Posted: 12/16/2008 8:30:13 AM EDT
| Just got an XD in 9mm, noticed in the owners manual that it says not to carry it holstered with a round in the chamber. Does anyone actually do this for concealed carry or do you have a round in the chamber? |
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They have to say that, given that there is no real safety. It would be very easy to accidentally fire while drawing. That said, if I am carrying for protection and the need arises that I need my gun, I might not have time or ability to rack the slide.
That's why my carry is a J-frame revolver and my XD stays on my nightstand ready to go. 'Course then again, my revolver doesn't have a safety either, so never mind..... 
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| If you're not going to chamber a round then why carry in the first place? You carry for protection. Should a situation arrise where you need to defend yourself the couple seconds it takes you to rack the slide and be back on target could cost you your life. Just my 2 cents. |
| The only possibility of the discharge would be if you have your finger on the trigger when holstering the XD and the finger hits the upper part of the holster, when removing from the holster you have your trigger finger riding parallel to the slide unless you too quick on the trigger emo. |
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If you're not going to chamber a round then why carry in the first place? You carry for protection. Should a situation arrise where you need to defend yourself the couple seconds it takes you to rack the slide and be back on target could cost you your life. Just my 2 cents. While I do not carry with an empty chamber I have seen some highly trained people that do. The Iraeli air marshals carry on the planes with no rounds chambered. I am unsure of the reason, perhaps the gun is to be used mainly to club the bad guy at contact distance. Anything beyond that would allow space to use both hands. While I am not going to do this I can appriciate why they might choose to do so on an aircraft. |
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If you're not going to chamber a round then why carry in the first place? You carry for protection. Should a situation arrise where you need to defend yourself the couple seconds it takes you to rack the slide and be back on target could cost you your life. Just my 2 cents. While I do not carry with an empty chamber I have seen some highly trained people that do. The Iraeli air marshals carry on the planes with no rounds chambered. I am unsure of the reason, perhaps the gun is to be used mainly to club the bad guy at contact distance. Anything beyond that would allow space to use both hands. While I am not going to do this I can appriciate why they might choose to do so on an aircraft. With the exception of patrols and ambushes in very dangerous areas, Israeli military and police personnel carry unchambered because the guns are for the defense of others, not the person carrying it. In other words, the situation exists where the individual will see a terrorist attacking or preparing to attack someone else, and act accordingly. In the US, concealed carry is used by citizens to protect themselves. In this case, YOU may be the target and it would be to your advantage to carry with a round chambered. They don't do it because it's a good thing to do, it's just a safer procedure if you have thousands of people in the country carrying at once, most carrying rifles, and they will probably not need the weapons to protect *themselves* from violent attack, but rather others. |
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I carry an XD9 in an IWB hybrid holster, and I always have a round in the chamber. I'm right handed, when I holster it, I have my finger out of the trigger guard along the side of the pistol and I put my right thumb on the cocked indicator on the back, which disengages the grip safety. I've done it so often that it's second nature now.
I've heard a couple of stories before about Glock owners holstering their pistols and getting clothing caught in the trigger, which fired their pistol and they essentially shot themselves. It could have just been some anti-Glockers spewing propaganda, etc., but I figure better safe than sorry. One of the reasons I chose an XD over other choices is the grip safety, and it was in part because of that story. Just remember, the most important safety you have is the one between your ears. I'm in the school of thought that if you don't carry with a round in the chamber you are reducing your preparedness. Train so that you're more comfortable with the weapon, and so that you can trust it to do its job. The XD is a fine pistol, my first won't be my last. |