Condition 1,2 or 3? - The Firearms Forum

NonPCnraRN · 12-28-2009, 07:47 PM

In what condition do you carry your 1911s, 1, 2 or 3? If you keep it in the house do you keep it in a different condition? Example, do you carry it cocked and locked, but leave it in the nightstand with an empty chamber? I use condition 3 and 1. If the hammer is cocked it is assumed to have a round in the chamber and has the safety on. If the hammer is down it is assumed that it has an empty chamber. I always check before handling the gun for dry fire practice, ect. But if I were to need the gun quickly for a SD situation I would rack the slide to ensure I had a round in the chamber. The worst that can happen is that I would start out with a 6 shot semiauto instead of a 7 shot semiauto. Your thoughts.

more forty fives · 12-28-2009, 09:01 PM

Hi,I keep my 1911 cocked and locked 24-7.I have no more young children around any more so I feel better with it ready to go.Makes it easier for my wife. She won't use any of my DAO gun's kinda strange but ya have to keep them happy.

NonPCnraRN · 12-28-2009, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by more forty fives

Hi,I keep my 1911 cocked and locked 24-7.I have no more young children around any more so I feel better with it ready to go.Makes it easier for my wife. She won't use any of my DAO gun's kinda strange but ya have to keep them happy.

I know what you mean about keeping them happy. I have 2 safes because I discovered a long time ago that if I get a gun, she gets jewelry equalling the cost of the gun. It has worked for 30 years. Until she learns the 1911 she has a Glock 23 and 27 at her disposal should she need them. She likes the heft and feel of the full size 1911 and wants to learn to use it. Maybe she needs one of her own?

curulz · 12-29-2009, 06:19 AM

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Originally Posted by NonPCnraRN

I discovered a long time ago that if I get a gun, she gets jewelry equalling the cost of the gun. It has worked for 30 years.

Maybe she needs one of her own?

so if you buy her a gun, will you then go and buy yourself some jewelry?

pinecone70 · 12-29-2009, 06:30 AM

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Originally Posted by NonPCnraRN

I know what you mean about keeping them happy. I have 2 safes because I discovered a long time ago that if I get a gun, she gets jewelry equalling the cost of the gun.

Ha! I'd rather have a gun (and I am a jeweler! LOL!!)

45nut · 12-29-2009, 08:01 AM

To the question; Condition 1 all the time on both of my 1911's. I don't want to have to rack the slide or cock it, just drop the safety and then the hammer.

carver · 12-29-2009, 01:59 PM

Condition 1 at all times. No guessing, no looking, no worries! It's always loaded, and ready to go, as is all of my guns!

TheGunClinger · 12-29-2009, 04:59 PM

Condition 1.

curulz · 12-31-2009, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by carver

Condition 1 at all times. No guessing, no looking, no worries! It's always loaded, and ready to go, as is all of my guns!

ditto

I even keep my HK USP compact cocked and locked

12-28-2009, 07:47 PM	#1
NonPCnraRN Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 42	Condition 1,2 or 3? In what condition do you carry your 1911s, 1, 2 or 3? If you keep it in the house do you keep it in a different condition? Example, do you carry it cocked and locked, but leave it in the nightstand with an empty chamber? I use condition 3 and 1. If the hammer is cocked it is assumed to have a round in the chamber and has the safety on. If the hammer is down it is assumed that it has an empty chamber. I always check before handling the gun for dry fire practice, ect. But if I were to need the gun quickly for a SD situation I would rack the slide to ensure I had a round in the chamber. The worst that can happen is that I would start out with a 6 shot semiauto instead of a 7 shot semiauto. Your thoughts. -->

12-28-2009, 09:01 PM	#2
more forty fives Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: florida Posts: 16	Re: Condition 1,2 or 3? Hi,I keep my 1911 cocked and locked 24-7.I have no more young children around any more so I feel better with it ready to go.Makes it easier for my wife. She won't use any of my DAO gun's kinda strange but ya have to keep them happy.

12-29-2009, 08:01 AM	#6
45nut Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,433	Re: Condition 1,2 or 3? To the question; Condition 1 all the time on both of my 1911's. I don't want to have to rack the slide or cock it, just drop the safety and *then* the hammer. __________________ A gun is a tool, Marian; no better or no worse than any other tool: an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that. Shane Nemo me impune lacesset We recall the case of the Shoshone war band which showed up complete with one 30-30 rifle per man the week after Pearl Harbor, and simply wanted to have the enemy pointed out to them. "We hear there's a war going on and we want to go fight it." Jeff Cooper *KCCO*

12-29-2009, 01:59 PM	#7
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,547	Re: Condition 1,2 or 3? Condition 1 at all times. No guessing, no looking, no worries! It's always loaded, and ready to go, as is all of my guns! __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

12-29-2009, 04:59 PM	#8
TheGunClinger Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: SW Florida Contributor Posts: 2,401	Re: Condition 1,2 or 3? Condition 1. __________________ New England Patriots Rule Next year.