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Ok... I'll throw in something that may be of help to someone else.

A very young agent carried a 2.5" M19 every day. When he got home he would take it off and put it on top of the refrigerator... regular as clock work. On Suncay afternoon he would clean and lube the gun. He rotated his ammo regularly.

One Sunday he unholstered his sidearm and opened the cyl. to unload it... SURPRISE it was empty. A discussion with his frau revealed that her sister a lib wacko anti gun type had visited one evening during the week (which he knew) and to pacify her sister his wife had unloaded his revlover... sort of forgot to tell him... the result was him carrying an empty revolver for 4-5 days.

He had the "cold chill feeling down his back." He also had a "Come to Jesus meeting with his wife re her sister."

After that he carefully inspected his revolver every day when he put it on...

FWIW

Chuck

Any firearm that leaves your sight should be inspected upon return.
Every time, like religion.

Every morning when I get dressed I fully inspect my pistol before I put it in the holster. You just never know if gremlins, leprechauns or gnomes snuck into the house in the middle of the night and sabotaged your weapon.

That travelocity lawn gnome is pretty suspicious to me.

"Sarge" the retired firearms training Sargent at Jefferson County Sheriff's Department always said, "Check your gear, then recheck it, then check it again and if in doubt check it again."

HighVelocity wrote:Every morning when I get dressed I fully inspect my pistol before I put it in the holster. You just never know if gremlins, leprechauns or gnomes snuck into the house in the middle of the night and sabotaged your weapon.

Same here. And my guns sleep in a locked gun safe that I am the only one who has the combination. Those gnomes are sneaky - you never know when they will be watching and steal the combo and unload all of your guns.

Instead of checking multiple times, I pause for a deliberate check before holstering, then set it firmly in my mind that I've done so.

I think if I checked multiple times each day, I'd always be doubting whether I'd checked or not.

I'm the same way with unplugging the iron. :D

Kevin

Thanks to a different thread that I read on this site, I now press check my gun every time I put it on. I drop the mag and make sure it is full and then I do a quick press check to make sure I have one in the chamber.

KBCraig wrote:Instead of checking multiple times, I pause for a deliberate check before holstering, then set it firmly in my mind that I've done so.

I think if I checked multiple times each day, I'd always be doubting whether I'd checked or not.

I'm the same way with unplugging the iron. :D

Kevin

My wife has gotten in the habit (nagging) me about it...

Wife: "Is it loaded???"

Steve: "You bet it is, baby!"

Then I realise what she really was talking about...

Ya'll need to stop me...I'm out of control...

It is a good idea to check your night stand from time to time. I often think and realize that it has been a couple of weeks since I even looked at my home protection weapon. I would hate to go for it and my wife had "cleaned out the night stand"!!

jbirds1210 wrote:It is a good idea to check your night stand from time to time. I often think and realize that it has been a couple of weeks since I even looked at my home protection weapon. I would hate to go for it and my wife had "cleaned out the night stand"!!

Every night when I get into bed.

Any firearm that leaves your sight should be inspected upon return.
Every time, like religion.

All it took was one ND to instill that habit.

My friend in the Marines was doing guard duty in Jacksonville one night and he got a call to look out for these two guys suspected of armed robbery. Sure enough they came through and did something he interpreted as threatening, so he drew down on them with his M16 and waited for the other people in the shack/the MP's to get there.

Turns out that one of the guys he was with had removed the firing pin earlier, how's that for a reason to check your weapon throughly.

dws1117 wrote:Every night when I get into bed.

I love those tritium night sites glowing in the dark!

Turns out that one of the guys he was with had removed the firing pin earlier, how's that for a reason to check your weapon throughly

Wow. Just frickin' wow. The Few. The Proud. The...Bro, what were you thinking?

orionengnr wrote:

Turns out that one of the guys he was with had removed the firing pin earlier, how's that for a reason to check your weapon throughly

Wow. Just frickin' wow. The Few. The Proud. The...Bro, what were you thinking?

"I um...thought it would of made a much better stick."

HighVelocity wrote:Any firearm that leaves your sight should be inspected upon return.
Every time, like religion.

+1

That sister-in-law could have killed him, she is guilty of attempted murder and his wife is guilty of aiding a felon...in my mind anyway. I am serious, if he had needed that and it had been unloaded he could have very well been killed...it is just like taking the brakes out of someones car. Because of her trying to impose her anti-gun beliefs in his home she risked his life, thats not right.