All gun handling begins and ends with a chamber check.
Yes, sir.
All gun handling begins and ends with a chamber check.
Two words: SAND BARREL.It's weird how the habits get you. I began the *awful* habit of "dropping the hammer" on my guns before I would put them away. (You know, so the hammer spring wouldn't get worn out or something.)
Then one day I went to load up my carry gun, and got all loaded up, put my finger on the trigger and was about to "drop the hammer" on a live round, which would been a big surprise for the apartment below mine. Fortunately I learned without an incident, but I know the sick-to-your stomach feeling.
Two words: SAND BARREL.
It cost under $10 you get a bucket and fill it with sand.
Certainly true. Although it cost me nothing to simply stop pulling the trigger on firearms unless on the range. (And a better mental training, obviously.) Now if I ever do it (dry practice, etc.) I use my rifle plates as a backstop, just in case Murphy wanders in.
But check check and recheck is key, as others have stated.
...press the tip of your finger inside to feel the brass casing that should be chambered.
Yep. John Farnam also recommends checking with your finger to verify the weapon is loaded (and to verify that the magazine is charged as well). I do that when I can't see what I'm doing (like in the dark) and sometimes to do both a visual and a tactile check.
Being a new Glock owner, I'm curious. In the dark we shouldn't trust the feeling the Glock loaded chamber indicator designed for such?
Women!
You just know it will be a woman.
It's one thing they know how to do well, screw up a mans routine.
Probably be a female FBI agent...
Being a new Glock owner, I'm curious. In the dark we shouldn't trust the feeling the Glock loaded chamber indicator designed for such?
What is the Glock loaded chamber indicator? Is that something your G43 has? It does not exist on the G17, 19, 20, or 26.
Two words: SAND BARREL.
It cost under $10 you get a bucket and fill it with sand.
For example, I typically pocket carry a Shield 9mm.
(snip)
(Actually, pocket carry has been used successfully multiple times in turning the tables on muggers in cases I've worked. It's a very workable set up if done right, and the Shield is a very good carry gun)
I can see that. The mugger thinks you are getting out your wallet.. interesting
This is what I was referring to. :
Taran Butler made reference to it in a compact 9mm comparison vid also as one of the virtues of the G43 over some others.
I thought all Glocks had them.
It's just that tab on the slide that you can feel if one is chambered or not.
Same theory as a reach-around so you can feel if you're in the right hole or not.
Ah-HAH! I was wrong and you have educated me. I had no idea that was designed and marketed as a loaded chamber indicator. Go figure.
The rhino was ignorant of this feature!
A "smart" mugger will get the drop on you and never allow you to reach for your own valuables. That having been said, most muggers are not that smart.