Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns Condition 1, 2, or 3? Why?

there are three screw ruger's out there that have not been retro'd for the hammer block, so it's still five not six shots.

No kids, Glock 19, with weapon light, no holster, ready to go.

Deflave, was probably one of the most experienced former members here with a pistol. He was, and literally is, a savant with a handgun.

Not lying...Would have liked to have been able to read his thoughts on your question.

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WISDOM...

What are hos bona fides? Just curious..

On body 1911 carry = Condtion 1 always. Despite prior comments, holstered on body carry, a 1911 in Condition 0 (chambered, hammer back, thumb safety off) is safe with grip safety active. This isn't dumb and cited by LTC Cooper as a carry method.

Nightstand I only use striker fired pistols with chambered round. If a Glock with kydex snap off trigger guard cover. If other chambered in an IWB kydex holster.

Agree that when you need a pistol for SD you need it in the hand loaded and ready to fire, if needed.

Other than that, all pistols in locked Liberty lock boxes loaded. No kids.

I don't carry 1911s

Glocks and Sig's and revolvers are carried fully loaded. "Night stand gun is as well. Along with the 870P in the closet on the upper shelf.

If I get woken up by a "bump in the night" I don't want to have to fiddle fugg around and try and remember to rack the slide under the fog of sleepiness and concern about said bump. I want to stay quiet and assess the situation to better decide my next move from my bedside

Well the first thing I'd say is, don't carry a 1911.

But if you insist, it should be carried as intended. Mag inserted, round chambered, safety on. The whole purpose of wearing a sidearm is expediency. When you start reducing that expediency you're reducing the effectiveness of the sidearm.

You're never going to find a police department, sheriff's office, or federal agency that advocates carrying any way other than cocked n' locked/hot chamber.

Nightstands should be no different. Kids or otherwise. If access/safety is a concern the gun should be inaccessible to the childrens. But there's no reason to change its condition.

One of the best things a person can do with an EDC firearm is keep it in a holster that is easy on, easy off. Keeping all safeties engaged and the trigger unreachable. More AD's happen from people going in and out of the holster and fugking around with a naked gun than probably any other cause. This is one of the reasons the ALS system really shines for duty rigs and paddle holsters. The gun and holster always stay together.

I'm not a real handgunner but willing to learn. But it seems to me after 30 years in bear country packing a Smith model 57 in .41 Mag (all I can handle recoil-wise) that a D.A. wheelgun is always in condition 1.
Horseback unscheduled rodeos only allow one hand at the most during these exciting events. Buttons, levers, knobs, gripping devices tend to elevate the drama. Dealing with "stuff" during an adrenaline flood seldom works well for 90% of us. It sure as hell doesn't work for me in pre-dawn light and a fear crazed horse. Six gun for amateurs like me.

Definitely in the minority here,for which Bog Brother gives me no end of grief. (He has carried Condition 1 for 40 years or more. He also put a hole through the floorboards of one of his cars wile going from C1 to C2. Oops.)

Condition of carry depends on two things for me - the gun I am carrying and where I am carrying it.

Most of the time is is condition 3 (empty chamber) with safety off. This makes all my primary carry semis the same, whether they have an exposed hammer or not and whether they are safety up or down to fire. Draw, rack and fire for all of them.

Condition 2 all the time (loaded chamber, hammer down) with my Walther PPK/s and Beretta 950 as both are rather hard to rack, No safety on the Beretta but the safety on the Walther is engaged as it is DA. Neither of these is a primary carry weapon.

We live out in the country and rarely go into Denver. When I go to downtown and will be out of the car (rather than passing through on the Interstate) I tend to load a round and go Condition 2.

Primary home defense weapons are revolvers because my wife can't rack most semis. Full cylinders, all. No kids in the house unless the grandkids are here. Either way, they are too young and short to get to the house guns.

Today will be no exception. Have my Ruger Security 9 on my side, 14 in the mag, empty chamber, safety off, extra mag. We plan to go to a daughter's house in the country, pick up a used refrigerator and deliver it to another daughter to put in their garage. In the process we will skirt Denver on the tollway. After delivery will return home, again skirting Denver on the tollway, with one stop at a gas station. Chances of needing to go to Condition 2 or 1 are about the same as getting struck by lightning during the trip.

I quit reading your post after the first sentence.

I'll come back and read the rest at cocktail time. Ha!

If a firearm isn't fully loaded then it's just a club and nothing more

My wife carries.....Condition #1! Reason: When you need it, you may not be afforded the time (very likely) or the ability to “rack the slide”. If you ever “need” it.....you’ll probably wish that you had it, Condition #1 and in hand!
I carry a “plastic pistol”!

We don’t have kids in our home. When we have “rug rats” join us, the handguns are moved to a safe location. This was a “non-issue” with “my” kids....they were taught, almost from birth, what a firearm was, what it could do, and how to use it! I have “zero” faith in other people’s kids!

My wife has a “nightstand” handgun (Condition #1), I have a “beneath the pillow” handgun! memtb