Me and a couple of my Army buddies (retired), went to the shooting range the other day. This is not a range where we are members but thought we would try it out anyway.
When we went to our stalls the Range Officer was very nice and talkative and wanted to know what we were shooting as he said he was a collector of 1911's. So we showed him the six that we had with us in our cases, which we all cleared by removing empty magazines and locking slide to the rear, ensuring that there were no chambered rounds.
He in turn was very proud and well deserved to show me his beautiful Les Baer 1911, the problem I had with this was that he just handed it to me awkwardly in Condition 1. As a I child I was always taught to never hand a loaded weapon to anyone, so I found this to be a little strange since he was the range officer.
Am I being to anal retentive about this? I do carry in Condition 1, but I never let anyone inspect my weapon without me dropping the magazine, locking slide to the rear and emptying the chamber. Ok I'm ready to get flamed, let me hear your thoughts.
When we went to our stalls the Range Officer was very nice and talkative and wanted to know what we were shooting as he said he was a collector of 1911's. So we showed him the six that we had with us in our cases, which we all cleared by removing empty magazines and locking slide to the rear, ensuring that there were no chambered rounds.
He in turn was very proud and well deserved to show me his beautiful Les Baer 1911, the problem I had with this was that he just handed it to me awkwardly in Condition 1. As a I child I was always taught to never hand a loaded weapon to anyone, so I found this to be a little strange since he was the range officer.
Am I being to anal retentive about this? I do carry in Condition 1, but I never let anyone inspect my weapon without me dropping the magazine, locking slide to the rear and emptying the chamber. Ok I'm ready to get flamed, let me hear your thoughts.