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Round in the Chamber
« on: March 19, 2013, 03:57:59 PM »
I'm throwing this out to you guys for expert analysis and opinion. My girlfriend and I have an ongoing dispute about whether or not to have a round chambered when you are carrying. My thought is that unless you have one in the chamber, you might as well carry a billy club. Attacks happen so fast that even with one in the tube, you may be lucky to get a shot off fast enough to not be injured. This video makes that point very well.

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Re: Round in the Chamber
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2013, 04:01:17 PM »
Always a round in the chamber...........always.



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Re: Round in the Chamber
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2013, 04:10:11 PM »
Said it once before.

If you don't carry one in the chamber you are saying:

Make your move.  I'll count to two before I shoot.
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Re: Round in the Chamber
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2013, 04:13:22 PM »
My thoughts exactly. So anyone have any suggestions on how I get my GF to see it this way?
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Re: Round in the Chamber
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2013, 04:18:43 PM »
The act of chambering a round could be construed as an overt act of aggression on the part of the (up to then) victim with the bad guy claiming that he was in fear for his life . I always carry a round in the chamber,cocked and locked for the 1911 and HiPower.Plus what if you get jumped and are unable to chamber a round because your off hand is pinned or injured?
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Re: Round in the Chamber
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Re: Round in the Chamber
« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2013, 04:30:58 PM »
Find a timer and time these two events.

Have her pick up the gun off a table and chamber a round and fire at a target 6 ft away.

Same thing with a round in the chamber.

The difference is how much time she is willing to spot her assailant.
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Re: Round in the Chamber
« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2013, 05:24:39 PM »
Always a round in the chamber...........always.

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Re: Round in the Chamber
« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2013, 06:22:40 PM »
Does that advice apply to a DA revolver as well?
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Re: Round in the Chamber
« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2013, 06:25:40 PM »
The only gun that I wouldn't carry a round under the hammer would be a Single action revolver like a Colt/Clone or Ruger 3 screw that hasn't had the update done to it.
"If violent crime is to be curbed, it is only the intended victim who can do it. The felon does not fear the police, and he fears neither judge nor jury. Therefore what he must be taught to fear is his victim." - Jeff Cooper
Pericles--"Freedom is only for those who have the guts to defend it".

The problem with society today is that not enough of us drink wine from our enemies skulls”.

It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze.

Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars!!!
-Sheriff Jim Wilson
"When tyranny becomes law rebellion becomes duty" Thomas Jefferson
Es gibt keine Notwendigkeit zu befürchten, Underdog hier ist.
Great nations rise and fall. The people go from bondage to spiritual truth, to great courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness to complacency, from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependence, from dependence back again to bondage. Where are we now??????

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Re: Round in the Chamber
« Reply #9 on: March 19, 2013, 06:34:43 PM »
What Majer said.
When you need a gun to go bang, you need it to go bang NOW , not a couple seconds from now.
How to convince the GF ?
Grab one of her arms and ask how she plans on chambering a round one handed .

 

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