Who carries unchambered and who carries chambered?

I like the way the israeli's do it. Draw chamber fire. I do not like a chambered weapon.


What are your pros and cons?

Chambered... You're firearm is useless without ammo in the chamber.

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Chambered safety on. The couple times I got nervous about a situation, I reached down and flipped the safety off.

I would never carry unchambered, and I've been thinking about carrying safety off from now on. If you need your weapon, you are going to regret having to chamber around. Especially if it's a situation where the element of surprise would be beneficial.

When I travel with my M&P in the truck, it is not chambered. If I were to carry it on my person, you can bet it will have one in the spout. When you start adding more things to do before it goes BANG, such as having to rack a round, you needlessly complicate things.

Chambered no safety

Chambered with safety on . How fast do you think you can chamber if SHTF ?? Probably very very little .

100% chambered, no question. If my firearm is unchambered, the mag is out and slide is locked to the rear.

1911 Condition 1. Always.

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My main reason is it takes 2 hands to chamber a round... You cant count on having both hands in a pinch...

Also prefer to let my finger be the safety rather than have to manually switch a safety off.

wow nobody carries unchambered so far.

Chambered...always!

Always chambered. Good reasons mentioned already.

SHE hot son, yep hot!

Locked and loaded at all times.

Why wouldn't you carry chambered? If a person is not smart enough to keep your gun on safety, finger off the trigger, and pointed in a safe (or attacker's) direction till you need it, I'm not sure they need a gun.

I carry with a round chambered, and the safety might or might not be on, according to the circumstances. If I'm thinking I might need the gun but maybe not, I'll disable the safety but leave it in the holster. If it really looks like it's going to be needed, it will be in my hand, ready to go but with my finger extended along side the trigger guard. I do not touch the trigger until it is time to fire.

carrying an un-chambered weapon is like playing baseball with a football bat........

You may not have the use of both hands when you need to chamber a round. I carry chambered.

I do

Condition 1 - unless it's a revolver

chambered. No question.

Handguns that I keep on my person are always chambered.

Sporting firearms are always carried unchambered with rounds in the magazine for safety reasons.