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To: rktman

Depends on if you are planning to drop your pistol, yes?


2 posted on 04/26/2015 3:00:20 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Actually, I think the answer, “whatever you are comfortable with” should work for most or all.
As for me, Semi-auto is SA-DA with a decocker. So on in the chamber that goes off with a double action looong trigger pull of the trigger. Which with practice can be compensated for.

Carrying a revolver? Fully loaded IF it has a modern transfer bar and none under the hammer if it is one of the older ones. And the older style single action? NEVER EVER have a live one under the hammer.
But that is just me.


9 posted on 04/26/2015 3:07:17 PM PDT by Tupelo (I feel more like Philip Nolan by the day)
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To: BenLurkin

A properly designed modern firearm CANNOT fire just because it was dropped.


20 posted on 04/26/2015 3:17:39 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (Hillary:polarizing/calculating/disingenuous/insincere/ambitious/inevitable/entitled/overconfident/se)
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To: BenLurkin

Been carrying for 35 years and always keep one chambered. I suggest you only carry quality with built in safety mechanisms.


24 posted on 04/26/2015 3:20:35 PM PDT by excalibur21
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To: BenLurkin
Depends on if you are planning to drop your pistol, yes?

Depends on the pistol. Most modern guns have features that make a drop-induced firing pretty slim.

I carry with one in the tube as does my wife. Hers has a safety, my carry pieces do not - they have the really awkward long trigger pull and when cocked, the firing pin spring is under very light tension and there is a gate that prevents it from making contact with the round. Pulling the trigger turns a cam that fully tensions the firing pin and finally removes the gate from the path.

The only reason I don't keep one chambered in my 1911 is to save spring pressure - it's 101 years old and I treat it "special".

185 posted on 04/27/2015 3:29:41 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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