How safe is your stored ammo ??

[BuffCyclist]

Yes & No. I replied in my normal congenial & courteous way to this sentence by another member (Flatline) You will also see i said i choose to keep one loaded, a personal choice. Not one that is or should be gospel for gun owners (loosely interpreted)
And some idiot may have left ammo in a gun's chamber, which would be deadly if it gets cooked off by a fire.

To date i have and never will understand WHY IF you own a gun for PP / defensive tool you would not have one in the chamber. His sentence could have been worded differently to something like IF you had a loaded gun AND there was a fire it might become deadly, instead of SOME IDIOT.
Obviously other posted agree with this IDIOT(me), that they too keep a loaded gun in the home. The up side to all this is no one has (yet) stooped low and started name calling.

Ah, gotcha! Its my last night on a 4 night shift (around 15hr nights) and I'm incredibly exhausted, not reading sentences clearly lol. I need sarcasm signs for clarity.

I keep some firearms in strategic places for our protection. They are loaded and ready to go in case of a house invasion. Just in case that you weren't tracking, during the 2 wars that we were fighting in Iraq and Asscrackistan many undesirables were able to join in, get the training, and get out (trust me, I was a Drill Sergeant during those times). Now those same undesirables have the skills to enter a house and clear it with the same speed as our troops.

Now the question is, do you want to be a victim? If not, keep your firearms loaded and within arms reach and when you carry, carry on red!!

SR

No, I do not want to be a victim, hence why I have a ccw, taught the fiancee to shoot (she loves it and is getting me to the range more often too), getting her a pistol of her choice eventually and her ccw soon, have an alarm system in our house and a dog that will alert us to any strange noises outside (which she does on a daily basis) and is aggressive enough to protect us with her life.

I was reading the thread that everyone was saying "i'm another idiot" and that they were changing their HD choices and no longer keeping chambered rounds in their HD guns.

Thanks for the clarifications!

[sniper7]

wow, I am extremely saddened at the number of rounds used in this test! Great to know those. I always kind of knew this after tossing some .22's into a fire as a kid while camping. Guess I am pretty safe with my ammo in metal or wood storage cabinets!

[sabot_round]

Ah, gotcha! Last night on a 4 night shift and I'm incredibly exhausted, not reading sentences clearly lol. I need sarcasm signs.



No, I do not want to be a victim, hence why I have a ccw, taught the fiancee to shoot (she loves it and is getting me to the range more often too), have an alarm system in our house and a dog that will alert us to any strange noises outside (which she does on a daily basis) and is aggressive enough to protect us with her life.

I was reading the thread that everyone was saying "i'm another idiot" and that they were changing their HD choices and no longer keeping chambered rounds in their HD guns.

Ahh very good!! My wife shoots a 44 Magnum very accurately (of course with my special loads) and she can put six rounds within 4" from 15 feet. That's not to bad for a 5'4" petite female.

[BuffCyclist]

Ahh very good!! My wife shoots a 44 Magnum very accurately (of course with my special loads) and she can put six rounds within 4" from 15 feet. That's not to bad for a 5'4" petite female.

Not to threadjack anymore, but there was a huge thread on here about how to introduce her to shooting. She shot my Glock 23 with a 9mm conversion barrel and loved it. She is an excellent shot too! The last time we went, I took some 1" pasters (the freebies they give to patch the holes on the big targets) and put those in random spots on the target and we made a game to see who could get the closest to them. She won, even shot one dead center at about 7yds. She wants to go again this weekend, and you won't see me complaining!

She's very open to the idea of getting her CCW and I think we may sign her up for the class in a few months (after holidays etc). Then we'll go shopping for her, but I think sh'd enjoy it more if she had a pistol that fit her perfectly now. The last trip she commented a lot about how big the G23 was in her hands.

Oh yea, did i mention that she also does jui jitsu? So thats more security for her too.

[Bailey Guns]

You have time to get to a gun that is not on you but you don't have half a second to rack the slide?

Maybe...maybe not. Why in the name of all that is holy would you have an unloaded, defensive gun? Count me in the IDIOT category. Any gun I plan to use defensively is ready to go.

Are you going to be able to "rack" the slide when your weak-side hand is injured? Or when it's busy keeping you from being stabbed or otherwise injured? That 1/2 second might be a lifetime. Alternatively you could train yourself so you feel more comfortable with a loaded gun.

[Bailey Guns]

sadly all my ammo is at the bottom of that crazy gun eating lake

Alright...that's it. I'm taking scuba lessons. Then I'm gonna find this mystical gun/ammo eating lake.

[BuffCyclist]

Maybe...maybe not. Why in the name of all that is holy would you have an unloaded, defensive gun? Count me in the IDIOT category. Any gun I plan to use defensively is ready to go.

Are you going to be able to "rack" the slide when your weak-side hand is injured? Or when it's busy keeping you from being stabbed or otherwise injured? That 1/2 second might be a lifetime. Alternatively you could train yourself so you feel more comfortable with a loaded gun.

Along those lines, my CCW instructor showed us several ways of racking the slide without the use of one hand. Its VERY difficult!

[sabot_round]

Well, I guess that all this answers the question as to who the idiot is??

[Bailey Guns]

Yes, it is. Not impossible, but difficult. Especially when you're fighting for your life.

[Vanniek71]

When I was young our house caught fire, and we had an ammo stash, it was really loud, I mean REALLY loud, but none of the firefighters were hurt, or even worried about it.