I used to carry a Airweight Bodyguard (the shrouded, but exposed hammer variety). One day, I took it out of the holster at the range and went to shoot it and I couldn’t double-action fire it because pocket lint had accumulated inside the shroud and was blocking the hammer from coming all the way back to the break point.
It is chilling when you realize that something you take for granted (the ability to rack the slide flawlessly or the assumption that revolvers NEVER fail) turns out to be a bad assumption.
I’ve carried a Glock ever since.
Went to unload my carry G26 one day. Popped mag. Slide wouldn’t move - literally rusted shut (IWB, Southern summer, often carried, rarely used). Couldn’t move slide by hand. Chambered round would at least have ensured one shot, and likely would have broken slide free to at least manually cycle.
Similar note:
One moonlit night, drew same G26 to check visibility of sights. Result: sent slide out next morning for Trijicon night sight installation.
“Airweight Bodyguard (the shrouded, but exposed hammer variety).”
A bobbed hammer on a Chief’s Special also works well for snag-free carry.