To chamber or not to chamber

[tanker1983]

I couldn't imagine carrying a $1,000.00 club made by Kimber America.

[megs]

I couldn't imagine carrying a $1,000.00 club made by Kimber America.

No comment.

[tanker1983]

Good.

[packa45]

Glock...XD...lcp... 1911...I always carry full magazine and round chambered...I always do a press check if there is not a loaded chamber indicator before holstering. Rather have it ready to go than have to charge a round should a threat appear.

[C-dub]

Chamber. Gross motor skill quickly deteriorate and it is just one more thing to do when you need to be concentrating on something else.

RJ

I thought it was the other way around. Fine motor skills go first.

[n1nthw9rd]

a round in the mag < a round in the chamber

just use common sense and good gun safety techniques

CHAMBER!

the second it takes you to draw, chamber a round, and get on target might be 1 second too late...

[Excaliber]

Chamber. Gross motor skill quickly deteriorate and it is just one more thing to do when you need to be concentrating on something else.

RJ

I thought it was the other way around. Fine motor skills go first.

C-dub is correct on the order in which motor skills deteriorate under stress, but Johnson0317's point is valid in that having to chamber a round before your gun can be fired adds both significant time and a highly vulnerable point of potential failure to an already very risky situation.

[johnson0317]

Gross typing skils quikly deterioate...

OK, I knew what I meant even if my fingers did not translate it correctly. Fine motor skills go out the window quickly and gross motor skills kick in.

For goodness sake, read what I mean, not what I type!!