It is not to me because they are booth loaded and both comforting. As Excaliber said it may be more comforting for new shooters. Not only that most trigger pulls on revolvers are a lot heavier than semiautos unless you monkey with it.Liberty wrote:Why would a fully loaded revolver be more comforting than a DA/SA hammered semi with one in the chamber?
Search found 2 matches
Return to “Re-Thinking One in Chamber”
- Sun Dec 04, 2016 12:34 pm
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: Re-Thinking One in Chamber
- Replies: 60
- Views: 13197
Re: Re-Thinking One in Chamber
- Sun Dec 04, 2016 4:33 am
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: Re-Thinking One in Chamber
- Replies: 60
- Views: 13197
Re: Re-Thinking One in Chamber
I have carried a handgun on my person since early 1981 just about 24/7. We mostly had revolvers as LEO and when off duty we a 5 shot Chief Special in a ankle holster (believe it or not I used to could see my ankles) or just dropped in our front pocket. Working deep undercover (started narcotics in 1986) there was not just not a lot of holster choices before the CHL thing in the mid 90's started. I carried appendix before it was called appendix.
After an awful FBI shooting sometime in the mid 80's there was really a push to carry as much as ammo as possible. The semi-autos really started coming out of every manufacturer there was. I shot my first Glock in 1986 at an Officer's Survivor school in Arkansas. I joined that club, "I will never own a plastic gun." Well that has come and gone. I have owned and still own them.
I have went back to the 1911 platform a while back. I never got over it and am happier than I ever was. They have come a long way. I have taken some 1911 training classes to see how it has evolved and what I have forgotten.
That life story was so I could say, "it has never ever crossed my mind to carry an unloaded gun." That is what I personally believe a gun without ammo is. So if you can't bring yourself to load your semi (chamber a round) then go buy a revolver and load all chambers.
About the holster thing I am now a huge fan of not just holsters, but quality holsters. That being said I have never understood the big hurry to "reholster" your firearm and that is where a lot of unplanned discharges happen.
I have not read all of the post in this thread although I have read a lot of post on this topic I think we could all agree it boils down to "comfort level", but that will only come from the training we receive and continue to receive.
As others have stated many times this a fantastic Forum and I am not a huge fan of "regulation", but if you want to regulate something that will help folks learn laws, learn tactics, learn safety, learn what not to do, learn who has great classes, etc. . . then this TexasCHLForum should be mandatory.
(I was not paid to say that nor was I given a raise in my Moderator salary.)
After an awful FBI shooting sometime in the mid 80's there was really a push to carry as much as ammo as possible. The semi-autos really started coming out of every manufacturer there was. I shot my first Glock in 1986 at an Officer's Survivor school in Arkansas. I joined that club, "I will never own a plastic gun." Well that has come and gone. I have owned and still own them.
I have went back to the 1911 platform a while back. I never got over it and am happier than I ever was. They have come a long way. I have taken some 1911 training classes to see how it has evolved and what I have forgotten.
That life story was so I could say, "it has never ever crossed my mind to carry an unloaded gun." That is what I personally believe a gun without ammo is. So if you can't bring yourself to load your semi (chamber a round) then go buy a revolver and load all chambers.
About the holster thing I am now a huge fan of not just holsters, but quality holsters. That being said I have never understood the big hurry to "reholster" your firearm and that is where a lot of unplanned discharges happen.
I have not read all of the post in this thread although I have read a lot of post on this topic I think we could all agree it boils down to "comfort level", but that will only come from the training we receive and continue to receive.
As others have stated many times this a fantastic Forum and I am not a huge fan of "regulation", but if you want to regulate something that will help folks learn laws, learn tactics, learn safety, learn what not to do, learn who has great classes, etc. . . then this TexasCHLForum should be mandatory.
(I was not paid to say that nor was I given a raise in my Moderator salary.)