In home/Public carrying/etc - what level of ready are you at?

[Cleck]

Hard to put into words, but how ready is your carry gun or your other pistols in the home and in public?

My Shield has a safety, but I only use it when I'm transferring between myself and the safe, or carrying around the house. Otherwise, I've got one in the chamber at all times, safety is off when I'm in public. First few times I was safety on, but I quickly got comfortable with it off.

HK has no safety, always one in the chamber.

 

[NYGuns]

My EDC is my G43 which doesn't have a safety. I always have 1 in the pipe and never cheap out on good holsters.

 

[NirvanaFan]

My M&P has no safety and there's a round in the pipe. For the first few weeks when I first started carrying, I didn't keep one in the pipe. I just couldn't get comfortable.

 

[Magnus]

I recently just got comfortable with carrying in the chamber. Safety on in the house, safety off when hiking on suspect streets.

 

[FrankenCub]

P99 no safety always one in the hole. I've done a lot of empty dry fire training around the house when no one is home with a 1911 and much to my surprise I bet a good 60% of the time I found myself forgetting the safety. And then fumbling to get it off Not good. I'm sure I could overcome that with a few thousand rounds of live fire on the range but ammo is one of those precious metals in this house.

 

[Criticalt]

In home my Benelli M4 is always ready to go. Beside the bed my G20 is always ready to go.
And out of the house my Shield or SP101 are ready to go.
No safety

 

[VietnamEraVet]

Hard to put into words, but how ready is your carry gun or your other pistols in the home and in public?

My Shield has a safety, but I only use it when I'm transferring between myself and the safe, or carrying around the house. Otherwise, I've got one in the chamber at all times, safety is off when I'm in public. First few times I was safety on, but I quickly got comfortable with it off.

HK has no safety, always one in the chamber.

It took me a while to get comfortable carrying concealed as well. My initial concern was printing, of course. Now, I could basically care less about that.

As for what condition I carry in, I now carry chambered, with the safety on.
Didn't do that initially, until I got comfortable with it..

I know a lot of guys are against having a safety at all, but not me. I practice drawing and clearing the safety on my semi's in one stroke at the range to where it is second nature to me. No safety on revolvers of course.

The other two things I watch for are to only use high quality holsters that absolutely protect the trigger, and I take my sweet time when reholstering, and always remind myself to NEVER force it, and if something feels amiss, to stop and reassess.

 

[rpf427]

Depends. If carrying my P238, one in chamber, safety off, but hammer down. If my G26, or S&W 438(which has been my go to the last couple of months), no hammers, no safety, ready to rumble. Same in the house, along with my Mossberg 590 street sweeper, also ready to go.

 

[GOPerfect]

I have never understood why a gun would be carried empty.

What good is an empty gun? I fully understand carrying the gun empty until the user gets used to carrying a gun, but once comfortable, why carry an unloaded gun?

 

[rpf427]

I have never understood why a gun would be carried empty.

What good is an empty gun? I fully understand carrying the gun empty until the user gets used to carrying a gun, but once comfortable, why carry an unloaded gun?

Did I miss something?

 

[dwa12479]

One in the pipe, safety off. ALWAYS in the same condition. I personally would never vary my carry methods on a regular basis (safety on/off, carry position etc...) I like the repetition of thousands of rounds drawn from concealment and everything is always the same.

 

[Podmonkey]

Food for thought. NSFW due some pretty graphic content...

 

[Toecutter]

Carry either a shield chambered it has a safty I only use while holstering then I click it off or a CZ P07 which is da/sa I carry chambered hammer down in da mode.

 

[GOPerfect]

Did I miss something?

No, why?

 

[Darth]

Hot and ready, just like a Little Caesar's pizza.

 

[Livefree]

Glock G23 40 cal, with one in the pipe. I dont want to fiddle around with a safety when my stress level is going to be at the maximum level.

 

[Cleck]

Hot and ready, just like a Little Caesar's pizza.

Glad someone got the reference

 

[Darth]

Glad someone got the reference

If it was a 1911, it would be Cocked and Locked, like a chastity cage.

 

[GOPerfect]

Not having a loaded gun amazes me. I never understood why someone word carry a gun and not load it.

My BIL used to carry his Block empty all the time. We did some training drills, once we got done, he lost every single time, he changed his ways and now carry's a loaded gun.

 

[speedkills27]

I carry a Glock, no safety, one ready.

 

[Marine Cpl]

This isn't meant to offend anyone but anybody who carries without one in the pipe in public for self defense is ignorant (not stupid) and doesn't know what he's doing in my opinion.

It's not rocket science. If you don't want the gun to fire, then don't pull the trigger.

It's really that simple.

 

[dsdmmat]

I carry a strongly worded letter.

 

[Podmonkey]

I carry a strongly worded letter.

Do you have a permit for that?

 

[dsdmmat]

This isn't meant to offend anyone but anybody who carries without one in the pipe in public for self defense is ignorant (not stupid) and doesn't know what he's doing in my opinion.

It's not rocket science. If you don't want the gun to fire, then don't pull the trigger.

It's really that simple.

Unless you own a Taurus .

 

[dsdmmat]

Do you have a permit for that?

It came with my college degree.

 

[Podmonkey]

Oh, I missed out then. My primary defense is an abundance of surlieness.

 

[Aimtite]

which scenario is it? home and public are two different scenarios. Even in public might have more than one scenario
like a very small pistol I have for tuxedo parties doesn't have the same passive safety features as a glock.
At home I have quick access to a shotgun when in my bedroom that is #2 kinda ready.
I don't carry a pistol at home most of the time.
For casual /daily the glock is hot and ready to be drawn fast.

 

[Marine Cpl]

Unless you own a Taurus .

You mean like this?

 

[Cleck]

which scenario is it? home and public are two different scenarios. Even in public might have more than one scenario
like a very small pistol I have for tuxedo parties doesn't have the same passive safety features as a glock.
At home I have quick access to a shotgun when in my bedroom that is #2 kinda ready.
I don't carry a pistol at home most of the time.
For casual /daily the glock is hot and ready to be drawn fast.

I know some people that carry at home. I don't always, but if I was out and came home, then I'll just continue it. At that point though, I'll go safety on until I put it in my safe, then it's back to Little Caesar's status.

 

[Criticalt]

I dont carry at home per se, but there's slways a gun near. When im out atound the farm I have a gun with me usually.....because I wanna be a cowboy.