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    Quote Originally Posted by rharris2163 View Post
    I was kinda wondering about that....Is it really necessary to check every day? (Mine all have a loaded chamber indicator). IMHO, if you own a firearm, you should know what "condition" it's in at all times, but if that gives you a warm and fuzzy, then good on you.
    I believe it is both necessary and wise to perform a chamber check (visually & by feel) to make sure that your side arm is loaded before going out onto the streets every day where you may need it. As far as "feelings" go, the only "feeling" I get after doing a chamber check on my duty & off-duty pistol is that if I need to shoot someone with it, that it is indeed loaded.

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    I keep my weapons in condition 1. I keep a full magazine and one in the chamber with the safety on. I know myself, and how I train and this is the best thing for ME.

    I keep my rifles well lubed, and kept a round in a few of my rifles chambers and stored one muzzle down and one muzzle up. I found that after about 7 months the rifle stored muzzle down experienced oil seepage through the primer and caused the powder to clump. The primer still fired, and the powder burned (I pulled the pullet to test components) but I dont know what the "fired" result would have been. The round stored muzzle up had no contamination. But this result was from HEAVY lube and not moving or rotating the rifle deliberately for an extended period. I rotate the chambered round through the mag every few months anyways on my go to guns....



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    I've never seen a "hole" fail...which is basically what my loaded chamber indicators are... If you "see" brass, it's loaded. AND press checks do increase the odds of a self induced malfunctions (failure to go into battery). Nothing guarantees that a gun will go bang every time (Don't forget faulty ammo). That's what malfunction drills are for....

    Quote Originally Posted by DarrinD View Post
    First of all, chamber loaded indicators, like some manual safetys can fail.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rharris2163 View Post
    I've never seen a "hole" fail...which is basically what my loaded chamber indicators are... If you "see" brass, it's loaded. AND press checks do increase the odds of a self induced malfunctions (failure to go into battery). Nothing guarantees that a gun will go bang every time (Don't forget faulty ammo). That's what malfunction drills are for....
    I really don't see how performing a press check can increase a failure to go into battery any more than holstering your pistol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rharris2163 View Post
    I've never seen a "hole" fail...which is basically what my loaded chamber indicators are... If you "see" brass, it's loaded. AND press checks do increase the odds of a self induced malfunctions (failure to go into battery). Nothing guarantees that a gun will go bang every time (Don't forget faulty ammo). That's what malfunction drills are for....
    if you have a very dirty gun, the fouling can turn your case black and you might not be able to see a round in the chamber...or so warns the Para-Ord manual.

    why not check anyway? what's the harm? it only takes a second and could save a life.

    Quote Originally Posted by DarrinD View Post
    There are some officers who take the traditional press check (as well as verifying an unloaded pistol) one step further by inserting their index finger to actually feel that a loaded round is in the chamber (the eyes don't always tell the truth) or is not in the chamber.


    that's exactly what a traditional press check is. "pressing" with your finger. i think press checks started with bolt guns, so the term doesn't come from pressing the slide part way-back.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Parabellum9x19mm View Post
    i think press checks started with bolt guns, so the term doesn't come from pressing the slide part way-back.
    What about the "pinch" check? I used to do that one when I was a young, naive 1911 carrier.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Parabellum9x19mm View Post
    that's exactly what a traditional press check is. "pressing" with your finger. i think press checks started with bolt guns, so the term doesn't come from pressing the slide part way-back.
    You are exactly right, I should have left "traditional" out. Many still call it a "press" check without touching the cartridge with their finger, so "visual chamber check" would have probably been more accurately phrased. Back to a couple posters: any switch or indicator can fail but your sense of sight combined with touch has the lowest chance of failure. As for press checks causing a failure to go into battery, I've never read about a legitimate press check preventing a pistol's slide going less than inch BACK into battery where it was before. I'd be interested in hearing any examples of this happening.

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    I normally clean every 1-2K rounds fired and run them "wet and dirty". I can still see a round through the hole. I guess it depends on your definition of "very dirty gun" is.

    Quote Originally Posted by Parabellum9x19mm View Post
    if you have a very dirty gun, the fouling can turn your case black and you might not be able to see a round in the chamber...or so warns the Para-Ord manual.


    Nothing is wrong with it. In fact, we are just airing our opinions on the OP's question and it spilled over into handguns. If press checks or other methods in checking your firearm is your thing, I say go for it. Mine is to check the "hole".
    why not check anyway? what's the harm? it only takes a second and could save a life.
    For God and the soldier we adore, In time of danger, not before! The danger passed, and all things righted, God is forgotten and the soldier slighted." - Rudyard Kipling

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