Steve_in_PA
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I have three handguns that are loaded for defensive use in my house. All three have a round in the chamber.
One in chamber at home?
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Enzo
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Couldn't agree more.
I use a Fort Knox pistol box safe that uses a simplex lock. Fast entry, no electronics to worry about or thumb print reader.
Fred_Ziffel
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All my HD guns are fully ready to go. Everything gets put away when we have company.
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Arik
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Disagree. You picked 2 complete opposites. He's either outside and gour dog is going nuts or he's in your room and its a little to late. What about the middle? He's outside your room and you have a split second to react. Or he's in your room and you manage for a second to over power him and can quickly grab your gun with the one free hand. Or in a panic forget to chamber a round? What if the round jams because you rode the slide back? Or just because, as it sometimes happens, even at the range.
There are a lot of possibilities. You should be awake enough not to be blindly blasting away. Otherwise locked and loaded and ready to grab and go. There is no point in adding extra steps into an already stressful situation
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There are a lot of possibilities. You should be awake enough not to be blindly blasting away. Otherwise locked and loaded and ready to grab and go. There is no point in adding extra steps into an already stressful situation
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cmort666
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More to the point, can you chamber a round while fighting somebody in a darkened bedroom any more easily than you could while fighting somebody on a dark street?
For me the answer is "no".
My Norinco M1911 ALWAYS has a round in the chamber, whether I'm carrying it or it's at home for self-defense.
sipowicz
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Nothing in the chamber of my P2000.....I weighed the odds and mistakenly leaving the safe open and having one of my kids grab it is more likely in my Condo than a break in.....and yes, I teach them gun safety and they know not to touch it...but you know kids....
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My HD is a 12 ga and racking that has a sobering effect on just about anyone.
Arik
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Thats actually been disproven. It 1) lets everyone know where you are at 2) lets them know where to start shooting. 3) lets them know how much ammo you have. 4) you ASSUME the perp knows what that sound is 5) you ASSUME he heard it from across the house and possibly several floors.
Now, your avg opportunist will probably leave hearing that noise. Even if he doesn't know what it is he knows someone is up and around. However, how do you know who's down there? If he's on something? how many are there? Could be a deaf crackhead for all you know
No warnings.
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That is one of the oldest myths in the book.
It's also a good way to end up with a feed jam when you need the gun the most
Will Carry
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I carry one it the chamber always. In all the excitement of having to defend my family, I don't want to screw it up by forgetting to chamber a round.
Linejudgemick
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My HD pistol is always in a Gunvault SpeedVault SV500 ( Amazon.com: Gunvault SpeedVault SV500 gun safe: Home Improvement@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41z2DtBiD0L.@@AMEPARAM@@41z2DtBiD0L ) mounted in an inconspicuous place in our bedroom, loaded with one in the chamber. I think dealing with retrieving it from the lock box will probably take more time than I'd prefer to give but, this is my option for when the toddler grandsons are visiting. Otherwise, when they're not here, my EDC pistol is on the bedside table, in its holster, ready to use.
66Park
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If I have to defend myself with a gun, I want every advantage, and that includes a chambered round. I've never had a gun shoot itself. If you are worried about safety, then don't pick up the gun and screw around with it if you don't need to use it. If you need to dry fire or clean the gun, keep it pointed in a safe direction and carefully unload it. If you have kids in the house, get a biometric safe. To think you will have time to chamber a round in an emergency shows, at least to me, a lack of understanding about the reality of what can happen.
I live alone, only kid is a 75 lb. fur child that is part of the home security system. Two handguns, one a .357 revolver and the other a .45acp 1911 with a round in the chamber and thumb safety on. Both guns are hidden in locations where nobody knows but me and are easy to access.
No one but you and any experienced thief.
That's one of the reasons my firearms are either under my direct control or locked up
No kids. No empty chambers.
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gdnagle
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Years ago when the girls were young mag loaded on the 1911 nothing chambered. They couldn't rack the slide and guns weren't as dangerous back then according to the way the news reports about them now. Now before the terrible accident when I lost all my firearms in the great tsunami here, all 10 handguns were loaded with one in the pipe, I don't own any revolvers, and I don't have little ones around anymore, something about I'm old and not in style anymore whatever that means. Most are kept in a biometric lock box up and down stairs with fully loaded extra mags.
My HD shotgun has an empty chamber. I like the idea of loudly racking a round in it in the dark. Can't imagine that any intruder wants to hear that sound while in a dark house. If I feel the need to be quiet I have my BG ready to go with one in the chamber.
I wonder how they'd react to the sound of you saying "Oh s***!!" because you short stroked and got a feed jam at the very worst possible moment?
Mcwsky09
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Good point
the other night when my wife came up to bed she mentioned that I had not locked the side door - generally I check - and she asked what would I do if someone came it - I rolled off the bed - opened the safe - pulled out my 45 and dropped the mag and racked the slide. She said, and now the intruder knows where you are.
Need to figure out how to disable the beeps on my safe - went through the instructions but didn't work for some reason. And the 45 is not exactly quiet when racking.
the other night when my wife came up to bed she mentioned that I had not locked the side door - generally I check - and she asked what would I do if someone came it - I rolled off the bed - opened the safe - pulled out my 45 and dropped the mag and racked the slide. She said, and now the intruder knows where you are.
Need to figure out how to disable the beeps on my safe - went through the instructions but didn't work for some reason. And the 45 is not exactly quiet when racking.
Arik
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Or....the sound came from upstairs. Let me make sure I have my gunready. The downstairs is clear to hide and ambush
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