Do you Carry chambered?

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Always carry cocked & locked or chambered depending on what I carry. All guns at home are chambered in a safe (grandchildren present).
 
I guess growing up with guns makes things easier. I've been a hunter since I was a kid, back when Ike was president. When we went hunting we loaded our guns. We didn't half load them. We loaded them. The sound of shotgun bolts slamming, and "click" of a double gun closing was part of the deal. A rabbit, squirrel or a deer wasn't going to wait for me/us to load our guns.

It just NEVER occured to me that I wouldn't carry a handgun ready to use.
 
All of your reasoning seems sound to me. (Except maybe living in NY.
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I know, I know, And I am working on that! First Job offer I get in NH or MT, maybe even VT, I am gone! :)
 
Willbrink, tell me about it when you have it tucked away in a mexican carry and are working undercover (CCW)...
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Every one who CCWs an M1911 carries "under cover." I've CCWed an M1911 for more than 40 years, and always carried cocked and locked -- and yes, I have carried Mexican style.
 
Vern,
Yes if you carry a 1911 it is fine, but as I have stated, Glock, and nothing in the chamber is my preference now. I actually carry different, at different times. It gets complicated :uhoh:...

The heavy old 1911 with a small amount of ammo in the mag, just does not get my fancy anymore. Yea I know all about being able to shoot rings around me, with the 1911, heard it all, see it so much different at the range though.

I like my little A-80 45 Astra also 9+1 or just 9...In CA there is only one I can carry with more than 10 rounds legally...17 G holds almost 3 times the amount of a 1911 in one mag...Hmmm:scrutiny: Like I said it is complicated

:)
 
The heavy old 1911 with a small amount of ammo in the mag, just does not get my fancy anymore.
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A while back, I was discussing the infamous magazine ban. I pointed out I could carry a Para Ordnance 14.45 with one up the spout and a loaded 14 round magazine and have 29 rounds.

Or I could carry my Kimber classic with an 8-round magazine plus one up the spout and two 10-round magazines and have 29 rounds!
 
XD45 with a round chambered. Besides the passive safeties built into it, the most important safety is that I keep it holstered, and don't handle it unless I intend to shoot it when I am out and about. I carry it in a Milt Sparks VMII.
 
Everyday: Keltec P3AT with full mag and one in chamber(DAO,no safety)

Most days: SA micro 1911 with full mag and one on chamber, cocked and locked.

I thought it was a "man rule" that if you carried, you carried hot?
 
Colt Pocket Nine: A full mag plus one in the pipe.

I was always taught to carry with one in the chamber.

If you had time to draw and chamber a round before you had to shoot, one could argue you had time to escape and wouldn't of had to shoot.
 
If you had time to draw and chamber a round before you had to shoot, one could argue you had time to escape and wouldn't of had to shoot.
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One of the reasons LEO yell "halt police". They don't shoot, as a rule without a warning. Hmmm :uhoh:

So you figure you are going to be super quick draw and shoot um down where they stand? Sure guys;)
 
Harley, police don't challenge when there's no time and immediate action is necessary to defend against an immediate attack. And based on reports of defensive gun use by private citizens, a private citizen won't always have an opportunity to challenge either.
 
Chambered Chambered Chambered Chambered Chambered Chambered Chambered Chambered Chambered Chambered

I hope you read it out loud. Then you might remember it. Cause when the suck happens that is the last thing you need to worry about.

Concerned with loading and unloading? Keep it in the holster. Can't leave it around? Get a thumbsafe.
 
I carry all of my firearms with one in the chamber and the safety on. I know that when it comes time to use it I am most likely not going to have time to chamber a round.
 
Always one in the chamber.

Sig 225. Decocked and in a good holster... it is the ideal way to carry that particular gun.
 
One of the reasons LEO yell "halt police". They don't shoot, as a rule without a warning. Hmmm

So you figure you are going to be super quick draw and shoot um down where they stand? Sure guys
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Or a guy passing me suddenly rushes at me and pulls out a knife.

I can either try to hold him at bay with my left hand to keep from getting stabbed/cut in the chest/neck/face... or I can use my left hand to rack the slide.

Unless you have extensively practiced using your sights and belt/boot/etc to rack the slide with one hand... a round in the chamber is the most intelligent way to carry a gun in MOST situations.
 
From Harley Quinn:

Yes if you carry a 1911 it is fine, but as I have stated, Glock, and nothing in the chamber is my preference now.
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Harley, the demonstrations I've seen (man running at you from seven yards) show that an extremely quick draw from concealment and quick first shot is necessary--less than or equal to two seconds.

Seems to me it would be extremely difficult to do that consistently if you have to cycle the slide also.
 
Police have a much longer checklist of things they must do before they apply deadly force than I do. I'm not a cop, I don't plan on doing a cop's job. A lot of what police are required to do, for warning, escalation of force, or even DRAWING A PISTOL WHEN COMMON SENSE SAYS THEY SHOULD GRAB A RIFLE INSTEAD, is to satisfy beurocratic butt covers.

Like Indiana boy says, you cannot assume that you will have both hands to work with when things have quite suddenly become so bad that you need to use deadly force.
 
Yes I understand that...Why my first responses would always, be my Martial arts background, and evasion. Then if I need the shooter, so be it...By that time it is going to be what it is going to be, I will be a victim and the "legal act" will be on my side. No big deal, let them have at it.

I am not a "Natural Born Killer" so, I do what I feel is right...Always:what:
 
Friends, Harley has it all figured out for himself. Let's leave him be. How he handles things for himself is his business. I personally don't think highly of his approach to things, and I suspect that many of you don't either. That's okay. We're free to handle things our ways.
 
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