Originally Posted by MOGC
Originally Posted by Bristoe
Seems to me the main reason for developing a DA Auto handgun was to produce a firearm that could be carried reasonably safely with a round in the chamber and be able to produce a quick first shot.

People have been carrying DA revolvers with a round in the chamber for a long time.


A month or so back I had a discussion with a guy on another forum when he stated he always instructed people to carry with an empty chamber - even modern double action revolvers! He stated he was an ex-military weapons expert now conducting training for civilian CCW classes. He defended his instruction of a cold chamber because that's the way he was taught in the "special operations group." Idiot...
A friend of mine in college was a fellow gun loony. Odd thing about this guy was that he carried double action revolvers sans one round under the hammer. I always thought that bizarre. When I asked him why, he said it was for safety. This was back in the early 1980s. Made no sense to me then or now.