiddos and no weird sleep habits so mine stays loaded in the drawer next to my bed. Things will change when I have kids but for now, it stays out of the safe. All of my other firearms are locked up though.

 

[jon_in_wv]

My CCW usually goes in the nightstand. In the morning before I go to work I put it in the quick access lockbox on the wall in my closet. I leave the round in the chamber. I just look in the hole on the barrrel hood of my M&P to confirm I have a round chambered befor eit goes back in my holster. I put my M&P in a silicone cloth when it goes in the safe to avoid scratching the finish. It gets a quick wipe down before it goes in the holster.

 

[brentfoto]

I'm not going to answer the poll because it conflicts with your post.

Instead of asking us what WE DO, you should've given your particular facts in the poll.

What kind of gun are we talking about?

If it's a semi-auto, and there are children involved, I'd lock it in a combination or key operated lock-box under the bed; in lieu of that, unchamber the gun, and have the safety on. If they're older kids and can operate the slide, then just keep in lockbox. If younger kids, unchamber the gun and have safety on.

But you're probably better off just keeping it ready to fire and in a lock-box.

 

[brentfoto]

simpleguy I agree with GunNut on this for my carry gun is one of my HD guns:
Before kids: Round in Chamber, gun in holster.

After kids: Round in Chamber, Gun in Holster, Gun always in my control/sight.

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Today 09:34 AM

JMO-

An 'accident' waiting to 'happen'. Please reconsider your position.

 

[Wetawd]

if it's a habit not to chamber at night then u won't "click" if u need it it should be automatic to rack the slide

 

[hirundo82]

Single, no kids.

My carry gun comes off my belt in its holster and is put into the safe that way. I see no reason to be chambering and unchambering rounds unless it is in the process of cleaning or for a range trip.

I have another gun (Glock 17 rather than my carry Glock 19) beside my bed, holstered as well.

 

[KenW.]

PJs are getting cheap. It's getting harder to find pajamas with a waistband suitable for a belt holster.

So I unholster and put it in the safe with the saftey engaged. There's not enough room in my small safe for my multitude of holsters and my 1911s so they go in the closet.

 

[Daemon688]

I don't unholster. Some say it's bad to leave it in the holster because of moisture. But I've never sweated that much even spending all day in 90+ degree weather. At the end of the night, holster goes on the nightstand.

 

[1010011010]

The poll assumes all responders carry with a round chambered.

To echo Rob G nothing worse than discovering a gun is loaded/unloaded when you thought it the opposite. I clicked "Leave chambered - Other, please explain." with the idea it's closest to "keep it in the same condition as you carry it."

 

[Robert Hairless]

It depends on where I happen to be.

If I'm spending the night in a good environment inhabited by civilized people, I post my sign reading: "No Home Invasions Permitted Except During Normal Business Hours," put away my self-defense firearm, put on my Doctor Dentons and take my Teddy Bear to bed.

 

[TimboKhan]

I currently have 6 firearms in my apartment, 3 autos, two revolvers and an AR all with rounds chambered and all placed in the common locations that I am at in the apartment. I find that this works great for me, but I live alone, and I honestly don't like people coming over. The people that I do allow in my cave all know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that if they see a gun it's loaded and ready to rock.

For the record, here are the locations

Revo in the kitchen
1911 by my recliner
PT by my computer
Kel-Tec on my counter (carry gun)
Revo by my bed
AR by my bed

 

[navypt]

At night, both my sidearm and HD shotgun are chambered (I keep my 870 with the slide in the aft position, just requires to be racked forward), in the safe and unlocked and ready if that "bump" is a BG. No little ones yet, but I will keep the same config when I do. My sidearm is on the top shelf as well (by the time they can reach the darn thing, they will be trained in firearm fundamentals.

 

[TheLastBoyScout]

My choices were "Leave chambered/press check" and "Leave chambered/other".

My holster with my carry gun goes on the dresser--where I can grab it "if something goes bump in the night". Gun out of the holster, spare mags next to it in their holder, empty holster on the end.

 

[weisse52]

Just like some others, I leave it chambered. It get fired first when I go to the range. New one takes it's place all the time.

If I want to dry fire, I just pull out one if its twins. If you have one you have none, if you have two you have one!!

 

[UnTainted]

Leave it chambered, still in the holster. I don't maintain a round in the chamber unless the gun is maintained in some kind of holster and in my control.

Lock up the rest. No kids yet, but good habits require time!