One in the pipe..? or not?

[Thunder71]

For me it's the weather, it was 81 last Sunday and now they are talking snow.

Gotta love Minnesota. :19:

PS
I'm all for that old folks home, where's the sign up sheet? We can play derby cars with our wheelchairs when this is all over.

[Bawanna]

For me it's the weather, it was 81 last Sunday and now they are talking snow.

Gotta love Minnesota. :19:

PS
I'm all for that old folks home, where's the sign up sheet? We can play derby cars with our wheelchairs when this is all over.

81 We seldom see that in mid summer. We're barely out of winter and into the monsoon season. It rained so hard and so long yesterday I was ready to start on the ark.

Another direct hit on the wheelchair guy. :4: I should be real good by 126 for that derby. I think my retirement home idea would fly too.

[Thunder71]

Sounds like I'll have some catching up to do, as usual... The retirement home idea rocks, it could be franchised like Sandal's hotels.

[CJB]

Well now, that's interesting. My personal preference for a defense handgun is, by far, a tuned 1911 and that's what I carry when circumstances permit. But our nightstand hand guns are 3" K-Frames because it has never occurred to me that I could just leave a 1911 in there in Condition 2 or 3. :7:

And to make that observation even worse, the always handy Remington 870 is always left sitting with the chamber empty for the same "half asleep" safety reason. :7::7:

Aw... I didn't mention the 1911's and 870's, and AR, and two Hi Powers, and SP101... on account that this was the KAHR forum <smiles>

No seriously, I'm never far from a pistol, shotgun or AR in this house. But, that said, the Kahr PM45 just does it for me. When the poo hits the fan, I dont feel undergunned, its safe and its light, and its handy, and .... it smells nice under my pillow!

[ltxi]

Ok, I'm not going there with this smells nice under the pillow thing. That's what I have this wife appliance for. But my U&C, 85% of the time, concealed carry gun these days is a PM9 and I consider it, in a Mitch Rosen holster, the best ever for the general purpose in my 50+ years of going armed.

I would/do prefer my faithful, 20 some year custom .45 LW Officers ACP companion, but as I noted to Bawanna it's just too hard to hide in a Speedo even in a butt crack holster.

My :7: revelation comes from my having eight or nine other nice 1911 pattern pistols that could serve well in the nightstand but that I never considered....b/c....my brain is stuck on Condition One and I don't trust that in just waking up if not in jungle mode.

[CJB]

Ok, I'm not going there with this smells nice under the pillow thing. That's what I have this wife appliance for.

Gawwwwd how lucky can a man be, when his wife slathers on the #9 before bed for him. Dang

[ltxi]

Gawwwwd how lucky can a man be, when his wife slathers on the #9 before bed for him. Dang

You misunderstand....several fluffy pillows, large bed, 18 year younger energetic wife, don't need firearm(s) in bed for nice smelling company.

[krab]

Ken Null shoulder holsters


Check his holster site and check out the shoulder holsters that hold the gun with the muzzle pointing up, practically in your face.

Ken told me NEVER carry one in the chamber while using these holsters. I have 2 of these for everyday carry, one for my PM-9 and one for my TP45 so the bottom line is I don't carry one in the pipe!!

[kahrseye]

I didn't read all the replies, so if I'm repeating someone here please forgive me. I like the element of surprise. I don't want a bad guy to know I have a weapon until it's too late for him. If I had to rack my slide to chamber a round, I could easily put him on alert. Another situation I've thought about is this; what if he shot you and wounded you but didn't kill you. And you couldn't rack the slide. Now you're a sitting duck with no way to protect yourself. With one in the chamber all you have to do is aim and pull the trigger. Simple yet effective.

[kahrseye]

Check his holster site and check out the shoulder holsters that hold the gun with the muzzle pointing up, practically in your face.

Ken told me NEVER carry one in the chamber while using these holsters. I have 2 of these for everyday carry, one for my PM-9 and one for my TP45 so the bottom line is I don't carry one in the pipe!!

Then I'd get a different holster.

[CJB]

I cant see how thats much worse than carrying in a shoulder holster horizontally, pointing the muzzle at everyone behind you. Or carrying in your front pocket - like I do - having the muzzle aiming right at yer nutz. Or carrying in the front of your pants waist...

There is almost no way out-of-hell that the pistol is gonna fire like that. There is one way in hell it will. And thats because the flames of hell will set off the round in the chamber. Other than that, you're clear to go.