When you carry do you keep a round chambered?

[no2gates]

Always carry with one in the chamber. XDS 9mm I love the grip safety.

 

[General Zod]

1911A1- chambered, cocked & locked. As John Moses Browning intended.
SIG SP2022- chambered, de-cocked. The DA trigger pull makes a manual safety redundant.
Kel-Tec PF9- chambered. It's striker fired with a long trigger pull. Manual safety unnecessary. A safety would be too freakin' tiny anyway.

As mentioned by others, carrying with an empty chamber makes no sense. If you need your gun, you'll need it ready to fire immediately and may not have both hands available to rack the slide. It's like wearing your seatbelt but not buckling it till you're sure you're about to have a wreck. You're just not likely to be that fast.

C&L always.

Shorts! Welcome back!

 

[ussoldier1984]

1911A1- chambered, cocked & locked. As John Moses Browning intended.
SIG SP2022- chambered, de-cocked. The DA trigger pull makes a manual safety redundant.
Kel-Tec PF9- chambered. It's striker fired with a long trigger pull. Manual safety unnecessary. A safety would be too freakin' tiny anyway.

As mentioned by others, carrying with an empty chamber makes no sense. If you need your gun, you'll need it ready to fire immediately and may not have both hands available to rack the slide. It's like wearing your seatbelt but not buckling it till you're sure you're about to have a wreck. You're just not likely to be that fast.


Shorts! Welcome back!

The seat belt way to put it is a great way to reference it. Props to you man...

 

[easy rider]

The seat belt way to put it is a great way to reference it. Props to you man...

Ditto!

 

[9uc]

Bersa Thunder Pro UC 9mm, Chambered with the safety on. The hammer is down because the safety acts as a decocker.

A Bersa Thunder 380 or Bersa Pro 9UC, chambered, with safety between the ears on, and safety/decocker on the gun off. I use a UBG Bonneville holster with both.

 

[Dawico]

These threads are always so cute.

 

[Charlie]

What? You used the "C" word? OMG!

 

[V-Tach]

As mentioned by others, carrying with an empty chamber makes no sense. If you need your gun, you'll need it ready to fire immediately and may not have both hands available to rack the slide. It's like wearing your seatbelt but not buckling it till you're sure you're about to have a wreck. You're just not likely to be that fast.

I have a friend who carries an unchambered 1911.........

He doesn't wear a seat belt either.......his dog ate it......literally....

He thinks the everyone is wrong and only he is right.....at 70, he's not going to change....

 

[Charlie]

He must be a member of this forum! Wonder who he is!

 

[XinTX]

Neither am I. Danger is my middle name.

Austin?

 

[BigBoss0311]

These threads make me angry that they even exist. But,

My opinion is that if you aren't comfortable carrying with one in the chamber you either need to change your weapon to one you are comfortable carrying with a round in the chamber, or you need to not carry at all until you are.

 

[ussoldier1984]

These threads make me angry that they even exist. But,

My opinion is that if you aren't comfortable carrying with one in the chamber you either need to change your weapon to one you are comfortable carrying with a round in the chamber, or you need to not carry at all until you are.

It was not about being comfortable. It was just a question to see how many carry with one in the pipe and those who choose not to. I personally carry with one in the pipe at all times.

 

[zincwarrior]

Neither am I. Danger is my middle name.

Wait I thought Patron Silver was your middle name.

 

[satx78247]

ussoldier1984,

IF you (or anyone else, who may be reading this comment) are bothered about carrying a round in the chamber on a semi-auto, may I suggest a 9-shot P225 by Sig-Sauer??

The P225 is every bit as safe to carry with a round in the chamber as a Colt's, Ruger or S&W double-action-only revolver is. - In point of fact, the P225 FEELS like a S&W double-action trigger.
(I originally bought mine, German Forest Service surplus in 2002, when I was to be a SC State Constable, when the SLED required handguns of no more than 10 rounds capacity & ONLY allowed handguns chambered in .38spl, .357 magnum & 9x19mm.)

Fwiw, I suspect that you were trained (as I was) in "Israeli carry", i.e., hammer down on a empty chamber, by the US Army.
(Given how worn that some issued 1911A1 were toward the "end of the run", that MAY have made good sense from a safety standpoint BACK THEN.)

After 14 years of shooting/carrying my Sig-Sauer, money won't buy it. - It's one of my numerous firearms that's willed to my nephew.

yours, satx

 

[Mexican_Hippie]

Wait I thought Patron Silver was your middle name.

No, thats my "stage name." I think you confused the two. lol

 

[robertc1024]

No, thats my "stage name." I think you confused the two. lol

Pics or it di.... Wait a minute - forget it.

 

[orbitup]

No, thats my "stage name." I think you confused the two. lol

 

[majormadmax]

Just wondering for guys that carry autos with no safety do you keep one chambered?

 

[ussoldier1984]

ussoldier1984,

IF you (or anyone else, who may be reading this comment) are bothered about carrying a round in the chamber on a semi-auto, may I suggest a 9-shot P225 by Sig-Sauer??

The P225 is every bit as safe to carry with a round in the chamber as a Colt's, Ruger or S&W double-action-only revolver is. - In point of fact, the P225 FEELS like a S&W double-action trigger.
(I originally bought mine, German Forest Service surplus in 2002, when I was to be a SC State Constable, when the SLED required handguns of no more than 10 rounds capacity & ONLY allowed handguns chambered in .38spl, .357 magnum & 9x19mm.)

Fwiw, I suspect that you were trained (as I was) in "Israeli carry", i.e., hammer down on a empty chamber, by the US Army.
(Given how worn that some issued 1911A1 were toward the "end of the run", that MAY have made good sense from a safety standpoint BACK THEN.)

After 14 years of shooting/carrying my Sig-Sauer, money won't buy it. - It's one of my numerous firearms that's willed to my nephew.

yours, satx

I am very comfortable carrying with one in the pipe. It was just a question to see how many others do the same and do not carry with one in the pipe. it was a question of curiosity.

 

[ed308]

Chambered, uncocked and safety not engaged. When I arrive home, it immediately goes into a wall safe since I have kids around.