Chamber empty or one in?

[daddyo]

ALWAYS one in the chamber. ALWAYS. Might as well leave it at home if you don't.

[LagerHead]

Looking for advice here,

How do you all carry your pistol?

Do you carry with one in the chamber, or full mag. and empty chamber?

Thanks

So basically you're asking, "Do you carry a gun or a rock?"

Guess you know my answer.

I carry CZ75BD at half-cock with a round in the chamber. Best way to carry if you ask me.

Depends on the gun. With a Series 80 1911 there is no benefit that I know of to carrying half-cocked, unless you're the guy attacking the guy with a half-cocked pistol. And of course with many guns this isn't even an option.

[...]If you are worried about carrying a gun with no safety (glock, XD, etc.) [.]

Careful now. Glocks and XD's both have safeties. Multiple in fact. They just aren't of the "click on and off" variety.

[RobertNashville]

Personally, I think carrying either one in the chamber or not is fine but whichever method is chosen, I'd advise that you always do it the same way so that if you have to face down a bad guy you don't have to remember whether you need to rack the slide or not.

That said, I think it's better to and I ALWAYS carry one in the chamber and a fully loaded magazine.

Edited December 16, 2010 by RobertNashville

[Guest uofmeet]

... I briefly carried with the chamber empty when I first started, but as I gained confidence in my equipment, I started carrying chambered...

I was the same way. At first I didn't carry chambered, now I Always do and don't even think twice about it. I just want to be able to aim and shoot if I ever need to. I do not want any extra steps.....

[china coaster]

With pistols always one in the chamber; sometimes cocked and locked. Revolvers, all holes filled all the time.

[Guest 85rx-7gsl-se]

I'm not a 100% on this, but I don't believe a blank will cycle a real weapon. It has to be modified. At any rate that's just a really bad idea.

Plus its not like no one has even been killed by a blank being fired to closely.

[RobertNashville]

Plus its not like no one has even been killed by a blank being fired to closely.

Actually, while I can't put my hands on proof at the moment, I believe it's true that people HAVE been killed by blanks...I think it's happened on stage/filming for movies before but I'll have to check into that more!

[daddyo]

With pistols always one in the chamber; sometimes cocked and locked. Revolvers, all holes filled all the time.

How do you carry one in the chamber without the weapon cocked and locked?

[Guest carbonarcher]

Thank you all. You all have brought up some great points. This is why I wished to rely on the experts.

I am greatful.

[MikePapa1]

Always one in the chamber with a full magazine.

[LagerHead]

I'm not a 100% on this, but I don't believe a blank will cycle a real weapon. It has to be modified. At any rate that's just a really bad idea.

It may depend on the weapon. But in the Army we trained with blanks all the time using our assigned weapons. While in my experience you were more likely to have a misfire with blanks, they certainly would cycle.

How do you carry one in the chamber without the weapon cocked and locked?

Put one in the chamber, decock, safety off.

[mikegideon]

One in the chamber... always

[Crawlin]

Cocked and Locked. and I just downloaded the app now to test it.

[mikegideon]

How do you carry one in the chamber without the weapon cocked and locked?

I guess I could say the same thing. All my pistols are DA, at least on the first round, except for my 1911. So, the only time I CAN carry cocked and locked is when I'm carrying my 1911.

[Guest TargetShooter84]

Cocked and Locked.

[McAllyn]

This is the video of the guy who can snap a Glock one handed. By his admission, he would only do this is a gaming setup, not in real life. However, there is another video somewhere of him doing this with several other pistols, M&P, different Glock models, and something else. I don't want to get into the arguement of whether his guns are modified or not, but if you want to carry without one in the chamber, practice this, and best of luck.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8475ocNvzw

Mac

EDIT: Personally, I carry an empty weapon, and keep the bullet in my shirt pocket. Cause I roll like that.

Edited December 16, 2010 by McAllyn

[Guest m&pc9]

Full magazine and one in the pipe.

[Raoul]

cocked and locked.

[Links2k]

No need to carry if it is not ready to fire. Always one in the chamber.

[Guest NashvegasMatt]

14+1 in

[Gun Smith]

OP, I guess you are getting the idea by now, but I also go chambered.

[macville]

I'm not a 100% on this, but I don't believe a blank will cycle a real weapon. It has to be modified. At any rate that's just a really bad idea.

I can 100% confirm that is incorrect. I was in Nashville last month shooting a movie and talked to our armorer one night when we were shooting a crime scene. He was using a regular Beretta 92 with blanks and it was cycling just fine. From 4 feet away I was getting hit with bits of gunpowder and plenty of percussion, but then again they weren't aiming right at me, just to the left of me (I was operating camera)

[Guest Jamie]

I can 100% confirm that is incorrect. I was in Nashville last month shooting a movie and talked to our armorer one night when we were shooting a crime scene. He was using a regular Beretta 92 with blanks and it was cycling just fine. From 4 feet away I was getting hit with bits of gunpowder and plenty of percussion, but then again they weren't aiming right at me, just to the left of me (I was operating camera)

Then why these?

AK47 Threaded Blank Firing Adapter

Blank Firing Adapter - Yellow (fits M4)

Most auto-loaders won't cycle with blank ammunition any more than they will with bird shot or extremely light loads. There's just not enough recoil impulse. And for gas-operated rifles, there's no "plug" (the bullet) to force the gas into the gas tube. So, most "Hollywood" guns are modified to work with blanks.

Are you sure the one you were filming wasn't altered in some way? Sometimes a restrictor will be inserted into the barrel or chamber, with a smaller aperture, to increase the recoil forces. You can see it in the end of the barrel of full-auto weapons in a lot of old war movies, as a matter of fact...

Edited December 17, 2010 by Jamie

[StPatrick]

Awww, it's only for iPhone....

Taurus has a shot timer app as well...I know it's available for iPhones, but you might want to check and see if it's available for more platforms.

[eapking]

Full mag, one in the chamber. For revolvers, six in the chambers.

This.