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One in chamber? Yes / No
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SR9
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I carry all day, every day. I always have one in the chamber with safety on. Why?........This is not the "Old West" and how many times are you going to get into a quick draw contest. Even so, carrying one chambered could save you 1-3 seconds over the other guy if they have to take safety off, chamber a round before they shoot. It could be the difference between life and death.
XD40scinNC
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Gee, I wonder, do bad guys carry chambered? Bet your life they do and only a fool would not also carry chambered.
XD40scinNC
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At this moment there are 5 loaded and chambered guns in the house. One on the table near my wife, one on a table near me, my carry gun chambered and holstered by the bed (where I changed into comfortable sweats) and one in each quick access bedside gun safes.
m444ss
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Massad Ayood has reported on numerous ocassions how quickly someone with a knife can close from a dozen feet. This video on YouTube clearly shows exactly what he has reported in print, and makes clear why everyone who carries (and everyone who can should), should carry with on in the chamber.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syxrpLbaEuY
(Of course, one should have the safety on and train so that removing the safety as part fo the draw is second nature.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syxrpLbaEuY
(Of course, one should have the safety on and train so that removing the safety as part fo the draw is second nature.)
Nightmare45
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As somewhat of a old west historian, quick draw almost never occurred in the real world (Hollywood), you were more likely to be shot in back and the only reason you carried you weapon without a round under the hammer was safety to prevent you shooting your horse or self, single action required cocking weapon and moved the empty chamber to a live one.
Firefighterchen
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If you can still recognize it as a horse...it hasn't been beaten enough...
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Airbrush Artist
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Yep SR,
I do not miss a beat with my Ruger SR40C,I've practice enough that I lose not a nano second dropping the safety in a draw and prepare situation,My Other carry is a Colt Detective 38 Special ,its like the camera -Point and Shoot..I think situational awareness should be considered about a safety being on,mainly that would be the distance between You and any threat and Your ability to see at least 20-to 25 yards in a open circle around Your location.
I got to tell, after reading a good part of this thread, I have started to carry one chambered, I'm fairly new to carry and of course didn't see the need to carry one in the chamber, but you guys definitely made me change my mind and have a different perspective of things.
I carry a S.A. XD 9mm Subcompact, and has a trigger safety plus a grip safety, so I think it's safe and convenient at the same time since you don't have to worry about a safety switch, just get a good grip, point ans shoot.
Thanks for this post!!
I carry a S.A. XD 9mm Subcompact, and has a trigger safety plus a grip safety, so I think it's safe and convenient at the same time since you don't have to worry about a safety switch, just get a good grip, point ans shoot.
Thanks for this post!!
BluesStringer
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I think the horse just got some CPR:
Yep, she's ready for another round around the links now!
LOL
(No offense intended to XD9_MS - after you've seen this thread and several dozens just like it go on endlessly, you'll understand why we're jokin' around about it....kinda! LOL)
Blues
wolf_fire
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I think the horse just got some CPR:
Yep, she's ready for another round around the links now!
LOL
(No offense intended to XD9_MS - after you've seen this thread and several dozens just like it go on endlessly, you'll understand why we're jokin' around about it....kinda! LOL)
Blues
Do I have the heart to tell Blues that the animal being beaten is a ??? cow? :sarcastic:
BluesStringer
Les Brers
HA! Like I said (in another thread), I don't do much of anything in my old age - including apparently, opening my eyes! LOL
Johnny Dollar
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This topic comes up all the time and it is a no win for either side. If I carry with a round in the chamber someone is going to say I’m an unsafe gun owner, if I carry with an empty chamber someone will say I’m an unprepared gun owner and then the urinating contest begins.
So here’s the deal, I carry my pistol with a round in the chamber because not doing so (IMO) causes far more problems than it solves.
Whether or not you choose to carry with a round in the chamber isn’t going to affect my life even a little bit, so you do your own research, conduct your own risk assessment, make your own decision and you live with the consequences good or bad of that decision.
So here’s the deal, I carry my pistol with a round in the chamber because not doing so (IMO) causes far more problems than it solves.
Whether or not you choose to carry with a round in the chamber isn’t going to affect my life even a little bit, so you do your own research, conduct your own risk assessment, make your own decision and you live with the consequences good or bad of that decision.
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