One in the Chamber

[JST]

I have recently been debating whether or not to carry with a round in the chamber. I did not keep one in the chamber with the last gun I owned (Smith and Wesson) with no safety, and I was confident in drawing and chambering a round quickly. But the new gun (Para 1911) has a thumb safety and a grip safety and I feel it would take too much time to disengage the thumb safe chamber and aim/shoot.
So, what are the thoughts on carrying with a round in the chamber?

[zackattack784]

Well over 95% of the people that answer you on this forum will say they ALWAYS carry with one in the chamber.

You're just carrying a heavy paper weight if you don't. Carry one in the chamber and keep it cocked and locked.

[smithwessn]

There are tons of threads here about carrying with one in the chamber. More than you care to read...

(I always have one in the pipe, just for the record )

[Metz]

Being one of the alleged remaining 5% I'd say that if you can see yourself in the situation, where you have a second to draw and don't have a fraction of a second to rack - your tactics sucks. So one better work on that, instead of entertaining himself with false sense of security.

I wonder when "cops carry +1" argument will pop up. We all know they don't care about our rights, don't know the law and suck at the firing line. But when it comes to the carry mode they are experts all of a sudden

[BimmerJon]

One in the chamber, cocked unlocked and ready to go.

If I need to do more than pull the trigger, I've wasted too much time and made too much noise

[JST]

Thanks All, the more I had been thinking about it the more I was leaning toward carrying one in the chamber.
+1 is the way to go.

[JB19Kilo]

Definitely +1 in the chamber, you may not have time to rack one in a SD situation. Just practice disengaging the safety in your free time while the weapon is unloaded.

[BimmerJon]

One in the chamber, cocked unlocked and ready to go.

If I need to do more than pull the trigger, I've wasted too much time and made too much noise

I got a negative rep on this post?

lol Thanks PAT FINN

The safety to rely on is your finger.

[Michele]

I got a negative rep on this post?

lol Thanks PAT FINN

The safety to rely on is your finger.

Might not have been a neg. He doesn't have enough posts under his belt to give any kid of "countable rep" so the box will appear grey. Grey does not automatically mean a neg. Maybe you should check with him?

He also repped me in this thread, don't know if its a pos or a neg, but my box is grey.

[KAL101]

Being one of the alleged remaining 5% I'd say that if you can see yourself in the situation, where you have a second to draw and don't have a fraction of a second to rack - your tactics sucks. So one better work on that, instead of entertaining himself with false sense of security.

I wonder when "cops carry +1" argument will pop up. We all know they don't care about our rights, don't know the law and suck at the firing line. But when it comes to the carry mode they are experts all of a sudden

Have you ever used a shot timer that recorded the amount of time from the audible start to first shot? From a concealment vest with me +1 in the chamber its around 2 seconds or a little over from audible start to first shot. Now what if a BG was running at you full speed and you had to draw? No time to rack the slide.