A Round in the Chamber Carry?

[mojo84]

I carry in condition 1. Cocked and locked.

Ask yourself this, how will I actuate the slide if I am jumped and having to fend off a hands-on attack.

Also, so some checking on how your gun was designed to be carried and what built in safety system it has. Then make your own decision as to what is most comfortable to you.

Keep in mind, your best safety is between your ears.

[sugar land dave]

I carry in condition 1. Cocked and locked.

Ask yourself this, how will I actuate the slide if I am jumped and having to fend off a hands-on attack.

Also, so some checking on how your gun was designed to be carried and what built in safety system it has. Then make your own decision as to what is most comfortable to you.

Keep in mind, your best safety is between your ears.

One in the chamber and sound preparation and training will make it more of a danger to the bad guy than to you.

[The Annoyed Man]

Round in chamber, regardless of what kind of gun. Cocked and locked if it is a single action hammer fired gun. De-cocked hammer down over a full chamber if it is a DA/SA hammer fired gun. All striker fired pistols are carried with round in chamber.

Your most important safety mechanism? Not the one on the gun, and not the holster. It's the one between your ears.

[twomillenium]

Many interesting opinions here and many good reasons, for the person posting, to carry chambered or not. Each person must make that decision for what is best for him or her self. Be consistent, with what your choose, so that you do not have to remember what condition you are carrying in at any given time. But the choice is yours and should not be made by anyone else.

[treadlightly]

Well, it has a chamber. There could be a round in it. You shouldn't handle it any differently whether or not you think there's a round in the chamber.

An accidental "click" is every bit the red flag as an accidental (negligent?) bang.

Carry safe, with particular emphasis on drawing and holstering with practiced care.

[Skiprr]

And here's a recent Topic on the same subject: viewtopic.php?f=23&t=79621. You may want to look through that one, as well.

[John Galt]

If anyone has a question as to whether or not, just watch the video of the 21 ft rule posted a few days ago.

[striker55]

Always one in the chamber!

[Javier730]

[Charlies.Contingency]

Of course, always one in the chamber. All of my carry & duty guns are striker fire, and all of them will have one in the pipe, and a full mag. Seriously though, another "one in the chamber" thread?

[carlson1]

Load your pistol, chamber a round, and make it ready for carry. After that leave it alone. ND happens when we unnecessarily handle the pistol. Don't ask how I know this, but I do know the more we handle the firearm the more likely for human error which causes ND.

Having an empty chamber is NOT insurance for not having ND. An empty chamber just makes your firearm a very expensive club.

[mrvmax]

Every one of my handguns is loaded and ready to fire, even those in my safe. First, I have been carrying concealed long enough to know that I do not have time to chamber a round when someone is already trying to kill me. Second, the handgun will not fire unless I pull the trigger so I keep my finger off until I am ready to shoot. Third, there is nothing unsafe about carrying a handgun with a round in the chamber. Fourth, since all my handguns are always loaded I never have to ask myself if it is loaded or not. I had a friend over Friday and was showing him some guns in my safe. I knew I had to make every one safe before handing them to him, in reality I checked them twice before handing it over.
It does take time to get used to carrying a handgun that is ready to fire but unless you train like the Israeli Army to rack the slide and load a round before shooting I really doubt you will be able to do it in time (and avoid malfunctions) when under the stress of someone trying to kill you.

[glazer1972]

A round in the chamber is the only way to go. Everything else is to slow.

[jrs_diesel]

I have not been carrying for long, but my XD has one in the chamber. I follow safe practices and handle as little as possible when it is loaded.

EDIT:

I would like to point out that this is also how we train in the Coast Guard. When carrying the Beretta M9, it had a round chambered, safety off, and holstered. With the new Sig Sauer P229's that we have, those also have a round chambered and the gun is holstered. No safety on the 229.