When you carry do you keep a round chambered?

[casp625]

Not my Point Casp625 stated that he carried a 1911 Loaded and Cocked but not locked, which is poor practice unless I'm being trolled...


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I agree, a poor mindset is poor practice.

 

[zincwarrior]

I don't carry one in the chamber but I do need to start.

Again, a good way to get comfortable is go for a week cocked but none in the chamber and treat as if. This will reinforce your safety procedures and provide comfort that you aren't going to ND. Make sure you have a good firm holster and belt and you should be comfortable within a few days to start.

 

[satx78247]

texasnurse,

My point is that your thumb safety can also FAIL. = I once had to investigate a ND by an officer of another agency, who experienced a "NOT negligent discharge" with a cocked & locked Series 70 Colt's GM. = Investigation proved that thumb safety sheared off & the GM fired while still in the holster, while he was "rolling around on the ground" & trying to subdue a suspect in a robbery.
(That said, I would NOT want to be in the same room with a person who routinely carries "cocked & UN-locked". - I was shot by a felon years ago & I wouldn't care to repeat that experience.)

yours, satx

 

[satx78247]

zincwarrior,

EXCELLENT ADVICE to "datboiroy", imVho.

yours, satx

 

[zincwarrior]

zincwarrior,

EXCELLENT ADVICE to "datboiroy", imVho.

yours, satx

Thanks! Thats what I did to overcome my concerns and it worked well. originally I CCd empty round as I had grabby munchkins.

Here's what started me shifting. Even though I practiced draw/rack very quickly, I ran into a situation with a dog while walking my dogs and it got me thinking that I wouldn't be able to draw with one arm being pulled around. So I did the above and became comfortable with it surprisingly quickly.

 

[claymore504]

Not just yes, but YES.

 

[Savage20]

I carry a revolver. It is not chambered. It is charged

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[easy rider]

Sig P320 hasn't failed yet out of the holster, I'll rely on that.

 

[satx78247]

zincwarrior,

Handling a K9 & a handgun too is the reason that MP K9 handlers are issued REVOLVERS. - Long ago, when I was assigned a Patrol Dog, I seldom felt that I needed a handgun. = I might well miss with a revolver but my "Misty" NEVER missed & she had a HARD BITE & a really "short fuse".
(SFC Bull, my kennel-master, once said, "I'm about half terrified of that bitch. - She's made more than one SERIOUS run at me.")

Note: According to US Army policy a Patrol Dog, "need not sit quietly" if they in "- - - - all other respects are acceptable". = MANY Patrol Dogs are near to being "indiscriminate biters".

yours, satx

 

[jeepinbanditrider]

All the Marine K9 handlers I've seen at the gate and the Navy/DoD civies I worked with that NAS Fort Worth JRB all carried M9s. But we carried M9s Condition 1 and shotguns and rifles were Condition 3. Unsure about Army.

 

[BigBoss0311]

Never seen an MP K9 handler with a revolver. Always saw them with M9's and M4's, but then again I was in the Marines, so...............

 

[satx78247]

jeepinbanditrider; BigBoss0311,

The MARINES & USN do LOTS of things differently than the Army does. - And the USAF does things a THIRD way.
(Also, I've been retired from the MPs for a LONG time.)

SEMPER FI & WELCOME HOME to both of you gents. - As The Good Book says, "Thou did well, good & faithful servant."

yours, satx

 

[texasnurse]

texasnurse,

My point is that your thumb safety can also FAIL. = I once had to investigate a ND by an officer of another agency, who experienced a "NOT negligent discharge" with a cocked & locked Series 70 Colt's GM. = Investigation proved that thumb safety sheared off & the GM fired while still in the holster, while he was "rolling around on the ground" & trying to subdue a suspect in a robbery.
(That said, I would NOT want to be in the same room with a person who routinely carries "cocked & UN-locked". - I was shot by a felon years ago & I wouldn't care to repeat that experience.)

yours, satx

I agree anything mechanical can fail


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[datboiroy]

Again, a good way to get comfortable is go for a week cocked but none in the chamber and treat as if. This will reinforce your safety procedures and provide comfort that you aren't going to ND. Make sure you have a good firm holster and belt and you should be comfortable within a few days to start.

When you're saying to go for a week cocked but non in the chamber, are you referring to a hammer firearm? I use a glock43 as my carry. Thanks for the advice.

 

[duckknot]

When you're saying to go for a week cocked but non in the chamber, are you referring to a hammer firearm? I use a glock43 as my carry. Thanks for the advice.

Not necessarily....rack the slide on your glock then insert the mag, good to go!

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[zincwarrior]

Not necessarily....rack the slide on your glock then insert the mag, good to go!

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There you go.

 

[TexasBB]

1911 cocked and locked, always.......

This.


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[satx78247]

V-Tach; TexasBB,

One thing is certain: A Colt's Government Model or a Gold Cup (in any of the several calibers), carried cocked/locked & in a good holster, is HARD to beat for LE or civilian self-defense use.
(My personal favorite was a 1960s-era GM in .38Super, that was "slicked-up" for me by an AMU armorer. =It shot better than I could hold it.)

yours, satx