Was just handed a loaded .50 cal

[highland145]

Hey, Schneider, been on a vacate?

'sup?

 

[highland145]

:thumbsdown: WRONG!

You felt the need to respond?


:brohug;

 

[schneiderguy]

Gee Forrest, I wonder why they decided to add an external safety... maybe it was to help prevent accidental discharges?

I'm not saying that it's not a good idea to use the safety. It's just not necessary if you really know what you're doing, IMO.

I do use the safety on my 1911.

clip

I know that you know the difference

 

[schneiderguy]

Hey, Schneider, been on a vacate?

'sup?

ygpm :wub:

 

[ViviTheMage]

touch a gun? I rack it to make sure there's nothing loaded and check the magazine ... you scary.

 

[LTC8K6]

I am aware of that. I own one of these guns in fact.

The comment I made was more of a jab at someone who said, in another thread, that they carry a concealed 1911 style handgun in the cocked but not locked condition. :sneaky:

Must be a big dude to conceal a 1911. I have a friend who does.

Goudy: Now is it not true that you sprang up on old man Wharton and his two sons with a deadly, six shot revolver in your hand?

Rooster Cogburn: I always try to be ready.

Goudy: Was this revolver loaded and cocked?

Rooster Cogburn: Well, a gun that's unloaded and cocked ain't good for nothin'.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

So now OPs fingerprints are on a gun that's not his own... wonder how long he'll be away for when they run the fingerprints found on the murder weapon at a crime scene.

 

[TallBill]

Why would one have an unloaded gun? That said, the friend should have mentioned it was cocked and loaded.

When you hand over a weapon you should clear it, and whenever you are handed a weapon you should clear it. Good safety practice.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Must be a big dude to conceal a 1911. I have a friend who does.

They make an Officer's Model that is pretty compact... for a 1911. I have one.

I'm not saying that it's not a good idea to use the safety. It's just not necessary if you really know what you're doing, IMO.

I do use the safety on my 1911.

I've owned one for 23 years. No way would I carry it loaded with the safety off. Too easy to make a mistake and once that bullet leaves the barrel you can't take them back.

 

[moonbogg]

They make an Officer's Model that is pretty compact... for a 1911. I have one.



I've owned one for 23 years. No way would I carry it loaded with the safety off. Too easy to make a mistake and once that bullet leaves the barrel you can't take them back.

Impossible. AT people are incapable of making mistakes.

 

[SlitheryDee]

I keep reading this thread as "we just hand loaded a .50 cal"

 

[WackyDan]

My friend let me handle a couple of his guns, and his primary rule was "always treat it like it's loaded and always clear the chamber before you do ANYTHING else with it." Seemed to work out pretty well after I realized that "clear the chamber" meant in some way other than firing it.

I always inspect the piece before I hand it over to anyone else. I pull the mag, pull the slide back and lock it. I point this out to them and ask them to verify that it is indeed unloaded. I never hand anyone a firearm in the ready to fire state, loaded or unloaded - bolt open, cylinder out, etc.