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Ok so the title is pretty much self explanatory here. I carry a G26 and when i get home for the night before I put my gun away I safely eject the live round in the chamber. Usually after that I would pull the trigger de-cocking the gun. I'm curious if there is really a need for this or can you just eject round from the chamber let the slide come back forward and store the gun with the trigger forward.

Maybe its just preference here. I don't know. I don't know if leaving the gun cocked can weaken the springs or not. I can't see how but you never know.
 
why do any of that? I just take it out from under my shirt and throw it in the safe. Why are you removing the round fromthe chamber daily?
 
I don't think it would matter. The bigger issue is re-chambering the same round many times. Just curious - why unload at all?
 
my glock remains in the carry config.

i don't eject a GD thing from it, i shoot it, i carry it.

i love it
 
I don't see what the point is. If I am carrying a glock I always store it
loaded in its holster. Reduces abuse on the ammo.

If I have glocks unloaded for long term storage, I check chamber/mag twice
and then drop striker. This isn't for any reason other than habit on
my part. The old glock tupperware would not allow you to put a gun in
the box without dropping the striker. (there's a peg in the middle of the box
that prevents this, ostensibly to keep someone from putting a loaded gun in
the box. )


-Mike
 
I did that for about a year. I'd carry, get home, unload, decock, and throw a trigger lock on it...safe storage and all. Now I've got a 14-gun cabinet, as such my ccw typically doesn't leave the holster and it all just get's locked up.
 
I alternate magazines every couple of weeks and I alternate the round chambered every time i carry anyway. The HST's have the crimp to help prevent setback. I'm sure it's not a huge issue alternating.
 
i pull my carry gun off my hip in holster and toss it in the safe as is

i only alternate the chamber round if i have to unload the gun for cleaning, etc.
 
LT1MCSS said:
I alternate magazines every couple of weeks and I alternate the round chambered every time i carry anyway. The HST's have the crimp to help prevent setback. I'm sure it's not a huge issue alternating.
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fair enough, but what's the point? why not leave it "ready".

My carry gun goes in a quick access safe bolted to my nightstand every night with one in the pipe. The only way a round leaves the chamber is if I go to the range. Usually my range trips start with me firing off a mag or two of carry ammo before switching to target ammo.

If I've fired my carry gun at the range, it's loaded back up before I leave.


I'll never understand the point of taking a round out of the chamber on a daily basis, or carrying without one in the pipe.
 
LT1MCSS said:
I alternate magazines every couple of weeks and I alternate the round chambered every time i carry anyway. The HST's have the crimp to help prevent setback. I'm sure it's not a huge issue alternating.
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Why?

By alternating magazines do you mean that you are unloading one magazine and loading another? All that does is weaken the springs. Leave the magazines loaded.

Why remove the round from the chamber? Extra handling of the gun just increases the chances of messing up.

I leave my carry gun loaded 24x7.
 
jhblaze1 said:
fair enough, but what's the point? why not leave it "ready".

My carry gun goes in a quick access safe bolted to my nightstand every night with one in the pipe. The only way a round leaves the chamber is if I go to the range. Usually my range trips start with me firing off a mag or two of carry ammo before switching to target ammo.

If I've fired my carry gun at the range, it's loaded back up before I leave.


I'll never understand the point of taking a round out of the chamber on a daily basis, or carrying without one in the pipe.
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True, I guess there really isn't a reason not to leave it ready to go but either way my question was if i could do any harm in always having it cocked. The answer seems to be no.

As for not carrying with one in the pipe. I honestly don't get that. I used to be like that when i first stated carrying a little over a year ago. Now i have one in the pipe everytime.

I got in this big debate with 2 of my friends last night. Of the 3 of use we all have our LTC and I was the only one carrying with one in the pipe. My point was simple that you have to be prepared and can't depend to have 2 hands free They seem to think in the event they ever have to use their LTC they would have enough time to draw, rack the slide, and put a shot on target. I called BS on that.
 
LT1MCSS said:
True, I guess there really isn't a reason not to leave it ready to go but either way my question was if i could do any harm in always having it cocked. The answer seems to be no.

As for not carrying with one in the pipe. I honestly don't get that. I used to be like that when i first stated carrying a little over a year ago. Now i have one in the pipe everytime.

I got in this big debate with 2 of my friends last night. Of the 3 of use we all have our LTC and I was the only one carrying with one in the pipe. My point was simple that you have to be prepared and can't depend to have 2 hands free They seem to think in the event they ever have to use their LTC they would have enough time to draw, rack the slide, and put a shot on target. I called BS on that.
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ya no shit man. Carrying without one in the pipe is just setting oneself up for a disadvantage in the event of needing a gun. I hope your friends don't learn that lesson the hard way.
 
LT1MCSS said:
True, I guess there really isn't a reason not to leave it ready to go but either way my question was if i could do any harm in always having it cocked. The answer seems to be no.
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The answer is, indeed, no. It won't hurt it to leave it cocked.
 
"Decock your Glock"

Huh, I thought you were going to talk about the very strange practice of carrying a Glock with one in the chamber and the striker in the "fired" position.

I'm betting some of you know what I'm talking about. But I don't want to be the one to explain how that's done. [rolleyes]
 
jhblaze1 said:
ya no shit man. Carrying without one in the pipe is just setting oneself up for a disadvantage in the event of needing a gun. I hope your friends don't learn that lesson the hard way.
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+1
I for one would feel safer having 1 round in the chamber and an empty mag, than an empty chamber and a full mag.
 
LT1MCSS said:
True, I guess there really isn't a reason not to leave it ready to go but either way my question was if i could do any harm in always having it cocked. The answer seems to be no.
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Theoretically the springs you are talking about should be good until they past the yield point. think about a slinky it is good until you bend it the wrong way, then it's as good as trash. I wouldn't worry about it, like m1911 stated you are just increasing the likelihood of a round leaving the chamber accidentally
 
45collector said:
Huh, I thought you were going to talk about the very strange practice of carrying a Glock with one in the chamber and the striker in the "fired" position.
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Not only strange but dangerous, Glock can fire if dropped when carried in that condition.
 
GlockBy said:
Not only strange but dangerous, Glock can fire if dropped when carried in that condition.
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I'm pretty curious as to how the hell you would get it that way to begin with. [laugh] Unless you bung up the mechanism somehow, I'm not sure how you would drop the striker and then somehow get a round into the chamber without at least resetting the trigger/striker in the process.

-Mike
 
Don't leave me out! I carry my G27 daily and then my G22 on duty...I can't imagine how to get it "fired" and then get another round up in there. Do tell! Do tell!
 
Zappa said:
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but dosen't repeated dry firing of a Glock lead to breach face failure?
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There were some articles written about this. Apparently the repeated striking of the firing pin against the inside of the FP channel weakened that area and made it prone to "blowing out". I've seen a picture of such damage, but I believe you'd have to do a shitload of dry firing to recreate such a thing.


MichaelJ said:
Don't leave me out! I carry my G27 daily and then my G22 on duty...I can't imagine how to get it "fired" and then get another round up in there. Do tell! Do tell!
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No. It's such a dangerous thing to do, I won't post it on a public forum.
 
No reason to unload your carry gun on a daily basis. If you do cycle the rounds, don't keep putting the same round back in constantly to avoid shoving the bullet into the casing.

My holster and pistol leave my side together and get locked away for the night as-is.
 
I don't always chamber the same round. Honestly the only reason I was un-chambering a round is i thought i had to store it in my safe unload. (from a legal stand point)
 

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