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Do you carry with a round in the chamber?(Ladies)
womanwiseguns.com ^ | 11/18/2016 | Deborah

Posted on 11/30/2016 10:38:43 AM PST by rktman

If there’s one topic that can cause a lot of heat in shooting circles, it’s whether or not you choose to carry with a round in the chamber.

When you research this topic or bring it up, particularly around experienced shooters, you’ll find a lot of strong opinions like, “only an idiot would carry without a round in the chamber,” or my all-time-favorite, “you might as well carry a brick for as much good as an unloaded gun will do you.” And these experienced shooters have these strong opinions because there is ample evidence, and many examples, where not having a round in the chamber has cost a good person their life.

That being said, the decision to carry with a round in the chamber, or not, is a personal choice once you understand all the facts and have good information. So let’s look at the reasons why you would want to consider carrying a round in the chamber, and some tips and techniques to help combat the fears and concerns that may prevent you from doin

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If you want a hammer, carry a hammer.
1 posted on 11/30/2016 10:38:43 AM PST by rktman
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To: rktman

Old Corps used to call it cocked and locked; that was b4 lock and load came into vogue...
;)
Semper Old!
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2 posted on 11/30/2016 10:41:36 AM PST by gunnyg ("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
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To: rktman
Cock & lock.....the only way to travel...
3 posted on 11/30/2016 10:44:10 AM PST by unread (Joe McCarthy was right.......)
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Oh...sorry...for ladies only...my bad...


4 posted on 11/30/2016 10:45:25 AM PST by unread (Joe McCarthy was right.......)
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I have never forgotten the words of a rancher friend many years ago...."There is nothing more worthless than an unloaded shotgun....." mine is kept loaded.
5 posted on 11/30/2016 10:45:36 AM PST by yoe (By all means TRUMP! America needs hiim!!!)
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To: rktman

My personal rule: Two actions must be required to fire the weapon.

If the firearm has an external safety (e.g, my Ruger), the two actions are (1) disengage the safety and (2) pull the trigger. I therefore keep a round in the chamber.

If the firearm does not have an external safety (e.g., my Sig and KetTec), the two actions are (1) rack a round and (2) pull the trigger. I therefore do NOT keep a round in the chamber.

PS I have practiced extensively using “snap caps” with all my firearms and also with live ammo at various ranges. The “two actions” take me about 1/2 a second. PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE matters!!!


6 posted on 11/30/2016 10:46:17 AM PST by piytar (http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
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Mine is DA with no safety ...


7 posted on 11/30/2016 10:46:26 AM PST by TexasGator
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Not a lady, but, my wife is, and she keeps a round in the chamber.


8 posted on 11/30/2016 10:46:38 AM PST by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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To: unread

Why for ladies only? Us men may have some good insights for the ladies and vice versa...


9 posted on 11/30/2016 10:47:24 AM PST by piytar (http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
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If you want a hammer, carry a hammer.

Modern guns are safe to carry with a round in the chamber. This nonsense comes from old guns without safeties and breakable half-cock positions that will go off if the gun is dropped and hit on the hammer.

If you don't have a round in the chamber and you are attacked, you not only have to pull your weapon, you will have to rack the slide to chamber a round.

"Pardon me, Mr. Attacker, it will take me a few moments for me to be ready for you. Would you mind waiting?"

I prefer not waiting. . . or asking.

10 posted on 11/30/2016 10:48:25 AM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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To: unread

Well it’s not for ladies only, just directed in that general direction. I will allow anyone to comment. LOL!


11 posted on 11/30/2016 10:48:40 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: gunnyg
Our company commander (Echo 2/1) carried his .45 in his hand, full time locked and cocked while we were in Vietnam. We used to be very flinchy about that since he used it to point with it, scratch his nose with it, etc. and, well, because he was an officer.

One day around June 1967, he turned a corner in the path in some very heavy green stuff and ran face to face with an NVA command group of five and he had his pistol in his hand. He got hit once on the inside of his thigh but he killed all five of them.

12 posted on 11/30/2016 10:48:57 AM PST by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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Carry a revolver...you won’t have to remember to rack it back.


13 posted on 11/30/2016 10:49:45 AM PST by WKUHilltopper
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See post #11. ;-)


14 posted on 11/30/2016 10:50:06 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: unread
I remember when I bought my first Glock. My WW-II vet dad asked "Where's the safety?" I told him "inside the trigger guard. Don't pull that trigger thingy, and it's safe."

He had been an MP, so that went against the way he had been trained back at Ft. Sam in the 40's.

15 posted on 11/30/2016 10:50:45 AM PST by ASA Vet (Make US Intelligence great again!)
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To: WKUHilltopper

Agree re: revolver.


16 posted on 11/30/2016 10:52:06 AM PST by oldplayer
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To: rktman

It doesn’t take long to rack the slide. Think of it as a super-safety. If it makes someone feel comfortable carrying, it is fine by me.

The growing number of striker fired pistols without safeties and mild trigger pulls bothers me. I’m a revolver guy myself, but the trigger pull of a S&W DA revolver is quite different than a striker fired gun.

IIRC, the Shanghai Metro Police in the early 1900s carried with the chamber empty. They practiced racking the slide when pointing. It obviously isn’t the fastest way to do things, but it isn’t totally bad either.


17 posted on 11/30/2016 10:52:33 AM PST by Mr Rogers (We're a nation of infants, ruled by their emotion)
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"Mine is DA with no safety ..."

My kid has one like that.. a Glock (?).... It makes me ... queasy.

:)

18 posted on 11/30/2016 10:52:34 AM PST by unread (Joe McCarthy was right.......)
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To: rktman; unread

Sorry, this was meant for rktman:

“Why for ladies only? Us men may have some good insights for the ladies and vice versa...”

And you already addressed per the comment I am responding to here.


19 posted on 11/30/2016 10:52:46 AM PST by piytar (http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
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I carry my .40Smith with a round in the chamber. It’s always ready to go. Same with my Beretta Tomcat.


20 posted on 11/30/2016 10:53:37 AM PST by SkyDancer (Ambtion Without Talent Is Sad - Talent Without Ambition Is Worse)
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