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Originally Posted by mcguyver
Cocked means ready to fire. In a gun with an exposed hammer, that means it's quite visible. Round chambered in a Glock means it's cocked.
But when I use a SERPA, the gun can have the slide open and still be 100% retained in the holster. Not so with a Safariland.
And in a Glock, when you rack the slide back, you are puling back the firing pin and it's retainer. When you pull the trigger, you release the retainer, and the firing pin (more like a firing spring really), gets released. Pull the slide off a Glock and you'll see. You can release the retainer manually, even though the manual says not to.
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Fair enough. Just recalled that when you want to take the Glock apart, you clear it first, dry fire it, then pull the slide back a 1/8" or so, pull the slide keeper down and remove the slide.
Anyways, I dont' use a Safariland, just a Blackhawk Omega drop leg (still love it!), but I carry my KSC G19 with a round in the chamber and the internal hammer cocked........... largely because I get a LOT of use out of my pistol. But I always double tap too, so if there doesn't happen to be a round in the chamber, at least I have one flying out when I need it.