Concealed Carry Handgun Conditions - Which 4 Are Best For You?

[@JetpackSniper085]

I like this more technical take on “should you carry with a round in the chamber?”. I didn’t start EDC until after the Marine Corps and wasn’t confident w/ con. 0 or 1 until a year after after that.

[@tucsonjack3991]

I carry my 1911’s (I have 2 both are 45acp) in condition 3. It’s a confidence thing with me. My Beretta Tomcat 32acp in condition 3 with a round in the chamber, safety on. It has the flip up barrel and the first shot can be double or single action. Subsequent shots are single action. My Sig P238 in condition 3. My Colt Cobra with all 6 chambers loaded. It has the Transfer Bar Safety. My Ruger Wrangler with all 6 chambers loaded. It has the Transfer Bar Safety. My Cimmaron Frontier 45 Colt (replica of Colt 1873 SAA) with 5 rounds loaded and the hammer resting on an empty chamber. Thank you John Wayne.

[@XRedJar]

If you carry concealed, condition 1 or 0 always! I do like a manual safety on my carry gun, and sweeping the safety off during the draw stroke can be trained to. In the cool weather, I carry a 365XL with no safety. I do carry that condition 0. In either case, training to how you carry is the key. I was shown first hand how in a self defense encounter that you can NOT expect to have time to go from condition 3 to condition 0. Best advice I have is if you are going to carry, get good training. Then continue to train, and then train some more.

[@scoutndad1941]

I agree Keith. I carry my 320 in condition 0 for years and now that I am a .45 owner, I will likely carry it in condition 1 and just really get the muscle memory down to toggling the safety off on drawing and back on reholstering it.

[@saiyang9088]

Shouldn’t you always have your safety on until you’re ready to fire

[@bretarmstrong6303]

Condition 0?! What the hell are you civies talking about? There's 4, that's it. I'd go condition 1. Round in chamber, magazine loaded, safety on. Condition 0 does not exist, at least in the military, and you don't want your safety off.

[@Of-AgeConsentingNon-Related]

​@@bretarmstrong6303"you don't want your safety off" what about when ready to fire? safety off, loaded gun = condition 0. the guy that invented it made it that way

[@chrisbohanon403]

​@@scoutndad1941we have to do it with an AR or AK so why not on a pistol?? Works great on a m&p infact the safety helps keep the pistol under control during recoil!

[@OnePieceWonPeace]

Excellent video.

[@properfpv7160]

Condition 0 on an LCP max. Has no manual safety so I keep it in a kydex case fully loaded. 10 + 1 with a spare 12 round magazine. Racking the slide on it is prone to short stroke because you have to pop it at the end of the stroke so in an emergency there’s a chance racking the slide might be a problem even with practice. I do not carry appendix. Strong side. If I’m home I keep it in a non electronic, quick access safe in the Kydex case with a 12 round magazine and two spare magazines, loaded with Hornady CD and Underwood Critical Defense. I just don’t f with it unless I’m sending rounds down range and I always treat it like it is loaded.

[@rfdsrd]

Carry a revolver or a double action pistol ... IF you can handle the increased trigger pull.

[@peterbills4129]

Did you year 6 shots, or only 15?

[@bmaxse]

You left out the category of DA/SA hammer fired with decocker, with or without safety.

[@r64g]

I carry a revolver, and it has a round in every single chamber!

[@johnwall9725]

A question or opinions , how do people feel about carrying a 1911 in the half cocked position

[@MrHotshot66]

I carry my 1911 in condition 1 8 in the mag one in the chamber

[@proudbirther1998]

Most people afraid to carry in condition 1 or 0 are just ignorant of what the safety actually do. Most of these pistols have redundant safeties and firing pin blocks. Once educated they will understand they will be free of ignorance. I watched one video with a guy who actually explained how safeties and firing pin blocks work. I thing more of that needs to be shown on these CONDITION CARRY videos.

[@michaelwestmoreland2530]

I had no idea condition 4 was even a thing. What's 5? "Requires Gunsmithing"?

[@williamshockley7692]

Condition 5 would probably be having your gun in Condition 1 but locked up inside a portable gun safe. Condition 6 is the same gun with an empty chamber, empty magazine, and locked away in a safe.

[@mturzanski]

Condition 7 is just having your wallet in a your pocket and looking at guns at the store 😂

[@OnePieceWonPeace]

Muzzle loaded 😂

[@chriskuczynskimusic34]

As long as you are COMFORTABLE with carrying the firearm, the condition doesn't really matter.....Example, I started carrying condition 3 because i was a new gun owner, then as i got more experienced i to this day carry in condition 1. I carried a Glock 27 when i first started in condition 3 because there is no external safety.....wasnt used to it YET. Now i carry a Taurus G3C and i carry it ready to go with the external safety on. For training I then learned how to draw and drop the safety, not really that much of a difference from racking the slide on my glock....it actually takes me less time to drop the slide than it did to rack the slide. Maybe it is because my confidence got better idk....but the point is...as long as you carry, do what is best for you and your comfort level and safety. No one else's opinion matters at that point.

[@LesRinehart-u6i]

DeSantis 😂

[@LennyDiPaolo]

I would never buy DeSantis anything!

[@JustKnowz]

Condition 0 ALWAYS… the last minute advice that “you can always go from cond 3 to cond 0 when going from low to high threat environment” is bad advice. Once you pull out that weapon to rack the slide, anyone in the vicinity is now alerted to your status as an armed person and this is a tactical disaster. The advantage of concealed carry is that THEY DONT KNOW YOU ARE CARRYING.

[@LesRinehart-u6i]

Way unsafe here don’t play with live rounds

[@uberawnsom]

If your not comfortable carrying condition 0 then you shouldn't carry a firearm, keep it at home

[@rfdsrd]

Absolute nonsense.

[@nickshanyfelt5886]

I agree. It’s not a tool for self defense when it needs prepped in a self defense situation. It becomes an agitator for the other parties. If you need to draw your weapon, you better need to use it as well! Otherwise it stays concealed

[@rfdsrd]

@@nickshanyfelt5886 There are locations where laws forbid Condition 0 CCW - you should carry anyway.