Condition of your Firearm?
Condition of your Firearm?
Just wondering the conditions we carry in when we're in the field hunting big game. Feel free to share the why's and why-not's below.
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Re: Condition of your Firearm?
Generally cartridges in the magazine, but nothing in the chamber. I like to chamber a round if I'm following fresh tracks, about to pop over a rolling hill, or things like that, but then once the situation dies down & I feel like it's less likely that I would unexpectedly pop up on something I'd clear my chamber and put the round back in the magazine. So my vote goes for "Cartridges in the magazine, but nothing in the chamber".
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Re: Condition of your Firearm?
Depends, but one in chamber with safety on usually. Sometimes not one in chamber, safety on.
Re: Condition of your Firearm?
I usually have one chambered with the safety on of course. The stuff I hunt is pretty thick and that extra split second can make the difference.
Re: Condition of your Firearm?
Pretty sure this topic was covered a few years back in great detail with pros and cons on all sides.
That being said, always a round in the chamber with the safety on.
That being said, always a round in the chamber with the safety on.
It ain't the size of the gun but the placement of the bullet.
Re: Condition of your Firearm?
This was covered before...
Re: Condition of your Firearm?
For me it depends on the weapon I’m carrying. I carry my Glock in C-3 for the same reason you do, but I carry my Bersa 380CC in C-1 mode simply because it is a “DA” (first shot) pistol, so I see it as no different than carrying a loaded revolver.