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I have my 1911 operator, with a light on the rail but not one chambered. I think if I had a DA pistol, I would have it chambered but de-cocked.
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Wow great responces. I have an xd 40 with those extremeshock bullets. Also have a lazer light on the railXD40, Mosin Nagant 91/30, Saiga 762x39, Saiga 12, Stag model 2,vaquero bisley,GSG-522,NPM M1 carbine, romanian psl,Kimber custom 2,norinco sks,ruger 10/22,MPA mini defender 9mm,GSG 1911,Glock 19,Marlin 336,LWRC M6 SPRComment
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I've heard this before. My question is how does one attain that level of confidence without having a gun in the first place?
I didn't grow up with firearms. It just wasn't something anyone in my family had any interest in. So when I got older I had to educate myself. I read a lot and mainly what I found seemed to say that one of the keys to proper gun handling was to always follow the 4 rules and practice them so much that they became unconscious habit.
Well, when I was new to owning firearms I didn't have that habit yet. I was unsure of my ability to safely handle a firearm because that ability was untested. So I kept my gun in a safe next to a loaded magazine with the slide open and the manual safety on. Very silly, i know. I wasn't certain that I wouldn't forget one of the rules and this practice made the loading/unloading/handling process all the more involved so I could double and even triple check what I was doing.
I figured I lived in a safe enough neighborhood and I had multiple security layers that would alert me to an intruder with enough time to load, chamber, and unsafe my pistol.
Now, years later I've got a gun with no manual safety and I keep a round in the chamber, because I've got more experience and I have the confidence to know I'm not going to screw something up. I still keep it in the gunvault because of my kid though.
As to the original question I think the most important thing is to know your own level of comfort and training and act accordingly. If a person isn't comfortable with having a round chambered then they probably shouldn't, but they should train with that in mind so they don't forget to rack the slide in that one in a million chance that they really REALLY need a bullet there.
-JamesComment
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If you train with one in the chamber, I think that is okay. Remember in an emergency we fail back to our level of training.John
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It is not about you have enough time to rack your slide and put one in the chamber. When you are in a life or death situation, do you think people actually remember to rack the slide? That is also the same reason why I dont like any manual safety on my handgun. There was a case a few months ago. Two guys tried to rob this place. The owner drew his gun first but there wasn't a round in a chamber. BAMM BAMM. The owner got two shots to the chest.
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There's a saying that a gun without one in the chamber is just an ammo storage device.Sent from Free AmericaComment
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cambered or not chambered..... in a nightstand in in a Gunvault inside your nightstand..... all of that takes too long to get the gun out and ready to use.
You need to do this.... sleep with the gun under your pillow, one in the chamber, safety off since all that does is slow you down, hand laying on the grip and finger on the trigger!Comment
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Of course it is chambered and ready to go!Comment
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got the mag in, nut none in the chamber.... all it needs is a simple pull.Comment
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M&P 45 with some PDX-1 mag in the well, not cocked. Along with my SOG Seal PUP Elite and 3D LED Maglite. Right next to the bed.Comment
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It is not about you have enough time to rack your slide and put one in the chamber. When you are in a life or death situation, do you think people actually remember to rack the slide? That is also the same reason why I dont like any manual safety on my handgun. There was a case a few months ago. Two guys tried to rob this place. The owner drew his gun first but there wasn't a round in a chamber. BAMM BAMM. The owner got two shots to the chest.
It all comes down to this, the man makes a good point:
The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.Comment
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This is why DA Revolvers make great HD guns. I do not worry about racking the slide or keeping a round in the chamber or whether it will feed my latest JHP's or will I 'limp wrist' it under pressure or will my magazine screw-up, etc.
Another fear with SA semi-autos is how quick the follow-up shot can come with adrenaline making the trigger finger twitch.
The big disadvantages with revolvers is only having 6 in the cylinder (or 7 or 8) and the time it takes to reload. I do keep a couple of speed loaders handy for an extra 12 rounds. Statistically, most HD situations never even require 6 shots.
I am just giving everyone something to think about. By all means, keep the semi-auto handy if that's the one you are most proficient with.
God Did Not Create All Men Equal, Colonel Colt Did.Comment
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its a revolver so yes..Boy the way Glen Miller played, songs that made the hit parade, guys like us we had it made, those were the days, and you know where you were then, girls were girls and men were men, mister we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again, didn't need no welfare states everybody pulled his weight, gee our old Lasalle ran great, those were the days!
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