concealed carry of glock chambered
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Last July, a LEO friend of mine accidently shot herself in the knee when she carried her G17 for the 1st time in her purse, unholstered 
After many years w/ her department and countless hours of training w/ this particular handgun, she just f'd up and put her gun in her purse w/o its holster.
If you're gonna carry a Glock, invest in a GOOD holster for it!
After many years w/ her department and countless hours of training w/ this particular handgun, she just f'd up and put her gun in her purse w/o its holster.If you're gonna carry a Glock, invest in a GOOD holster for it!
Glocks were designed for carrying in Condition One with a round in the chamber. What are all of those safeties for then?
Please. I've played basketball with my Glock IWB hot.
Last week, I took a 8 foot fall with my holstered Glock hot and fell flat on my back. No hole in my foot.
Not an issue. Call Glock if worried.
Do you think your local cop isn't carrying it hot?
Heck no, they are ready to roll!!!
Non issue
Please. I've played basketball with my Glock IWB hot.
Last week, I took a 8 foot fall with my holstered Glock hot and fell flat on my back. No hole in my foot.
Not an issue. Call Glock if worried.
Do you think your local cop isn't carrying it hot?
Heck no, they are ready to roll!!!
Non issue
Jody Hudson
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I keep hearing about these ADs with Glocks... but every single one them was assisted by a finger attached to a disconnected brain. One of the local cops has had more than three ADs with a Glock. Some say he's had more than 6. He says 3. He just keeps on forgeting to engage the mental safety!!!!!
Edward429451
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Oh my god, carrying a glock chambered? Is'nt that kinda like carrying a revolver chambered? Peoples been doing that for years.
It was designed to be carried like that.
Do buy it a good holster.
Remember that YOU are the safety.
I started carrying the Glock chambered when I got a decent holster for it. (I didnt carry it chambered in the fanny pack.)
I carry the 1911 cocked and locked routinely, again, in a good holster, again, I am the safety.
I carried the Glock around for a few weeks with a primed empty case in it, when I first got it, just to see...No bang so I figured any fear of that system is in the users head and not in the gun.
It was designed to be carried like that.
Do buy it a good holster.
Remember that YOU are the safety.
I started carrying the Glock chambered when I got a decent holster for it. (I didnt carry it chambered in the fanny pack.)
I carry the 1911 cocked and locked routinely, again, in a good holster, again, I am the safety.
I carried the Glock around for a few weeks with a primed empty case in it, when I first got it, just to see...No bang so I figured any fear of that system is in the users head and not in the gun.
I always carry my G26 in either a belt holster or a pocket holster, and with a round in the chamber. This, to me, is safe carry.
In a fanny pack, though, I'm uneasy about placing a Glock 5.5-pound trigger within snagging distance of buckles, zipper pulls, and straps. So I carry another kind of gun--a SIG or a DAO revolver--in a fanny pack.
In a fanny pack, though, I'm uneasy about placing a Glock 5.5-pound trigger within snagging distance of buckles, zipper pulls, and straps. So I carry another kind of gun--a SIG or a DAO revolver--in a fanny pack.
I'm in our army reserve. Several weeks ago a comrade and I were asked to accompany our first sergeant during a weapons and ammo transport. We drove to the depot, reported to the sergeant and were given P1s (P38s) at the armoury. At the gate we received eight rounds of ammo, loaded in one mag.
It was the first time I carried a pistol in public. Because of the complicated holster and the slide-mounted safety, I decided to carry the gun in cond 3.
a) Without a round in the chamber I didn't have to worry about touching the trigger should I had to draw the P1 from it's crappy holster.
b) I came to the conclusion that racking the slide is easier than switching off the slide-mounted safety.
c) It gives me a SA trigger for the first shot and I'm not used to shooting a P1 in DA.
It was the first time I carried a pistol in public. Because of the complicated holster and the slide-mounted safety, I decided to carry the gun in cond 3.
a) Without a round in the chamber I didn't have to worry about touching the trigger should I had to draw the P1 from it's crappy holster.
b) I came to the conclusion that racking the slide is easier than switching off the slide-mounted safety.
c) It gives me a SA trigger for the first shot and I'm not used to shooting a P1 in DA.
Explain to me, please, how you rack the slide of a pistol "one-handed"? I can't figure out how you, (or anybody else for that matter), can hold a pistol AND rack the slide, with one hand. I think I might be able to pull it off with a holstered Glock, since you only have to rack the slide slightly to set the striker, (I have two Glocks, but wouldn't try it with either, by the way). But, unless I'm gripping ANY of my other pistols with one hand and racking the slide with the other hand - two hands used here, guy - I can't rack the slide of ANY of my other pistols "one handed".
Just wondering.
First off, any make and model of handgun belongs in a holster while carried. Period. No exceptions. (Holster, fanny pack, belly band, dedicated holster/purse, etc. You get the idea.)
Glocks are no more dangerous than any other handgun so long as the 4 rules are followed. Fail to follow those, and the carrier is dangerous, not the Glock.
That said, modern handguns, Glocks included, should be carried with a round in the chamber. Folks uncomfortable with that who carry are in need of more training and familiarization with their weapons, imo.
Glocks are no more dangerous than any other handgun so long as the 4 rules are followed. Fail to follow those, and the carrier is dangerous, not the Glock.
That said, modern handguns, Glocks included, should be carried with a round in the chamber. Folks uncomfortable with that who carry are in need of more training and familiarization with their weapons, imo.
This will, however, not get a round out of the magazine and into the chamber.
If you're going to carry without a round in the chamber (and some folks do), I think the possibility of you having to use your pistol as an impact weapon goes waaaay up. If so, you may want to consider getting an all-steel gun instead of a Glock or other polymer-framed lightweight. You can really swat somebody with a 1911.
- Gabe
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You can in fact rack a Glock one handed just like any other semi auto, by using your belt to hold the ejection port edge. But I have never done this with a live round and I would be very reluctant to unless I had practiced it about ten thousand times. You have to turn the gun over if you carry strong side. It is difficult not to do this without covering yourself, but it is possible. I just did it twice to make sure.
Also you can hook the rear sight on your holster, belt loop or even a table and the push to chamber a round. Be careful not to knock your rear sight out of alignment, and watch were your muzzle is pointed. Friction against your thigh or hip with the top of the slide will also work, but there is a big risk in catching your shirt in the ejection port with this method. I personally think that this should be saved for emergencies, and that your gun, Glock or other model should be carried as intended with a round in the chamber.
If it doesn't go "Bang!" when I pull the trigger, what good is it? -- Chambered.
I only want it to go "Bang!" if I pull the trigger. (Not becasue the uncovered trigger got caught on some unknown protuberance.) -- Holstered.
The ability to rack the slide one handed is also important if one hand become incapacitated in some way. (Shot, broken due to a fall, cut tendons, trapped in a car door or whatnot, etc. etc.) In addition to the above mentioned methods I find it much less painful to use the heel of a boot or shoe. The rubber grips the rear sight well and it is fairly easy to do if I can kneel on one side. The hip method hurts! and I would prefer to use my holster's edge. (Hey another reason to wear one!
) Practice it a lot dry and watch that muzzle!
I only want it to go "Bang!" if I pull the trigger. (Not becasue the uncovered trigger got caught on some unknown protuberance.) -- Holstered.
The ability to rack the slide one handed is also important if one hand become incapacitated in some way. (Shot, broken due to a fall, cut tendons, trapped in a car door or whatnot, etc. etc.) In addition to the above mentioned methods I find it much less painful to use the heel of a boot or shoe. The rubber grips the rear sight well and it is fairly easy to do if I can kneel on one side. The hip method hurts! and I would prefer to use my holster's edge. (Hey another reason to wear one!
) Practice it a lot dry and watch that muzzle!Thanks again for all of the input.
Let me start by saying that I would not carry any weapon unholstered.
Also, I don't doubt the glocks ability to be dropped or roughed-up without discharging. I wouldn't consider a gun that didn't drop test well.
What I learned from the poll is that 8-10% of those carring concealed and holstered glocks don't carry with a round chambered. This is actually higher than I expected! I guess some people will never feel great about carring a glock chambered. If you are a glock owner from the get-go I guess you become acustomed to them. If you are used to a gun with a safety as I am. then that a different story.
I think my solution is a heavier trigger (perhaps a NY-1) which Glock will gladly do for free! I'm not a fool likely to shoot myself from reholstering with a finger on the trigger. I don't belive that the gun will just go off for no reason. I just want a better margin of safety. I guess that why I didn't get rich on stocks in the eighties!!
Let me start by saying that I would not carry any weapon unholstered.
Also, I don't doubt the glocks ability to be dropped or roughed-up without discharging. I wouldn't consider a gun that didn't drop test well.
What I learned from the poll is that 8-10% of those carring concealed and holstered glocks don't carry with a round chambered. This is actually higher than I expected! I guess some people will never feel great about carring a glock chambered. If you are a glock owner from the get-go I guess you become acustomed to them. If you are used to a gun with a safety as I am. then that a different story.
I think my solution is a heavier trigger (perhaps a NY-1) which Glock will gladly do for free! I'm not a fool likely to shoot myself from reholstering with a finger on the trigger. I don't belive that the gun will just go off for no reason. I just want a better margin of safety. I guess that why I didn't get rich on stocks in the eighties!!
Edward429451
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Glocks are not going to go bang from dropping them. I am confident in this. While I've never drop tested mine, I did drop test a 1911, with a primed empty case in the chamber at full cock and unlocked, series 70 mind you.
I took it and rolled tumbled it across the floor 10-12 times in an effort to get the hammer to drop. It never did. I realize that this is a Colt and not a Glock, but the Glock is also never at full cock unless the trigger is pulled fully rearward, so I must conclude that any unintentional discharge with a Glock is operator error and not the gun. When its holstered the gun is safe. When its drawn from the holster I am safe, or at least to date...
I took it and rolled tumbled it across the floor 10-12 times in an effort to get the hammer to drop. It never did. I realize that this is a Colt and not a Glock, but the Glock is also never at full cock unless the trigger is pulled fully rearward, so I must conclude that any unintentional discharge with a Glock is operator error and not the gun. When its holstered the gun is safe. When its drawn from the holster I am safe, or at least to date...
By now, no informed person should worry too much about a Glock going bang all by itself. Won't happen.
But what makes me wonder is the argument that Glock shooters always make about the safety mechanism being between the shooter's ears.
Let's face it. ANYONE can--and eventually does--have a momentary brain fog. Stress, hypoglycemia, being distracted, whatever. So how doesn't it make sense that our mechanical devices not be designed to take this fact into account? Mechanical safeties don't replace safe handling, but they certainly can complement it. And even if it's not statistically probable that I might, say, catch a Glock trigger on a wayward tree branch and the thing AD's, the downside can be pretty extreme if it does happen.
Whereas with a P7, USP, 1911 etc. this ISN"T going to happen.
But what makes me wonder is the argument that Glock shooters always make about the safety mechanism being between the shooter's ears.
Let's face it. ANYONE can--and eventually does--have a momentary brain fog. Stress, hypoglycemia, being distracted, whatever. So how doesn't it make sense that our mechanical devices not be designed to take this fact into account? Mechanical safeties don't replace safe handling, but they certainly can complement it. And even if it's not statistically probable that I might, say, catch a Glock trigger on a wayward tree branch and the thing AD's, the downside can be pretty extreme if it does happen.
Whereas with a P7, USP, 1911 etc. this ISN"T going to happen.
Edward429451
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I dont get it. If you dont like the safety between the ears argument, what makes the P7, USP, or 1911 immune from this type of thing? Did I miss something?
Never underestimate the power of human stupity (Or momentary brain fog). It doesnt take weapons design to make a weapon safe. Weapons will never be safe until something between the ears is turned on, and then its still not safe for some. My brother has had more ND's than anyone I've ever known and most of em have been with revolvers.
Never underestimate the power of human stupity (Or momentary brain fog). It doesnt take weapons design to make a weapon safe. Weapons will never be safe until something between the ears is turned on, and then its still not safe for some. My brother has had more ND's than anyone I've ever known and most of em have been with revolvers.
I DO like the safety between the ears argument, for as far as it goes. But like all safeties, that one is also fallible.
What I like about the P7, 1911 and USP designs in terms of safety, is that they require TWO (or more) things to happen for the gun to go bang, rather than just one, like the Glock.
What I like about the P7, 1911 and USP designs in terms of safety, is that they require TWO (or more) things to happen for the gun to go bang, rather than just one, like the Glock.