Poll: Do you keep one in the chamber? Use the safety? Why?

[Koda]

I'm not certain how the pocket would work Ive heard to use your belt or buckle.

 

[bmtm09]

i will try it when I get home from work and let you guys know...empty gun of course..lol dont want to making a post about how i shot myself being stupid...lol

 

[Ura-Ki]

Many Firearms can be racked one handed, and we constantly trained and developed new ways to do it! An AR and just about any auto loader can be done one handed, and most handguns especially using the rear sight! I even saw a one armed man during one of our S.A.S.S. shoots, cock a single action revolver using his belt, Man, that dude was fast!

 

[orygun]

I'm one of them 1911 kind of guys.
Round in the chamber, safety on.

 

[bmtm09]

Ok hope you guys can see the rear sight clearly enough...I tried ito on my pocket, my belt and my holster ( safariland ).. worked about 75 percent on my pocket and 100 on the others. So it can be done on the pocket with decent success...putting your life on the line for it 75 percent ain't bad odds but all things being equal I would use my holster I'd available. It was flawless with the safariland

 

[Doc In UPlace]

Condition one.
Safe on with the 1911 and no safety (obviously) on the Glock and 638 revolver.
Booger hook off the bang switch.

 

[Swedish K]

For what it's worth I'd avoid the extended safety, mag release, and slide release on any 1911 you intend to carry. I've seen people accidentally push up on the slide release and lock their gun open while shooting in a match situation more than once, also seen mags dropped by accident leaving them with an empty gun mid stage. I've known several people who freaked out when they discovered their safety had been kicked off when holstering their gun because the extended safety caught on the way in.

 

[Certaindeaf]

For what it's worth I'd avoid the extended safety, mag release, and slide release on any 1911 you intend to carry. I've seen people accidentally push up on the slide release and lock their gun open while shooting in a match situation more than once, also seen mags dropped by accident leaving them with an empty gun mid stage. I've known several people who freaked out when they discovered their safety had been kicked off when holstering their gun because the extended safety caught on the way in.

Some people hate all the ambidextrous and oversized controls for some peculiar reason also.
Screw all that business. The best Hi-Power safety is the original one.

 

[coop44]

whatever condition you carry in, do it consistantly. don't change around it'll only confuse your little gun owner brain personally I carry chambered safety off hammer down. done that all my shooting life never any problems unlikely to change. always owned guns with exposed hammers always manually cock the hammer even if its a d/a pistol.

what I'm saying is develop a habit and stick to it

 

[Caveman Jim]

I voted one in the chamber & safety off because my 2 safeties are only activated when the gun is actually in my hand, hencehence the backstrap & trigger safeties.

 

[Certaindeaf]

whatever condition you carry in, do it consistantly. don't change around it'll only confuse your little gun owner brain personally I carry chambered safety off hammer down. done that all my shooting life never any problems unlikely to change. always owned guns with exposed hammers always manually cock the hammer even if its a d/a pistol.

what I'm saying is develop a habit and stick to it

pow pow!

 

[Member 5605]

My pistols have no safety.

Always one in the pipe.

 

[ArtBrownSr]

My handgun has a round in the chamber and safety ON! If/when time comes to draw it a part of the draw is the thumb down movement that puts the power of fire or hold in the moment of trigger finger position.
My HD Shotgun has the magazine full and the pump pulled back. As the gun is brought into position the pump is pushed forward , the rest is up to the situation .

 

[HuckleberryFun]

My carry gun is a Ruger SR9. One in the chamber, safety off.
My "go to war" & competition gun is a 1911 on belt, condition 1.

 

[etrain16]

I carry a Glock 35-7 Revolver with one in the pipe and 18 in the mag....

 

[Medic!]

Gun is third line of defense.

First is ''Leash off, safety Off''.

 

[wired]

I have no intention of getting into a quick draw competition. 1911 with an empty chamber . I can rack the slide about as fast as I can work the safety.

If I'm carrying a revolver well.....

 

[ArtBrownSr]

whatever condition you carry in, do it consistantly. don't change around it'll only confuse your little gun owner brain personally I carry chambered safety off hammer down. done that all my shooting life never any problems unlikely to change. always owned guns with exposed hammers always manually cock the hammer even if its a d/a pistol.

what I'm saying is develop a habit and stick to it

That is why I'm staying in the 1911 style for ALL my handguns. I practice and carry Condition one with safety on, I consistently practice pulling and disengaging safety while acquiring the target, then putting finger in hole and applying pressure

It appears that I had already voiced in detail my actions.
I wanted to +1 on this statement: ]whatever condition you carry in, do it consistantly. don't change around it'll only confuse your little gun owner brain

 

[U8395279]

This is the very reason is why DA/SA pistols were invented.

Anyone still relying on a SA pistols these days is pretty much relying on an antique for protection.

 

[Nick Burkhardt]

I converted my double stack Px4 Storm full size is to G type and it is decocker only so that is one in the chamber and the double action pull acts as my safety. I pocket carry my Ruger LC9s in a Blackhawk holster so that is one in the chamber safety on. But after hiking up and down the hills of Seattle all day I found my safety OFF when I returned to the hotel room.