What do you have loaded?

[Bendrx]

Hmmm... seems to me that if it is a gun, and can shoot, it SHOULD have bullets in it at all times. Chambered is a personal choice IMO, and one that I personally choose "More Oveltine Please" to. No fun if you need your gun, but don't have time to rack it first.

The exception to this is my childhood gun, a Remmington Viper, bullets or no it's not likely to shoot, not a very intimidating as a stick either - Maybe I'll duct tape a knife to the end of it and make a spear. That being said, if I had the size of collection I wish I had, or that many of you folks have, then I'd keep most of them unloaded.

 

[chezuki]

Short answer... everything.

 

[grunt soldier]

lol i am glad to see i am not the only one, short story one day my wife came home and was doing her daily stuff and she was in the kitchen and ask baby is there a reason why there is a pistol in the cabinet with a extra mag and flash light, i responded with you never know where in the house you will be when the kick the door in. and she went to the laundry room lol same story, bathroom same story, of coarse all very well hidden and no chance of a child getting at them at all

 

[femurphy77]

Short answer... everything.

Ditto!! Less confusion that way

 

[femurphy77]

Famous last words, want those on your tombstone?

My guns are loaded and I mean they are REALLY loaded. Far as I'm concerned every gun I see is loaded and people I see handling them better treat them as if they were loaded unless I'm the guest or customer. If that's the case, leaving is the most polite thing I'll do.

BTW, I hate hearing "It'll never happen to me, I been trained." because it's false. "If, if, if, if frogs had wings..." Sooner or later you'll be saying "If only I had listened to Jack Ryan. That man was a genius. Why didn't I listen to him instead of ..."

Don't worry jack, nobody will ever say that!





Insert Animal House sheepish John Belushi after trashing the guitar "Sorry".
I can't help myself, sometimes the voices are overwhelming

 

[sj kahr k40]

I think all my pistols are loaded, let me check.....Oops I guess it was loaded, I didn't like that cat anyway, looks like its Chinese for dinner!

 

[traderdan]

Bad things happen fast!

Gentlemen,have a weapon in every room.High,hidden,loaded.

 

[banjogore]

45 w/2 extra clips, 380 w/2 extra clips, 25 w/ 2 extra clips, 2 AR 15s each w/ 5 30 rounders, ar22 w/ 3 25 rounders, 3006 5+1, and a 12 gauge 7+1

 

[INyooper]

Glock 30sf with a nine-round cli... no, it's a magazine, plus a 13-round nearby. The 9-round mag is mostly for carry, though I keep it in for the house as well. I use Pow'R Ball 165gr +P for a defensive round. I do have 230gr FMJ in a few other magazines (preloaded for range time). I keep my AK magazines loaded as well for the same reason. They, and my AK, are handy if it should come to that ...and if it ever did, y'all would read about it in the paper, I'm sure.

 

[Jack Ryan]

Don't worry jack, nobody will ever say that!

May be not out loud, may be not the first time, but sooner or later if they live long enough.... they will.

 

[9mm Luger]

Glock 26, 11 in the weapon, extra mag on hand.

 

[femurphy77]

May be not out loud, may be not the first time, but sooner or later if they live long enough.... they will.

Roger that bud!

 

[finity]

Famous last words, want those on your tombstone?

My guns are loaded and I mean they are REALLY loaded. Far as I'm concerned every gun I see is loaded and people I see handling them better treat them as if they were loaded unless I'm the guest or customer. If that's the case, leaving is the most polite thing I'll do.

BTW, I hate hearing "It'll never happen to me, I been trained." because it's false. "If, if, if, if frogs had wings..." Sooner or later you'll be saying "If only I had listened to Jack Ryan. That man was a genius. Why didn't I listen to him instead of ..."

Ok, so seeing how the first step in any gun-cleaning procedure is to ensure that is unloaded, please, oh great & powerful JR of Oz, tell us how YOU would clean YOUR guns if they are ALWAYS loaded.

The above post was wholly unnecessary. He was not saying he is lackadaisical in his everyday gun-handling but just being a realist in admitting that, yes, there are times when a gun really is unloaded. If it's field stripped for cleaning then there's no way it's going to fire anything. To try to say any different is just mindless adherence to dogma. It doesn't make you any safer.

I guess you never touch any guns at a crowded gun store or at a gun show? The crowd is so thick that, even trying your best, the second you pick up the gun you'll probably sweep several people. Even if you don't sweep them with the muzzle the ricochet off the concrete floor would get quite a few.

Even the guy who invented "The Four Rules" (Cooper) wasn't as rigid in his beliefs as most try to imply. The original text by Cooper didn't stop where most people do. He added "until you have personally verified that it's unloaded & you have maintained control of it".

Here's the link & the text:

http://www.thesconce.com/jeff6_2.html

RULE 1
ALL GUNS ARE ALWAYS LOADED
The only exception to this occurs when one has a weapon in his hands and he has personally unloaded it for checking. As soon as he puts it down, Rule 1 applies again.
RULE 2
NEVER LET THE MUZZLE COVER ANYTHING YOU ARE NOT PREPARED TO DESTROY
You may not wish to destroy it, but you must be clear in your mind that you are quite ready to if you let that muzzle cover the target. To allow a firearm to point at another human being is a deadly threat, and should always be treated as such.
RULE 3
KEEP YOUR FINGER OFF THE TRIGGER TIL YOUR SIGHTS ARE ON THE TARGET
This we call the Golden Rule because its violation is responsible for about 80 percent of the firearms disasters we read about.
RULE 4
BE SURE OF YOUR TARGET
You never shoot at anything until you have positively identified it. You never fire at a shadow, or a sound, or a suspected presence. You shoot only when you know absolutely what you are shooting at and what is beyond it.

Hmm, an exception to rule #1...from the horses mouth, as they say.

If the rules are such that you can't reasonably or realistically follow them then people won’t follow them as they should.

The rules are written so that if one of them is broken you still have three more to prevent a tragedy.

 

[Mike_Indy]

My S&W M&P 45 has 10 loaded one in the chamber, and a spare mag ready.
I also keep my Kimber Ultra near by with 7 loaded and two mags ready. My Shotgun is a Mossberg 930 SPX semi. with 7 in the tube and 5 on the side.
That should be enough to get me to the 5.56 and .308 ARs if things get bad. I always have two mags for the S&W AR 5.56 and DPMS 308 loaded. They are secured away though.

To the real question, I rotate my mags. Every time I shoot I change my carry mags out. I have 12 mags for my M&Ps (45 full and Mid) and about a dozen for my 1911s and 6 for the Kimber. I do the rotate just to make sure they all work and to prevent any possible spring issues.

 

[jaramia20]

A Mossberg 500 with 00 and a .357 Ruger Blackhawk .

 

[Lanser]

It's probably not worth keeping several loaded mags around for every gun in your arsenal. When and how are you going to reload that much? A loaded pistol with a couple of backup mags as your immediate means of protection, and a loaded (not necessarily chambered) long gun, with one or two extra mags/loads, is plenty for whatever you could face (with a chance of winning, that is).

 

[RyanV]

I keep all mags for all guns loaded at all times. Never know when the zombies will come! Only weapon I keep loaded at all times is the one on my hip/on the nightstand.

 

[printcraft]

All my clips be loaded with caps. For reals.

I'm ready to bust 'em in some azzez yo.

 

[Eulogy32]

My USP 9 is always locked and loaded whether it's on my hip, in my glovebox, or in my nightstand. I keep 1 extra loaded mag for that in my nightstand. I also keep my Sig p226 .40 with a full mag in my range bag, just in case.

 

[GI JOE]

My Springfield 1911 is always locked with 8+1 165 grain hollows, plus another 7 145grain ball, walther p.22 10+1 plus an extra 10rd mag, m-1 carbine 15rd mag ready to go, ak with 30rds ready...
Come and get it zombies!!!