LCP pocket carry...Do you chamber a round? - Page 2

Wasabi · July 3rd, 2009, 11:43 PM

I don't have a LCP but I keep one in the pipe with my PM9 for both pocket and IWB. I don't want to spend precious time chambering a round (especially with a PM9). As others have said, always use a good holster.

PNUT · July 3rd, 2009, 11:49 PM

Any weapon, not just the LCP, is useless without a round in the chamber. Never assume that you'll have the time, or a free hand to chamber a round. I pocket carry an LCP, that trigger takes plenty to pull.

pakin · July 4th, 2009, 03:03 AM

one in the pipe for sure

SwollenGoat · July 4th, 2009, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PNUT

Any weapon, not just the LCP, is useless without a round in the chamber. Never assume that you'll have the time, or a free hand to chamber a round. I pocket carry an LCP, that trigger takes plenty to pull.

EW3 · July 4th, 2009, 11:07 AM

Absolutely one in the chamber!

With a good pocket holster that covers the trigger, plus the long DAO type trigger, you have nothing to worry about.

That's how I carry mine and IMO carrying unchambered will get you killed if the SHTF.

nh10ring · July 4th, 2009, 12:31 PM

Thanks guys. Looks unanomous to me :) I am from the old school where I was raised to always keep the safety on until ready to fire. If you walked around with the safety off, then you were living life on the edge. These guns without a safety are a whole new concept to me. My other cw's that I carry iwb all have a safety, so its not as concerning to me. I'll be sure to keep one in the pipe. Thanks for all your input. Happy 4th :)

jh225 · July 4th, 2009, 01:37 PM

orangevol · July 4th, 2009, 02:00 PM

The LCP trigger pull is like that of a double action revolver. I carry one in the pipe always, just like I carry 5 rounds in my S&W 36.

There is a vast difference in carrying a round in the LCP as compared to an older striker fired auto with an external safety. (Baby Browning, Bauer, Jennings, etc.).

cvhoss · July 4th, 2009, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nh10ring

.............These guns without a safety are a whole new concept to me. My other cw's that I carry iwb all have a safety, so its not as concerning to me..............

Actually, the concept is 100 or so years old. It's called a double-action revolver.

Hoss

cwcaesar · July 6th, 2009, 10:31 PM

LCP or 442 in a pocket holster and ready to be fired.

July 3rd, 2009, 11:43 PM	#11
Wasabi Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Lutz, FL Posts: 1,029	I don't have a LCP but I keep one in the pipe with my PM9 for both pocket and IWB. I don't want to spend precious time chambering a round (especially with a PM9). As others have said, always use a good holster. __________________ "Life's tough......It's even tougher if you're stupid." -John Wayne

July 4th, 2009, 11:07 AM	#15
EW3 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 935	Absolutely one in the chamber! With a good pocket holster that covers the trigger, plus the long DAO type trigger, you have nothing to worry about. That's how I carry mine and IMO carrying unchambered will get you killed if the SHTF. __________________ "Naked and Starving as They are We Cannot Enough Admire the Incomparable Patience and Fidelity of the Soldiery" – George Washington, Valley Forge, 1777.

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July 3rd, 2009, 11:49 PM	#12
PNUT Ex Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: TN Posts: 913	Any weapon, not just the LCP, is useless without a round in the chamber. Never assume that you'll have the time, or a free hand to chamber a round. I pocket carry an LCP, that trigger takes plenty to pull.

July 4th, 2009, 03:03 AM	#13
pakin Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: home Posts: 18	one in the pipe for sure

July 4th, 2009, 12:31 PM	#16
nh10ring New Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 2	Thanks guys. Looks unanomous to me :) I am from the old school where I was raised to always keep the safety on until ready to fire. If you walked around with the safety off, then you were living life on the edge. These guns without a safety are a whole new concept to me. My other cw's that I carry iwb all have a safety, so its not as concerning to me. I'll be sure to keep one in the pipe. Thanks for all your input. Happy 4th :)

July 4th, 2009, 02:00 PM	#18
orangevol Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Southwest, TN Posts: 565	The LCP trigger pull is like that of a double action revolver. I carry one in the pipe always, just like I carry 5 rounds in my S&W 36. There is a vast difference in carrying a round in the LCP as compared to an older striker fired auto with an external safety. (Baby Browning, Bauer, Jennings, etc.).

July 6th, 2009, 10:31 PM	#20
cwcaesar Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Tennessee Posts: 35	LCP or 442 in a pocket holster and ready to be fired.