Do you carry with a round chambered?

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Wheel guns are nice, and I have a couple, but putting up a sheet of 16 rounds to me is better that a sheet of 5 or 6 and those wheel gun speed loaders take a little longer that a clip change.
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Where is your "sheet of 16 rounds" going to go? I'd be worried about hitting bystanders spraying bullets like that.

That's why I love my Sig 225 because of the Decocker, I just feel safer with it in my pants.
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Even Jeff Cooper, a well known 1911 fan, had respect for Sig's perfect decocking system. When I had a S&W 5906 back in the day, I got nervous everytime I hit the decocker and the hammer flew towards the firing pin block at full speed. The Sig is nice and slow, like it should be. Sig's light, smooth double action pull is a lot better than a thumb flick safety, in my opinion.
 
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I feel totally safe carrying my sig's chambered. I love sigs for this comfort, for the smooth DA pull, and the sweet SA pulls thereafter.

I feel fine with a kahr or a hi-power as well chambered. I usually leave a gun chambered if it's in a holster. If it's not in a holster, it's in condition 3 (such as in the safe). Bedside gun is condition 1.
 
It should be illegal to carry without one in the chamber, that will just get you shot, unless you are Israeli trained..
 
Carry the way you practice. I holster frequently at the range, and I decock/safety before I holster. I don't want the T shirt snagging the trigger and shooting myself in the butt.

The draw disengages the safety when the holster is cleared.
 
Stump Water said:

"Load the DA wheelgun with the hammer resting on an emty chamber.

Load the DA semi-auto with a full mag and an empty chamber.

Pick up each one and pull the trigger. It's different."

Stump, that's not what I mean at all. I meant, with a DA semi-auto loaded and one in the chamber, how is that different safety-wise, than a 6 round revolver fully loaded? I guess I should add that I didn't envision a safety on either gun. So I still would ask what I asked. I do understand that a semi-auto with an empty chamber is very different from a DA revolver fully loaded.
 
If its just jammed in my cargo pocket, no. If I put on my holster (which is the norm), then yes. Only safety on is the "dont touch the trigger" safety.
 
I used to carry Condition 3, but I'm changing over to Condition 1.

Here's how:

Around the house, doors locked, Condition 3 (either at arm's length or in a quick access safe)

Carried, Condition 1.

I've tried to tie this in to the color codes. I'll admit to being Condition White inside my own house, and Condition Yellow when I go anywhere else. To me, anyway, the shift in 1911 conditions seems to be appropriate.

Others may live in more dangerous areas and use Yellow/Condition 1 at all times. If I lived in some of these spots, I would too.

And, if you're into IDPA, you get lots of practice clearing your pistol with this method. As part of the routine, I show clear to the nonexistant SO. :)
 
Of course. Don't want to take the chance of not having the time, or free arm to rack the slide.
 
Always. I fear some BG dragging me into an alley by one arm and I'm trying to rack the slide with my teeth. I realize that there are one-handed methods, such as hooking a rear sight on your belt to chamber it, but I just don't see that as a viable option. And I've always told my GF, who's not an anti but also isn't a certified gun nut, that should anything ever happen to me all she has to do is remove it from my pants, point it, and pull the bang switch. My opinion has always been that a unloaded chamber is an unloaded pistol. And an unloaded pistol is just a really, really short club.......
 
That's more than enough

It’s hard to believe there’s another thread on handgun carry condition SO SOON.

A little over a week ago, I posted the following:
I've been kind of watching this thread, and the result is interesting. With all the participants, who keep saying the same thing over and OVER and OVER, almost everyone has been remarkably polite to each another. I'd congratulate everyone, except that’s the way things are MEANT to be. 

That being said, I notice that some members are becoming a bit irritable. Looks to me as if six pages is enough for a WIDE cross section of opinions. We'll close this one up and let someone else start up something similar in a month or two.
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Click HERE to read the entire, all too similar thread.

Some of it may not pertain to THIS thread, but you can see what I mean.

Friends, try using the search function. You may not get what you want on the first try. Try your Search words or phrases in Handguns: General Discussion, and Handguns: Autoloaders, and . . . : Revolvers. Use the words “chambered” and "Condition 1" and such. You may be surprised what you’ll find.

Anyway, 122 entries are more than sufficient.


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Johnny
 
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