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I hear and read the statement about not carrying a round chambered a lot.
I am not wanting to start a fight here, and I personally don't care if someone doesn't carry one in the chamber, or carry a gun at all. But I do have to ask;
Why not?
If a semi-auto can't be trusted to be safe with one in the chamber I would not want to even own it.
Most revolvers are carried fully loaded (unless we are talking about some of the models of the late 1800s)
Rifles are carried that way.
Shotguns are carried that way.
I do understand that fact that if you accidently pull the trigger an auto may fire. So will a revolver, a rifle or a shot gun.
If it would not------ it's broken.
Safe gun handeling demands we don't put our finger on the trigger until the sights are on the target. So if we don't pull the trigger we have no worries....right?
So I am just curious as to the reasoning.
As a gunsmith I can tell you I understand the inner working of most guns as well or better than most shooters and if the design and model is a good one I can't see any logical reason to not load the chamber for carry, but maybe there is a reason I am unaware of.
Enlighten me please.
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