WestCoastFlyer wrote:…. Now having a round in the pipe and hammer back… that’s a bit much. But a half stack magazine and that thing close by is always comforting. And before anyone loses their shit, I spent 5 years as a US Marine between 2005 and 2010. ...
As someone who was in combat arms you understand weapon systems no?
How is carrying a modern and maintained weapon in condition 1 remotely a bit much?
I always carry, single action, condition 1, full mag and 1 in the tube, hammer back, safety on.
The safety not only stops the trigger from coming aft, it also blocks the firing pin, the only way the primer is going to take a strike is thumbing the safety down and putting your bugger hook on the trigger.
Even if I carried condition 0, so one in the tube, hammer back and safety OFF, with a proper holster that covers the trigger, the thing ain’t going off unless you draw and put your finger on the trigger, and the only reason I’m moving my finger from straight to over the trigger is because I mean to put rounds on target.
