Hayward U. Buzzoff
New member
This is not a question about the safety of carrying a modern handgun with a round in the chamber. I have confidence in the safety of this practice.
My question is about some practical issues.
Those who keep firearms loaded and chambers charged for home defense: Do you do this only with DA/SA weapons such as the USP, or DA revolvers, or are there people who leave glocks and 1911-type weapons, that are half or full-cocked in this condition, like this? I'm asking because it seems like there would always be more tension on the springs of the weapon in that case.
Also, here in CA we have to transport our firearms to the range unloaded- which would mean removing the round from the chamber. As far as I've heard it's not good to re-chamber a round in a semi-auto. Does this mean those rounds get tossed/wasted?
Finally, for those of you who carry with one in the pipe: Do you unload when you get home and, if so, do those rounds then get tossed?
So I guess my two concerns are for the springs of the weapon and for what happens to the rounds that are removed from the chamber when unloading.
Thanks all.
My question is about some practical issues.
Those who keep firearms loaded and chambers charged for home defense: Do you do this only with DA/SA weapons such as the USP, or DA revolvers, or are there people who leave glocks and 1911-type weapons, that are half or full-cocked in this condition, like this? I'm asking because it seems like there would always be more tension on the springs of the weapon in that case.
Also, here in CA we have to transport our firearms to the range unloaded- which would mean removing the round from the chamber. As far as I've heard it's not good to re-chamber a round in a semi-auto. Does this mean those rounds get tossed/wasted?
Finally, for those of you who carry with one in the pipe: Do you unload when you get home and, if so, do those rounds then get tossed?
So I guess my two concerns are for the springs of the weapon and for what happens to the rounds that are removed from the chamber when unloading.
Thanks all.