Does everyone carry with a round chambered?

[DadSmith]

Remember when you first started carrying?
Seemed like you had a sign above you.
Seemed like everyone knew.


Same thing.
You got over it.
(And hopefully followed the safety rules)

I open carry once in awhile. I actually look for people to see if they notice I'm carrying. I find the majority of people don't even realize I have a firearm on my side. I'm not talking a mouse gun but my 10mm 5" 1911. Once in awhile you see someone take notice, but not very often.

 

[Dante1983]

Anytime I hear someone present this question, I always give the same response. In one of his movies, John Wayne said it best.. A gun that's unloaded and cocked isn't worth much. Unless you were carrying an old single action revolver, there's really no reason to ever carry with an empty chamber.
Follow the safety rules and use a quality holster and you will be fine with a loaded chamber.

Love ol John Wayne. You ever listen to mike rowe’s podcast the way I heard it? He did one on John Wayne’s story

 

[thunderchicken]

Just read one of your responses above, yes even if you have been shooting since your youth, get some quality training

 

[actaeon277]

I open carry once in awhile. I actually look for people to see if they notice I'm carrying. I find the majority of people don't even realize I have a firearm on my side. I'm not talking a mouse gun but my 10mm 5" 1911. Once in awhile you see someone take notice, but not very often.

Seems to me, kids notice more. Maybe because their eyes are at that level?

I was in a bookstore talking to the owner, and he mentioned he thought he could identify people concealing a gun.
At the time, I had a S&W model 19 (.357) on my hip, open carried.
His eyes got big when I pointed out he didn't even notice it, so I didn't think he'd notice a concealed gun.

 

[Cameramonkey]

All* modern pistols are drop safe. Dont worry about it going off if dropped.

Just one word of warning, If you DO drop it. Let it go. The only way its NOT drop safe is if you try to catch it and accidentally hit the trigger trying to stop/grab it.


*with a few (usually manufacturing defects) exceptions.

 

[KG1]

Seems to me, kids notice more. Maybe because their eyes are at that level?

I was in a bookstore talking to the owner, and he mentioned he thought he could identify people concealing a gun.
At the time, I had a S&W model 19 (.357) on my hip, open carried.
His eyes got big when I pointed out he didn't even notice it, so I didn't think he'd notice a concealed gun.

Well technically that’s true. He didn’t notice a concealed gun. He didn’t notice any gun at all.

 

[Bennettjh]

When I first started carrying, I carried on an empty chamber. Maybe a month or so. Once I realized it hadn't "fired" in that time I decided to have one chambered. Now it's the only way I carry.

You're definitely not alone in feeling that way.

 

[MCgrease08]

I won't pile on too much, but yes, a carry gun absolutely positively must be ready to go when you need it. There are just too many things that could go wrong by not having a round chambered.

I'll leave a few examples here for consideration.

 

[melensdad]

Revolver, all 6 chambers have a round ready to go. A modern revolver has some sort of a transfer bar or similar to prevent firing a round if the gun is dropped.

Automatic, again, round in the chamber. Always. In the time it takes to rack the slide an attack can happen. If your weak hand is needed to fend off a close quarters encounter then your semi-auto is useless.

Seriously get over the fear, it can kill you.

 

[rosejm]

I guess I was just always worried about accidental discharge.

This is why we practice ALL 3 rules of safe firearm handling ALL the time.


You can also spend some time watching Active Self Protection videos on the UToob. There are quite a few examples of **** happening in a hurry, both where defenders were ready to go & where they were not. EDIT: Scooped by @MCgrease08

It's even more interesting to see aggressors who are perpetrating on an empty chamber...

 

[Small's]

One in the pipe Always and if your shield has a safety keep it off. Many stories of guys trying to pull a trigger that is on safety. When your in flight or fight you need things to be as simple as possible because your monkey brain takes over

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[KellyinAvon]

Remember when you first started carrying?
Seemed like you had a sign above you.
Seemed like everyone knew.


Same thing.
You got over it.
(And hopefully followed the safety rules)

^^^^THIS!!!^^^^

 

[BigRed]

Anybody have actual strike anywhere matches?

 

[Dante1983]

This is why we practice ALL 3 rules of safe firearm handling ALL the time.


You can also spend some time watching Active Self Protection videos on the UToob. There are quite a few examples of **** happening in a hurry, both where defenders were ready to go & where they were not. EDIT: Scooped by @MCgrease08

It's even more interesting to see aggressors who are perpetrating on an empty chamber...

I’ll check that out

 

[cbhausen]

This is why we practice ALL 3 rules of safe firearm handling ALL the time.


You can also spend some time watching Active Self Protection videos on the UToob. There are quite a few examples of **** happening in a hurry, both where defenders were ready to go & where they were not. EDIT: Scooped by @MCgrease08

It's even more interesting to see aggressors who are perpetrating on an empty chamber...

3 rules… yes!

 

[Cameramonkey]

Anybody have actual strike anywhere matches?

If you do, I'll pay top dollar for a box. LOL Ohio Blue Tips were DA BOMB!

 

[BigRed]

If you do, I'll pay top dollar for a box. LOL Ohio Blue Tips were DA BOMB!

The original formula was.

 

[Cameramonkey]

Oh, and as MC said, Not piling on, but there was a tragic death on the south side of Indy a couple years ago. A gent tried to come to the aid of an armored car robbery. I dont recall if it was an empty chamber or forgotten safety, but he was ready to go and when he pulled the trigger, nothing happened. Robber saw him and took him out before he could make the weapon ready.

I think we all commend you for stepping up and asking questions, open to learning. Good on you.

 

[fullmetaljesus]

Carry one in the pipe. No good reason not to.

Its no different than thinking you will probably have time to put on your seatbelt before getting in a crash. No, you wont.

And if you dont feel comfy doing so, seek some training to get comfy. You can get there.

This.

 

[Twangbanger]

I guess I was just always worried about accidental discharge. Even though I know they have so many internal safeties nowadays against a discharge from dropping it, and it has a manual safety as well. I’m not old yet but I seem to have a problem trusting technology. I’ve shot all my life but maybe I should go take some kind of class. Thanks

You are not alone. The good news is, you can cure yourself of this in one day. Don't know where you're from, but take a class somewhere like Parabellum range, that offers an introductory course involving significant range fire. You will get a lot of reps in a situation where the course of instruction requires you to chamber, draw and fire, re-holster, rinse/lather/repeat. If you sit around trying to convince yourself to rack one up the pipe and go hot, you may never get around to it. A class will bump you over that hesitation threshold, and you'll wonder why you ever did it differently.

(PS - dogs have a way of making you re-think things, don't they?)