Alpo Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 You keep a loaded, magazine-fed, long gun (thus no single-shots or SxSs) in you house for protection from blue helmets, mutant zombie bikers, or just random burglars. Do you have the chamber loaded, so all you have to do is cock it or remove the safety, or just the magazine loaded so you have to chamber one first? Probably get different answers on other boards, but I'm thinking that here on a cowboy board it would be hammer down on an empty, since y'all are used to having to work the action before you can shoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Foot Johnson Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 I keep this old Montgomery Ward "Hawthorne Viking" close by, chamber empty. Nothing says, "WRONG HOUSE" like a pump shotgun cycling in the dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrel Cody Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Yep, I've got a Remington 870 pump behind the bedroom door, magazine loaded, nothing in the chamber. Also have a couple of AR-15's strategically located out of sight in other places in the house. Yes, I am wearing a tin foil hat as I set here and type this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Long gun, chamber is empty until I pick it up-HG, the chamber is 'filled'. OLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 SG: Mossberg 930, mag full, chamber empty. Pistol on night stand: SIG P229 Legend in .357 SIG. 'At The Ready' with 1st shot DA. P.S. - Streamlight 3200 Lumen 'night blinder'. ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 AR, chamber empty. If I need to grab a gun quick I've got a SIG 9mm at arms length. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 I ain’t telling the world anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 57 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: I ain’t telling the world anything +10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Schoolmarm keeps a '97 by the bedroom door with a dish of shells on a stand beside it. Cowgirl all the way. I recently obtained a Mossberg 835. It stands within reach, mag tube full and one on the carrier. My Para lies at hand beside the bed. One in the pipe and 13 more in the mag. Para has a half cock and I sweep the hammer back as I present it. I don't shoot WB because I practice a specific routine in bringing my handgun to bear. I'll cock the hammer on my DA revolver if I have to draw it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramblin Gambler Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 The SG by my bedside has one in the chamber and the safety on. I used to keep it with an empty chamber and the slide released, but I decided I really didn't like being forced to make all that noise cocking it first. If I really really want to make the terrifying noise, I can cock it anyway and I'm right where I would have been if the chamber had been empty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 On 2/13/2019 at 12:27 PM, Widder, SASS #59054 said: SG: Mossberg 930, mag full, chamber empty. Pistol on night stand: SIG P229 Legend in .357 SIG. 'At The Ready' with 1st shot DA. P.S. - Streamlight 3200 Lumen 'night blinder'. ..........Widder That 229 in .357 is a nice piece, ain’t it Widder? I do the same with mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken D Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Yes, that's all I'm saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beefalo Bill Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Pump action 870 "boom stick" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Long guns (plural) hammer down, empty chamber, safety off. Semi Auto handguns, chambered, cocked and locked (yep, 1911s) Revolvers, DA, full cylinders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACKFOOT SASS #11947 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 On 2/13/2019 at 4:20 PM, Sedalia Dave said: +10 Make that +11 Blackfoot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennessee williams Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 AR(s), mags loaded throughout. 870 tube loaded by the bed. Sxs behind the door with box of shells. Smith 8 shot 357 by the bed with moon clips. Smith 44 mag in the kitchen pantry. Wife has beretta 92 on her night stand. 22 buried in a tube by my garden spot so I can pull it out easy. May or may not have a pistol in a baggie in the toilet tanks(dont judge me, I spend a lot of time in there). Other than that, and one in most of the other rooms I aint tellin nothing either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Why post this on the internet and tell all the predators what your preparations are? that having been said the only thing I can add is Do you feel lucky punk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramblin Gambler Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 12 hours ago, Tennessee williams said: May or may not have a pistol in a baggie in the toilet tanks(dont judge me, I spend a lot of time in there) I wouldn't do that. I mounted a rifle rack in my bathroom. Before I was married, I had enough room in the drawers to keep a pistol in one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mud Marine,SASS#54686 Life Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Ithaca 10 gauge 3-1/2" Magnum with load in the chamber,, S&W .44 Rem Magnum on head of bed with 6, C. Sharps .50-140 3-1/4" on window side of bed. I live alone in Farthest North Idaho on the British Columbia border in grizzley, black bear, wolf and cougar so no curious grandchildren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennessee williams Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 12 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: Why post this on the internet and tell all the predators what your preparations are? Do you feel lucky punk? I look at it as an invitation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 6 hours ago, Tennessee williams said: I look at it as an invitation. Massad Ayoob would say that it is unwise to say such a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennessee williams Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Never heard of her. If they make it past my trip wires, they deserve it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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