Chambered round

[Mule88]

Just out of curiosity, those who use autos for home defense or CCW for that matter. How many of you keep a round chambered in your gun at home or when carrying?

 

[Tam 3]

I do.

"An unloaded gun ain't good for nothin."

Regards,

Tam 3

 

[angel71rs]

I keep one in the pipe both in my home defense pistols and my CCW pistols. All are DAO, so feel perfectly comfortable with that. You see video of some poor schmo trying to rack a round while getting plugged or 1st hand account of some guy that managed to save himself by grabbing his pistol and popping off rounds... no other way to go for me.

 

[sigp220.45]

Yes, always.

 

[glenncal1]

Why wouldn't you?

 

[curtmini14]

cocked and locked allways ready to rock. what good is an unloaded gun.

 

[roundgunner]

I guess if it is big enough you could hit them with it, then chamber a round. Or if they are nice guys, just ask them to wait right there for a couple seconds.

 

[Bill_inBouse]

Always on both accounts

No difference between a rock and an unloaded gun IMHO

 

[The Big D]

Always...duh!

Be safe.

 

[kimberst245]

Always keep one chambered unless you practice some method of firing that begins with loading an empty chamber. Never seen a need for that myself, but it makes for good effect in the movies.

 

[Dennis The B]

Condition 1 - Always!

 

[Moonman]

Always, Cocked and Locked, or I'd have something else, which I do.

 

[cmort666]

It's a common question.

Not too long ago, a guy got jumped in a Dayton, Ohio gas station while pumping gas. By his own admission, if he hadn't had a chambered round, he probably would never have been able to chamber a round once the fight started. It was two on one, him vs. two druggies. He managed to free an arm, draw his firearm and shoot the one in front of him. The other one remembered pressing business elsewhere and departed.

Had the victim not had a round chambered before the attack started, he probably would have ended up severely beaten, his car stolen, and probably shot with his own gun.

I NEVER carry without a chambered round. As the saying goes, no plan survives contact with the enemy. I'm not going to assume that somebody who causes me to need to shoot them is going to facilitate me doing so.

 

[GatorFarmer]

Carry? Sure, unless for some reason I had to rely on a gun that was of dubiout safety to do so.

At home? Not usually. I generally stayed in the habit of keeping guns in condition three if loaded at all. Caveat - I have a lot of guns, so this was simpler.

 

[novalty]

Bedside gun is loaded with 15 rounds of Remington Golden Sabres, one of them being in the chamber.

 

[nawilson]

Yes, I carry with one in the tube. Handguns make poor impact weapons. The stuff in the big gun safe in the basement is kept unloaded, but all the handguns in the little pistol safe in the bedroom are all loaded and ready.

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

No-brainer.

 

[Pete99004]

All handguns not in my safe are loaded with JHP along with one in the pipe. That also includes any rifles or shotguns that are not in the safe although not with JHP rounds. When I see wile e. coyote I don't have time to run to the safe and dig out my ranch rifle, so it's always in a handy spot close by, and bird season is close at hand as my dogs will tell you! Rooster gets up and I don't at least make some attempt to bring it down, I get real dirty looks!!! Best have a 12 gauge handy too!

Pete

 

[mkk41]

Any pistol I carry or have strategicly stashed is fully loaded , including chamber.

 

[TennTony]

Handgun rules at my house. If a gun is in the safe, it is never loaded. If a gun is out of the safe and intended for CCW or home defense, if I pull the trigger it will fire. If I pull the trigger again, it will fire again, up to magazine or cylinder capacity.

However, if I am in a fictional situation, I always need to rack the slide to put one in the chamber, even if I just did that in the previous paragraph or in an earlier scene. I always need to click the safety off on all Glock pistols too.

I do work hard at staying out of fictional scenarios.

 

[venomballistics]

the go to guns are hot at all times.

 

[Mule88]

I keep mine chamber loaded as well, had a couple friends that dont though. Just wanted to see what the forum was saying on the situation.

 

[flgolfer29]

At home: no
CCW: revolver
Car gun: no

 

[Evil Dog]

Always chambered and ready to go

 

[GTbob]

Always chambered and ready to go. An unloaded gun is a brick, and I don't throw bricks.

 

[wharvey]

Always! No reason not to unless you are carrying an old Colt SAA or something similar.

 

[brucev]

Just out of curiosity, those who use autos for home defense or CCW for that matter. How many of you keep a round chambered in your gun at home or when carrying?

Do not currently cc. We keep a G-22 with the magazine loaded, empty chamber, on the nightstand. In 32 years we've dealt with a few folks who thought to enter our apartment/home. There's always been time to rack the slide (on a pump shotgun) or a pistol. Works for us. YMMV. Sincerely. brucev.

 

[handejector]

I keep mine chamber loaded as well, had a couple friends that dont though. Just wanted to see what the forum was saying on the situation.

I'm saying:
wear a suit.
send flowers.
ask the widow what she will be doing with the collection.....

 

[novalty]

I'm saying:
wear a suit.
send flowers.
ask the widow what she will be doing with the collection.....

Only correction, is not to wear the full suit. Wouldn't want to show up to your own funeral with holes in the coat...how embarrassing.

 

[handejector]

It's "wear a suit to the couple friends funerals".