Posted: 1/30/2002 8:07:00 PM EDT
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The Thread about keeping a round chambered in your handgun got me to thinking. I carry a 1911 cocked and locked all day everyday, but keep all my rifles at "transport ready". This brings up an interesting question, "Why do I treat my rifles differently than my pistols?" How many of you keep your rifles with a round chambered? |
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Quoted: Cuz your .45 is on you or within your reach? Exactly.... I keep my pistol ( kinda funny but my two carry pistols are a G30 and a S&W AirLite Ti kinda like the other thread) fully loaded and chambered at ALL times. My rifles are in the safe. I keep my Shotgun near the front with the sidesaddle and speedfeed stock loaded and the tube empty (if I have time to spin the safe dial I'll ahve time to load the long gun). Then I keep my two M4's and 4 30 round mags behing the shotgun. They are ready to go for "Team Firepower" if needed. Then my Rem 700 is behind that with 10 rounds on the buttstock carrier. No long guns are ever loaded in my safe. |
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Quoted: Cuz your .45 is on you or within your reach? My rifles have trigger locks and ammo in seperate locked containers. Add a few kids to the mix, the nosy 3-7 year old types and see if you want to leave loaded rifles around. Ok I understand the safety issues involved with kids, but lets take the kids out of the equation just for arguments sake. Would you still treat the rifles different? |
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I keep handguns loaded because if I need them, I want them ready without delay for defense. If I need the rifle, I'll have to go get it, and chambering a round is no appreciable delay. Further, I usually have somewhere between 5 and nine rounds available in the handguns, where the rifle is usually kept with a pair of 30 round magazines. One out of five is a real reduction, one out of sixty one is no big deal. |
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Quoted: Quoted: How many of you keep your rifles with a round chambered? Me. Since I don't have any kids. None that I know of yet [;)] I keep a pistol and rifle and/or shotgun loaded at all times, and secreted in different places in the apt. So call me nutty [whacko] |