davesnothere
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I am fairly new to open carry, and carry a Springfield M1911A1 in a Serpa CQC Sport holster, but I've been a shooter all my life. My father taught me to shoot when I was 6 with a Colt Single Action Army chambered in .45 Long. I now own and love that gun, but that's a digression.
I'm planning on taking some tactical handgun classes to gain the weapon handling skills my time in the Army didn't give me. All I ever had in the Army was an M16 or an M60, so apart from my time at the range, and a lifetime of shooting at paper targets, milk jugs, cans, etc., I don't have what I would consider adequate pistol experience.
All that said, the real reason I'm posting this is to get some opinions about Conditions of Readiness.
I currently carry at Condition 3. I see problems and drawbacks with this condition of readiness, even if I were to begin learning the Israeli Draw.
However, I noticed that when and where people discuss the Condition they carry in, they are either "cocked and locked" (Condition 1), or Condition 2-3.
I don't know that I'd consider Condition 2 as "safe" in my 1911, though my feelings are a bit different on my wife's Sig P232 (de-cocking lever to enter Condition 2 with a very heavy trigger pull for double action), so as I see it, my choices are Condition 1 or 3. Or, California rules and Condition 4 if I'm crazy enough to go West of the Colorado River.
I'm not asking for you to tell me how to carry. I know that the ultimate determination of which Condition of Readiness I decide to carry in is my decision to make for both my own safety and the safety of those around me, but I'm leaning more and more toward Condition 1, and I'm looking for educated opinions from experienced individuals.
The only other person I know personally, who full time open carries is my father, and he carries revolvers. He's always got hammer down on an empty chamber in a double action, so that's really no valid source of opinion or suggestion.
I am fairly new to open carry, and carry a Springfield M1911A1 in a Serpa CQC Sport holster, but I've been a shooter all my life. My father taught me to shoot when I was 6 with a Colt Single Action Army chambered in .45 Long. I now own and love that gun, but that's a digression.
I'm planning on taking some tactical handgun classes to gain the weapon handling skills my time in the Army didn't give me. All I ever had in the Army was an M16 or an M60, so apart from my time at the range, and a lifetime of shooting at paper targets, milk jugs, cans, etc., I don't have what I would consider adequate pistol experience.
All that said, the real reason I'm posting this is to get some opinions about Conditions of Readiness.
I currently carry at Condition 3. I see problems and drawbacks with this condition of readiness, even if I were to begin learning the Israeli Draw.
- Readiness time
- Noise (you can't be discreet, and there may be conditions that call for it, when you're racking a .45 rapidly)
- Possibility of a FTF.
However, I noticed that when and where people discuss the Condition they carry in, they are either "cocked and locked" (Condition 1), or Condition 2-3.
I don't know that I'd consider Condition 2 as "safe" in my 1911, though my feelings are a bit different on my wife's Sig P232 (de-cocking lever to enter Condition 2 with a very heavy trigger pull for double action), so as I see it, my choices are Condition 1 or 3. Or, California rules and Condition 4 if I'm crazy enough to go West of the Colorado River.
I'm not asking for you to tell me how to carry. I know that the ultimate determination of which Condition of Readiness I decide to carry in is my decision to make for both my own safety and the safety of those around me, but I'm leaning more and more toward Condition 1, and I'm looking for educated opinions from experienced individuals.
The only other person I know personally, who full time open carries is my father, and he carries revolvers. He's always got hammer down on an empty chamber in a double action, so that's really no valid source of opinion or suggestion.