There's another reason for not racking the slide. It isn't exactly quiet. The last thing you want to do is give the BG advance warning that you are preparing to fire. You want the sound that get's his attention to be BANG!Matthew2000tx wrote:If you read about gun fights... seconds count. I don't want to rack the slide to defend my life.
Oh, and I'm always chambered and decocked. When I shoot IDPA, the first shot is always from the decocked condition.