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You might want to think about that. Incident was in Indiana, IIRC, not Texas.

Did you ever carry a revolver? If yes, did you leave one hole in the cylinder empty?

What purpose would that serve?..........

To increase you odds at Russian roulette?

Nope.

N/A

Read the 2-3 messages before this one. Things will either make sense, or they won't.

Ultra low risk of that ever happening, which is one of the advantages of a wide-open ejection port. My magazines are also kept well maintained, which is usually the culprit for the firearms having such problems.

I've read them.

Very, very few modern revolvers have striker firing pins. Even those that do have blocks. Modern revolvers have inertial firing pins and no amount of force on the hammer will cause the weapon to fire.

"Dave Bugg" wrote in news:w7bfj.43$ snipped-for-privacy@newsfe05.lga:

police carry with a round in the chamber.So do I. First shot is DA,a long,heavier trigger pull.(on my PA-63) I suppose you could carry a revolver.

the best safety is the human holding the gun.

It was demonstrated to me how a double action revolver would not fire unless the trigger went past the first action and the trigger was pulled completely...30 years ago.

Unloaded Weapon: Using a .38 Colt revolver the hammer was cocked and dropped on the table. Even if the hammer did fall forward, the firing pin would not work unless the trigger was pulled.

The same weapon with a pencil inserted into the barrel (eraser first), would not "shoot the pencil out" if the trigger was released at the first action. Pull the trigger all the way back and the firing pin went forward, shooting the pencil out.

I'm stuck on my revolver :)

Oren

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Everyone has their preferences, and I have no truck with that one bit :-)

Amen.

Especially now with the really lightweight titanium alloy revolvers.

But! Did you kill?

Oren

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Good for you.

Personal choice.

Yeah, I know. Doesn't affect how *I* want to carry.

Not with my Baretta.

Not really.

Double actions tend do do that.

A minute? I'm racking as I'm clearing my holster. If it takes you a minute to make a simple movement then it makes sense for you to carry with a round in the chamber. Personal choice in the way anyone chooses to carry is just that....personal choice. I'd appreciate it if those who choose to do it differently than I do to knock off the criticism and be happy with their own choices.

I like my revolver. I pull the trigger and she fires! No real safety problems in 30 years:)

Oren

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I'll confess to carrying with the chamber empty sometimes, and other times, with one in the chamber. It's a Kahr K-40, so there's no safety. My criteria for deciding how to carry at any given time are so complex that I'd rather not try and explain. But, it has nothing whatsoever to do with the likelihood of the gun being dropped.

In reality, I do it the same way. If I feel I'm going to be in a threatening environment, I put one in the pipe. But that is few and far between, as I prefer to avoid areas of potential trouble if I can.

If I'm in a crowded place where I'm gonna get jostled a lot, I never keep one in the pipe. In rec.guns, I'll occasionally see some fake soldier claim there's no way anyone could get his gun out of his holster because he's so tough. Bullshit. There's always someone stronger or faster.

Do you even know how a revolver works?. Please explain any advantage to having one chamber empty.

You never saw me suggest there was an advantage to doing that. If you disagree, please point out the text which you believe represents the idea you're suggesting.

And yes, I own two revolvers.