If you use an automatic always carry one in the chamber. Only in the movies do you have time to rack a round in the gun.
Originally Posted by tucson
I was with you all the way until these two sentences. We'll have to agree to disagree. I don't see it as ever encountering a "quick draw" situation, where I have to draw, acquire and shoot in fractions of a second. I see my carrying as running into a situation, where I either have time to seek cover and assess, while loading one into the chamber, or if I run into a situation with potential harm as guys approach on the street, where I'll have time to draw and chamber as I draw, then assess the situation. You obviously see different scenarios happening where that wouldn't work for you. I can tell you however, that even when I carried in a combat zone, I did NOT go around with a round chambered.