Wife DOESN'T get it. (Not mine).

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Ok, I'm not married but I thought I'd throw this out there for others to laugh at and muse over in counter to the "Wife finally gets it" thread.

I got a buddy hooked on shooting a while ago. Loves his new Springfield XD 9mm.

He keeps in Condition 4 since his wife is weary about having a "loaded" gun around the house. She hears a bump in the garage the other night and my buddy tells me she wakes him up. He puts the gun into Condition 3 and starts venturing out.

His wife is basically: :what: :what: :what:

Thankfully nothing was there. I didn't berate the guy for not putting it into Condition 1 either.

I found it amusing though, if not troubling honestly. It just amazes me that an "anti" with a gun in the house wouldn't want their husband armed when investigating a bump in the night.

It's not a freaking decoration for the home. It's a tool!
 
GigaBuist,
Educate me a bit....
What is Condition 4, 3, 2, and 1?

Does condition 4 mean the gun is in four pieces locked in different corners of the house and ammo double locked in side a gun safe? Please enlighten me....:D

Thanks...
 
Condition 1 is: magazine inserted, round in chamber, hammer cocked, safety on
Condition 2 is: magazine inserted, round in chamber, hammer down (safety on?)
Condition 3 is: magazine inserted, no round in chamber, hammer down (again, safety?)
Condition 4 is: magazine removed, no round in chamber, hammer down.
 
Condition 1 is: magazine inserted, round in chamber, hammer cocked, safety on
Condition 2 is: magazine inserted, round in chamber, hammer down (safety on?)
Condition 3 is: magazine inserted, no round in chamber, hammer down (again, safety?)
Condition 4 is: magazine removed, no round in chamber, hammer down.
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Condition 2 & 3 usually doesn't have the safety engaged since in 1911 terms, the thumb safety (manual safety) cannot be applied when the hammer is down.
 
Based on this new education. I keep my revolver in condition 2, for late night noises with a light by its side. My safety is the finger off the trigger or in a safe when not in control...

Or do these conditions only apply to a 1911 style tool?
 
never been a revolver guy, but i don't see why it wouldn't apply to revolvers. seems to me they're inherently designed for condition 2. 1911 pretty much designed for condition 1, although some may disagree with that. i personally carry a SA/DA semiauto with it decocked into condition 2. used to carry condition 3 1911... got real good at pull and rack, but it leaves your fingers bleeding a bit much, and it requires two hands.
 
Themic,
I have both 1911 styles and revolvers. I just use the .357 revolver as my home gun. The others as used in competition. My wife does not like the autos, when she fires them. It has to do with the bass fly off to the side. However she likes the revolvers. Hence the revolver Home Gun.

Now I understand the condition levels. Is this reference of conditions military or policy training?
 
used to carry condition 3 1911... got real good at pull and rack, but it leaves your fingers bleeding a bit much, and it requires two hands.
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Or you just go "Rarrrrrr!" like a barbarian and pull the slide with your teeth.
 
Posted by JoeWang: ... Freaked my wife out when I pulled the 12ga pump out and chambered a shell to go investigate a noise outside ...
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This was a topic of discussion earlier ... what would you have done if you encountered somebody? Would you have pointed a gun at them? Wouldn't that be considered aggravated assualt? Suppose they looked at you and the gun and continued doing whatever they were doing ignoring you. You can only shoot if you are faced with death or serious injury.

Not meaning to pick on you but the same questions were thrown at me and I didn't have a very good reply and it made me re-think my entire approach to grabbing a gun and investigating things outside.
 
Is this reference of conditions military or policy training?
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No it came about during the time that Jeff Cooper and others out at Big Bear were developing what was eventually called "The Modern Technique of the Pistol." It defined the different "conditions" of readiness of the Colt .45 Automatic Pistol.

Originally there were 3 conditions.
Zero and 4 were added more recently.
Condition 0 is magazine in, chamber loaded, hammer cocked, safety off. In other words ready to fire.

The conditions are not usually applied to revolvers since most revolvers have no manual safety.
 
Ive never heard of condition 0 before. I never really thought about it, too busy looking at the front sight...
 
Alan,
I live wayyy out in the sticks with no neighbors close by.
If someone had the guts to ignore me and keep on doin what they where
not supposed to..I don't know of any law that says I can't shoot at my own
vehicle at night. Or against target practice at 1:00AM..
No I didn't know he was hiding in that old car I use to test buckshot patterns....
Ken
 
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Or you just go "Rarrrrrr!" like a barbarian and pull the slide with your teeth.
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You're a better man than I, Gunga Din...

It is not the potential for breaking of your teeth that should concern you. Rather it is the potential for getting your tongue caught in the ejection port that causes concern.

Rarrrrr! ... et it ofh, et it ofh!:D
 
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