Should chamber be cleared when putting gun away for the night?

[bushmaster1313]

Being from New Jersey I am new to carrying outside the home.

When I carry my P365 with the magazine full and the chamber empty, I am comfortable securing the gun for the night in the same condition.

If a P365 is carried with a round in the chamber, what’s the drill in the evening and the morning? A) Keep a round in the chamber always or B) Empty the chamber at night and load a round in the chamber in the morning?

 

[Eric300]

A loaded chamber is a happy chamber. Why anyone would carry a firearm for protection on an empty chamber is beyond me. Good way to get killed. You store your firearm however you feel comfortable. But if you forget to chamber a round the next day, well......

 

[lihpster]

My 365 stays ready. Always. That means a round in the chamber. It ain't gonna go off by itself. I trust my gunhandling on the street, why wouldn't I trust it at home. But, as has already been said, it's your gun. So, you store it however you want.

 

[TX-Dennis]

Mine stays full - chamber loaded, magazine filled night and day. It only gets emptied when I clean it or when I shoot it at the range.

 

[luvsmiths]

Being from New Jersey I am new to carrying outside the home.

When I carry my P365 with the magazine full and the chamber empty, I am comfortable securing the gun for the night in the same condition.

If a P365 is carried with a round in the chamber, what’s the drill in the evening and the morning? A) Keep a round in the chamber always or B) Empty the chamber at night and load a round in the chamber in the morning?

Are you the only one home/ is the gun always under your control?

 

[SGT ROCK 11B]

If a P365 is carried with a round in the chamber, what’s the drill in the evening and the morning? A) Keep a round in the chamber always

A is the correct answer.

 

[Rustyt1953]

My pocket carry piece has a full mag and a round chambered. When I put it in the safe at bed time I take out my SD/nightstand piece which is also loaded and chambered.

No empty chamber for me.

PS: I still have all my appendages.

 

[Hoosierville IRN]

Top it off and keep it topped off. Assuming of course, that there are no little hands and fingers that can get to it. Otherwise, keep it topped off in a quick access safe they cannot access.

 

[Fishinfool]

Another reason to load it (including the chamber) and keep it loaded is bullet setback. This can occur when cartridges are consistently chambered, unchambered, then rechambered.

It can increase pressures, and result in feeding problems. Also, the more you load and unload a firearm, the more you increase the chance of an accidental discharge. That's why most all police departments and police ranges have "clearing barrels".

I keep my main carry handguns loaded at all times. If you have children or untrustworthy adults in the home, I would do as others have suggested, and use a quick access safe to store my loaded weapon.

Larry

 

[326MOD10]

Repeatedly unchambering and chambering the same round can lead to disaster.

Each time you chamber a round the bullet gets pushed a little more into the casing. This increases the case pressure.

Do it enough and you will have a round waiting to explode.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

When you need it there's NO TIME to rack the slide.........Doing it in the dark will tell the bad guy(s) exactly where you are.

 

[Rpg]

When I get home I drop the magazine and eject the cartridge from the chamber THEN I wipe the gun with a soft cotton cloth that has had a couple drops of light machine oil worked into the cloth.

No cleaning the chamber or anything else. Just wipe the gun down with the cloth and reload.

 

[colt_saa]

A loaded chamber is a happy chamber. Why anyone would carry a firearm for protection on an empty chamber is beyond me. Good way to get killed. You store your firearm however you feel comfortable. But if you forget to chamber a round the next day, well......

I do not own a P365, but I own lots of different Semi-auto pistols

I always keep my chamber stuffed.

The Israelis that I worked with always carried Condition 3.

Now I have not interacted with any of the guys from there for decades so I do not know if they still maintain that philosophy

 

[Eric300]

I do not own a P365, but I own lots of different Semi-auto pistols

I always keep my chamber stuffed.

The Israelis that I worked with always carried Condition 3.

Now I have not interacted with any of the guys from there for decades so I do not know if they still maintain that philosophy

Not too many people (that I'm aware of), train like an Israeli Commando.

 

[S-W4EVER]

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The last thing I want to be thinking about is whether my CCW is loaded if I have to pull it.

 

[growr]

Why add more steps?

Randy

 

[Norman77]

Once upon a time, a club member fired a repeatedly cycled round out of his duty P226. Good thing it was entirely made of steel. Badly enough, the grip shells were not. They disintegrated and his hand hurt plenty. The case was bursting open on the base. This sent a jet of very angry gases across his index finger, which went numb for weeks and it hurt a lot. So, bullet setback really is a thing.

However, keeping a gun with loaded chamber in the home is something which could make me loose my gun permits. We are not allowed to do so in Germany. Magazine next to the gun in the certified safe is O.K. here around. No carry anyway.... We had some occasional burglaries going on here around, i hope i am spared of these horrors.

 

[sheppard]

The Israelis are not the only ones carrying with an empty chamber, in the model 1911 era condition 3 was standard in the US armed services. Read a field manual from that era.

 

[329]

Preface by saying I really don’t carry anymore but when I did I found it easier and safer for me to keep my carry gun loaded in the holster whether in the safe or on me. I chose one to be my carry gun for a while and left it that way. Loading, unloading, holstering, upholstering all increase the chance for an accidental discharge. I would take it to the range once a week, shoot it, clean it, refill and repeat.

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

Always chambered, unless put away for days or weeks or months, for all the reasons above.

Loading a revolver indoors is bad enough, but loading (or unloading) an autoloader unnecessarily indoors without a sand barrel is asking for trouble. I don't do it.