Glocks, one in chamber or not?

TPAW · April 27, 2008, 12:31 PM

How do most of you guys carry your Glocks. One in the chamber ready to go or do you leave it empty? Please give your reasons. Thanks.

waudcutter · April 27, 2008, 12:36 PM

I carry one in the chamber because it was designed to be carried that way.

bigghoss · April 27, 2008, 12:37 PM

always one in the chamber.

btw this is a topic that has been beat to death many many many many times. so you might want to do a search.

Crow61 · April 27, 2008, 12:41 PM

I do not own a Glock, but have shot one or two. If this gun is for concealed carry/personal protection it SHOULD be carried with a round chambered.

If you are not comfortable carrying this way, maybe you should think about a revolver or DA/SA psitol.

I would never carry a gun without it being ready to go when I need it.

DonR101395 · April 27, 2008, 12:42 PM

What the others have said^^^^^^^^^

dwatts47 · April 27, 2008, 12:48 PM

I carry a loaded firearm, ready for use in self defense...Not a cool unloaded gun-shaped weight in my holster with an empty chamber.

Northalius · April 27, 2008, 12:49 PM

If you love Glock but still feel uncomfortable about one carried in the chamber? Then carry without one in the chamber until you've seen that the gun will not go "bang" until YOU pull the trigger, or YOU negligently put the gun in a holster without first looking at what is in the way and might get snagged on the trigger.

Millions carry with one loaded in the chamber all the time around the world; that should not be your worry. Your worry is how YOU will "obey" one of THEE most important firearms safety rules, or not: Keep your finger OFF the trigger AT ALL TIMES, until directly on target and ready to shoot. <-- THAT is what's most important, even when you have 50 manual safety's on your gun!

One who's uncomfortable with a round chambered, is one who simply doesn't have enough training to know he/she'll keep their finger off the trigger at all times until on target; one who has a bad holster which doesn't cover the trigger; one who not-so-smartly carries their gun WITHOUT a holster to begin with; or simply a person who's been fed too much anti-Glock propaganda, thinking Glocks fire by themselves, at will, any time of the day.

I consider those with gun safetys, or those who think not having a round in the chamber is good, to those that put their cars in park every time they stop at a red light, because they're not confident enough in themselves to think they can keep their foot on the brake pedal at all times until the light turns green.

DMacLeod · April 27, 2008, 12:58 PM

That's only to carry (one in the pipe) as far as I am concerned.

dave421 · April 27, 2008, 01:22 PM

Perhaps the better question would be why WOULDN'T you carry a Glock with one in the chamber? If you feel that the gun isn't safe, you shouldn't own it. I had 0 issues carrying my Glock (or any of my other non-manual safety pistols) with a round chambered. The gun is perfectly safe as long as you are.

CGSteve8718 · April 27, 2008, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by dave421

Perhaps the better question would be why WOULDN'T you carry a Glock with one in the chamber? If you feel that the gun isn't safe, you shouldn't own it. I had 0 issues carrying my Glock (or any of my other non-manual safety pistols) with a round chambered. The gun is perfectly safe as long as you are.

Agree 100%. But the fact is, people have a misperception that Glocks are inherently less safe when carried in condition 1. I think it was one of those internet rumors that snowballed into a massive avalanche which is still rolling.

I'm pretty sure Glocks actually go through 3 safety operations when deliberately pulling the trigger before it will go off.

And the carrying with round in chamber or not is the deadest horse in all of the forums.

As for my answer, I carry with one in the chamber. I only carry a Glock, but it would be the same with any other gun.

**Frank Ettin** · April 27, 2008, 01:35 PM

I don't carry a Glock, but anything I do carry will be fully loaded with a round in the chamber. IMO I need to be able to quickly deploy with one hand any sidearm I carry for self defense. I won't count on having two hands available in an emergency so I can rack the slide.

BTW my choice is a 1911 carried in condition 1.

MTMilitiaman · April 27, 2008, 02:03 PM

Glock 20, always one in the chamber. No logical reason not to carry a round chambered. The pistol was designed to be carried with a round in the chamber and, for anyone competent enough to carry a handgun in the first place, it is perfectly safe doing so.

Kermit · April 27, 2008, 02:51 PM

One in the chamber...duh!

Glockeroo · April 27, 2008, 03:06 PM

Not carrying a round in the chamber is idiot with any self defense weapon. The Glock is no different. Keep your finger off of the trigger and it will not go off; same as a revolver.

By the time you cycle a round in a SD situation, you will be DEAD!!!! Keep a round in the chamber at all times when carrying.

CraigC · April 27, 2008, 04:13 PM

Won't do you much good if it ain't loaded, including a live round in the chamber.

ElectricHellfire · April 27, 2008, 04:49 PM

Always one in the pipe. Always. Racking the slide is intimidating but it also gives away your position. Surprise is your friend.

ASERO45ACP · April 27, 2008, 05:07 PM

You must always have your gun loaded one in the chamber for self defense carry and always practice removing safety when you pull your gun out of the holster if there is a safety. On emergency situation this should all come to natural reflexes. If you dont feel comfortable carry a baseball bat.

Kreyzhorse · April 27, 2008, 06:38 PM

I occasionally carry a Glock 22 and always have it cocked and locked. In a good holster, you have nothing to worry about.

CGSteve8718 · April 27, 2008, 06:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ElectricHellfire

Always one in the pipe. Always. Racking the slide is intimidating but it also gives away your position. Surprise is your friend.

Gives away your position? This is for an SD situation, not a ambush patrol.

You're probably talking about while at home, but the topic is about carrying outside.

DonR101395 · April 27, 2008, 06:51 PM

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I occasionally carry a Glock 22 and always have it cocked and locked

What are you cocking and locking

There is no hammer or safety.

Aquanewt · April 27, 2008, 07:12 PM

I carry a Glock 22 on duty and a Glock 27 while off. Both have one in the chamber all the time. In a self defense situation racking the slide takes too long.

Arkansas Smith · April 27, 2008, 08:02 PM

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This is for an SD situation, not a ambush patrol

Howdy folks. Newbie here. I was just reading this, and this particular reply has me laughing so hard I can't quit. I'm picturing myself now creeping down the street, running from bush to bush, etc, just to go home!

I don't own a Glock (yet), but I have an M&P compact, and yes, I carry one in the chamber at all times. That's what the design is for. I found out in an NRA class one time that I couldn't draw, rack and be ready to fire before someone was on me from 25 feet away if they were running at me. I will never carry without one in the chamber.

BerettaFox · April 27, 2008, 08:04 PM

Unless you want to take the time to draw it, and rack it, then don't carry it unloaded. Plus if you ever have to use it, it would get whoever's attention you would be drawing it for. It's just a better idea to carry with one in the hole and safety on. If you get in the habit of leaving one in the chamber, the assumption that if you picked the gun up that it would be loaded is true. coming from the direction of treating every gun as if it were loaded anyways. If you have little kids around that could find it or whatever you might wanna take my advice rather lightly i guess.

Rant Casey · April 27, 2008, 08:06 PM

Always, even around the house.

Dr_2_B · April 27, 2008, 08:50 PM

I consider my glock to be part of a system. Glock, holster, and me. I wouldn't consider keeping a glock around outside of a holster that covers the trigger. By the same token, I wouldn't consider keeping a glock around that wasn't chamber-loaded.

Always chamber-loaded. Always trigger covered with a holster.

April 27, 2008, 12:31 PM	#1
TPAW Senior Member Join Date: January 26, 2005 Posts: 2,860	Glocks, one in chamber or not? How do most of you guys carry your Glocks. One in the chamber ready to go or do you leave it empty? Please give your reasons. Thanks.

April 27, 2008, 06:38 PM	#18
Kreyzhorse Senior Member Join Date: April 12, 2006 Location: NKY Posts: 12,464	I occasionally carry a Glock 22 and always have it cocked and locked. In a good holster, you have nothing to worry about. __________________ "He who laughs last, laughs dead." Homer Simpson

April 27, 2008, 12:36 PM	#2
waudcutter Member Join Date: April 14, 2007 Location: Iowa Posts: 41	I carry one in the chamber because it was designed to be carried that way.

April 27, 2008, 12:37 PM	#3
bigghoss Senior Member Join Date: September 16, 2006 Location: Pueblo, Colorado Posts: 2,664	always one in the chamber. btw this is a topic that has been beat to death many many many many times. so you might want to do a search.

April 27, 2008, 12:41 PM	#4
Crow61 Senior Member Join Date: April 13, 2007 Location: Georgia Posts: 175	I do not own a Glock, but have shot one or two. If this gun is for concealed carry/personal protection it SHOULD be carried with a round chambered. If you are not comfortable carrying this way, maybe you should think about a revolver or DA/SA psitol. I would never carry a gun without it being ready to go when I need it.

April 27, 2008, 12:42 PM	#5
DonR101395 Senior Member Join Date: October 30, 2005 Location: NWFL Posts: 3,033	What the others have said^^^^^^^^^

April 27, 2008, 12:48 PM	#6
dwatts47 Senior Member Join Date: August 30, 2007 Location: arkansas Posts: 995	I carry a loaded firearm, ready for use in self defense...Not a cool unloaded gun-shaped weight in my holster with an empty chamber.

April 27, 2008, 12:49 PM	#7
Northalius Senior Member Join Date: March 11, 2008 Location: U.S. Posts: 196	If you love Glock but still feel uncomfortable about one carried in the chamber? Then carry without one in the chamber until you've seen that the gun will not go "bang" until YOU pull the trigger, or YOU negligently put the gun in a holster without first looking at what is in the way and might get snagged on the trigger. Millions carry with one loaded in the chamber all the time around the world; that should not be your worry. Your worry is how YOU will "obey" one of THEE most important firearms safety rules, or not: Keep your finger OFF the trigger AT ALL TIMES, until directly on target and ready to shoot. <-- THAT is what's most important, even when you have 50 manual safety's on your gun! One who's uncomfortable with a round chambered, is one who simply doesn't have enough training to know he/she'll keep their finger off the trigger at all times until on target; one who has a bad holster which doesn't cover the trigger; one who not-so-smartly carries their gun WITHOUT a holster to begin with; or simply a person who's been fed too much anti-Glock propaganda, thinking Glocks fire by themselves, at will, any time of the day. I consider those with gun safetys, or those who think not having a round in the chamber is good, to those that put their cars in park every time they stop at a red light, because they're not confident enough in themselves to think they can keep their foot on the brake pedal at all times until the light turns green.

April 27, 2008, 12:58 PM	#8
DMacLeod Senior Member Join Date: February 19, 2008 Location: Maine Posts: 425	That's only to carry (one in the pipe) as far as I am concerned.

April 27, 2008, 01:22 PM	#9
dave421 Senior Member Join Date: November 24, 2006 Posts: 510	Perhaps the better question would be why WOULDN'T you carry a Glock with one in the chamber? If you feel that the gun isn't safe, you shouldn't own it. I had 0 issues carrying my Glock (or any of my other non-manual safety pistols) with a round chambered. The gun is perfectly safe as long as you are.

April 27, 2008, 01:35 PM	#11
Frank Ettin Staff Join Date: November 23, 2005 Location: California - San Francisco Posts: 9,475	I don't carry a Glock, but anything I do carry will be fully loaded with a round in the chamber. IMO I need to be able to quickly deploy with one hand any sidearm I carry for self defense. I won't count on having two hands available in an emergency so I can rack the slide. BTW my choice is a 1911 carried in condition 1.

April 27, 2008, 02:03 PM	#12
MTMilitiaman Senior Member Join Date: October 14, 2004 Location: NW Montana Posts: 1,875	Glock 20, always one in the chamber. No logical reason not to carry a round chambered. The pistol was designed to be carried with a round in the chamber and, for anyone competent enough to carry a handgun in the first place, it is perfectly safe doing so.

April 27, 2008, 02:51 PM	#13
Kermit Senior Member Join Date: February 6, 2001 Location: California Posts: 3,020	One in the chamber...duh!

April 27, 2008, 03:06 PM	#14
Glockeroo Junior member Join Date: June 3, 2007 Posts: 1,032	Not carrying a round in the chamber is idiot with any self defense weapon. The Glock is no different. Keep your finger off of the trigger and it will not go off; same as a revolver. By the time you cycle a round in a SD situation, you will be DEAD!!!! Keep a round in the chamber at all times when carrying.

April 27, 2008, 04:13 PM	#15
CraigC Junior member Join Date: November 28, 2001 Location: West Tennessee Posts: 4,300	Won't do you much good if it ain't loaded, including a live round in the chamber.

April 27, 2008, 04:49 PM	#16
ElectricHellfire Senior Member Join Date: February 23, 2008 Location: The Woodlands, Texas Posts: 2,271	Always one in the pipe. Always. Racking the slide is intimidating but it also gives away your position. Surprise is your friend.

April 27, 2008, 05:07 PM	#17
ASERO45ACP Senior Member Join Date: April 13, 2008 Posts: 107	You must always have your gun loaded one in the chamber for self defense carry and always practice removing safety when you pull your gun out of the holster if there is a safety. On emergency situation this should all come to natural reflexes. If you dont feel comfortable carry a baseball bat.

April 27, 2008, 07:12 PM	#21
Aquanewt Member Join Date: January 22, 2002 Location: Baltimore Posts: 61	I carry a Glock 22 on duty and a Glock 27 while off. Both have one in the chamber all the time. In a self defense situation racking the slide takes too long.

April 27, 2008, 08:04 PM	#23
BerettaFox Senior Member Join Date: April 27, 2008 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 144	Unless you want to take the time to draw it, and rack it, then don't carry it unloaded. Plus if you ever have to use it, it would get whoever's attention you would be drawing it for. It's just a better idea to carry with one in the hole and safety on. If you get in the habit of leaving one in the chamber, the assumption that if you picked the gun up that it would be loaded is true. coming from the direction of treating every gun as if it were loaded anyways. If you have little kids around that could find it or whatever you might wanna take my advice rather lightly i guess.

April 27, 2008, 08:06 PM	#24
Rant Casey Senior Member Join Date: March 7, 2008 Location: AZ Posts: 441	Always, even around the house.

April 27, 2008, 08:50 PM	#25
Dr_2_B Senior Member Join Date: December 21, 2005 Location: midwest Posts: 502	I consider my glock to be part of a system. Glock, holster, and me. I wouldn't consider keeping a glock around outside of a holster that covers the trigger. By the same token, I wouldn't consider keeping a glock around that wasn't chamber-loaded. Always chamber-loaded. Always trigger covered with a holster.