Taking out chambered round

[sirr6]

Do you take the round out the chamber at the end of the day of carrying or leave it and put it in the safe?

[Citadelgrad87]

For a ccw? Nope. Thats a whole lot of manipulation that leads to complacency. Remove from the belt and store it in the holster ready to go.

It can also lead to bullet setback if you keep dropping the slide on the am round over and over.

[Pandanin]

I leave everything in the holster and place it on my bedside table when I go to bed. Next morning, the whole rig goes into whatever pants I'm wearing that day.

[CSACANNONEER]

I don't even remove my EDC from the holster or store it in safe at night. Who does that?

[BillSmith]

I don't even remove my EDC from the holster or store it in safe at night. Who does that?

People with children.

[DolphinFan]

All guns are always loaded. An unloaded gun is useless.
I rarely if ever cycle a round out of my EDC.

[otteray]

Stays right in the chamber 24/7. On the hip and in the safe if required.
Why take it out?

[Hamsterman]

No, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't rotate your ammo on occasion:

https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/this-is-why-you-really-should-rotate-your-carry-gun-ammunition-regularly/

[9Cal_OC]

Originally Posted by BillSmith

People with children.

Get a bedside lockable safe, where you can place it holster and loaded.

Also, the ammo rotation is not something that is done daily, like OP asked.

[sirvimmy]

I just leave my edc gun loaded, in the holster. I take the whole thing off when I stop carrying for the day.

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[ACfixer]

Same here, no kids in the house so it just goes from my belt to my nightstand intact.

I take it out of the holster once a week or so to check for debris etc blow the lint off of it.

[Mute]

Kids are all grown up in my home so gun stays in holster and comes off and stays in easily accessible location. If for any reason the gun is fully unloaded, any ammo that gets rechambered more than twice gets shot at the next practice session.

[Mark49]

Because I take my Granddaughter to school, I'm un-loading allot... If this is going to jack my gun, not much I can do about it.

[9Cal_OC]

Originally Posted by Mark49

Because I take my Granddaughter to school, I'm un-loading allot... If this is going to jack my gun, not much I can do about it.

Get a revolver.

[igs]

Originally Posted by DolphinFan

All guns are always loaded. An unloaded gun is useless.

Same with mags.

[krb]

Don’t forget the circle of awareness though - every day when you leave the house with the weapon check your weapon to be sure it’s ready. Usually that means check your magazine. Make sure it’s full. And locked in the mag well. And check the chamber to confirm there’s a round. Every time when you first prepare to leave the house for the day.

[clb]

Nope

[nintense]

Originally Posted by BillSmith

People with children.

I keep it on me until I’m ready to go to bed, then I lock the bedroom door.


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[L84CABO]

Carry gun becomes nightstand gun. If I were to lock it up for the next day it would stay loaded. NO REASON for it not too.

[G-forceJunkie]

If you do remove, reload often, be sure to cycle that round out of rotation and put it in your practice ammo stash. Chambering the same round dozens or hundreds of time eventually will damage it, either set the bullet back or damage the primer. It was in the 90's, but I recall a situation where a cop who unloaded his Glock 21 everyday, reusing the same round, found it to misfire when he needed to be putting holes in a perp. The cause was found the priming compound in the primer had been damaged by hundreds of chamberings.

[Che762x39]

Originally Posted by sirr6

Do you take the round out the chamber at the end of the day of carrying or leave it and put it in the safe?

No.

I'm a retired LEO and the more you unnecessarily handle your pistol. You will have an accident.

[Mayor McRifle]

Originally Posted by Mark49

Because I take my Granddaughter to school, I'm un-loading allot... If this is going to jack my gun, not much I can do about it.

How often do you get searched at your granddaughter’s school?

[tawadc95]

You don’t need to unload or take it off when you deliver your gdaughter if you don’t go on campus. If she’s old enough deliver her from the sidewalk next to campus.

[BrokerB]

Nope....
G19 stays in crossbreed freedom holster and into a lockbox on my office wall. Maybe once a couple months I'll eject the round, blowout my skin/linte dust. Put magazine back in let slide chamber next round, eject magazine...inspect the round that I had initial ejected for setback/damage, then load that round on to the magazine to fill back up to 15 rounds then insert back into pistol, then back into holster.

I have same model g19w/ light in seperate handgun safe next to bed inside a owb holster for playing commando in home .

[BC9696]

I too place my holstered sidearm with one in the chamber in my small safe by the bed...with the door open at night unless my grandkids are over.

[robert101]

I don't unload it unless going to the range and not shooting my carry rounds that day. It stays loaded. No kids in the house and ready for self defense when needed. I'll turn this around and ask who unloads their carry gun at night?

Lastly, I have a dedicated bed-side gun as well. My EDC just sits at the night stand with it.

[Sam .223]

I only unload to do a function check and a light cleaning once in a while.

[Triple8]

Originally Posted by Sam .223

I only unload to do a function check and a light cleaning once in a while.

That works for me as well. Not necessary to add an extra step since I like to have a loaded pistol close by outside or inside the home.

[dougd1015]

Take out the round.

[JCHavasu]

Originally Posted by dougd1015

Take out the round.

Why? Genuinely curious.