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basscatfrank · 03-14-2008, 08:59 AM

The owners manual for my XD .40 describes the loading procedure as racking the slide back, dropping the empty magazine, inserting a full one, then releasing the slide to chamber a round. What if you don't want to chamber a round? Is there any problem if you just insert a loaded mag and don't put one in the pipe? Before anyone says why do you want to carry without a round in the chamber, Two reasons, I am carrying it around the house to break in a new leather holster, and I want to get a little more acclimated to the gun before I start to carry it that way.

On a side note, since I bought the gun I visit this site daily and have learned quite a lot. Thank you all.

One more thing, I have been scouring the internet trying to find the XD accessory kit with the three hi-cap mags. No one seemed to have any left. Luckily for me, I found an Army Navy store in MN that had one left for $45 which I snagged right up!

**mhillsing23** · 03-14-2008, 09:04 AM

Inserting a full mag without chambering a round won't cause any problems. Just make sure and give the mag base a good slap to ensure that it is seated all the way since the slide is already in battery.

propellerhead · 03-14-2008, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by basscatfrank

What if you don't want to chamber a round? Is there any problem if you just insert a loaded mag and don't put one in the pipe?

That's fine. It won't hurt the gun in any way.

redtree · 03-14-2008, 09:20 AM

I don't see a problem with inserting a loaded mag with nothing in the chamber. I've also heard it suggested that when you are trying to get used to carrying around a gun with one in the chamber, you can use a snap cap in the chamber insted of a live round. That way the gun is still "loaded" but not with a live round.

slugger6 · 03-14-2008, 09:28 AM

It's a matter of personal preference. I carry with one in the chamber though.

Reno82 · 03-14-2008, 11:09 AM

I carry with one in the chamber... When I draw it to defend myself and family it's ready to go. If I leave the chamber empty it takes extra thought and time to load it.... in my opinion its to late then. To draw and chamber a round takes 3-4 seconds for me... while drawing and firing is under 2 seconds. In a situation 3-4 seconds is 7-20 yds if a BG was running toward you. Just my 2 cents. Good luck...

**trelane** · 03-14-2008, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Reno82

. In a situation 3-4 seconds is 7-20 yds if a BG was running toward you. Just my 2 cents. Good luck...

Your hypothetical bad guy is in better shape than I'm in, would he happen to have a gym recommendation?

profesor · 03-14-2008, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by mhillsing23

Inserting a full mag without chambering a round won't cause any problems. Just make sure and give the mag base a good slap to ensure that it is seated all the way since the slide is already in battery.

+1

jblakk · 03-14-2008, 02:08 PM

For just breaking in your new holster, its not a big deal that you don't have a round chambered.

As for will it effect the gun in any way, think of it like your doing 13+1, and the +1 is in the chamber. The common way to load the +1 is to put a mag in, drop the slide, pull the mag out/switch to a full mag. Then re-insert a full mag. In this case it would be just the same as just keeping a full mag in the gun.

Hope that clarifies any confuion.

03-14-2008, 08:59 AM	#1
basscatfrank XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: NH Posts: 27	Newby With a Question The owners manual for my XD .40 describes the loading procedure as racking the slide back, dropping the empty magazine, inserting a full one, then releasing the slide to chamber a round. What if you don't want to chamber a round? Is there any problem if you just insert a loaded mag and don't put one in the pipe? Before anyone says why do you want to carry without a round in the chamber, Two reasons, I am carrying it around the house to break in a new leather holster, and I want to get a little more acclimated to the gun before I start to carry it that way. On a side note, since I bought the gun I visit this site daily and have learned quite a lot. Thank you all. One more thing, I have been scouring the internet trying to find the XD accessory kit with the three hi-cap mags. No one seemed to have any left. Luckily for me, I found an Army Navy store in MN that had one left for $45 which I snagged right up!

03-14-2008, 09:04 AM	#2
mhillsing23 XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: +38 26 31 -90 22 48 Posts: 3,178	Inserting a full mag without chambering a round won't cause any problems. Just make sure and give the mag base a good slap to ensure that it is seated all the way since the slide is already in battery. __________________ Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them. - Ronald Wilson Reagan

03-14-2008, 09:20 AM	#4
redtree XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Happy Valley, Utah Posts: 799	I don't see a problem with inserting a loaded mag with nothing in the chamber. I've also heard it suggested that when you are trying to get used to carrying around a gun with one in the chamber, you can use a snap cap in the chamber insted of a live round. That way the gun is still "loaded" but not with a live round. __________________ “We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security.” Dwight D. Eisenhower If you lend someone $20, and never see that person again, it was probably worth it. *DON'T BLAME ME I DIDN'T VOTE FOR HIM!!!*

03-14-2008, 09:28 AM	#5
slugger6 XDTalk 20K Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 22,178	It's a matter of personal preference. I carry with one in the chamber though. __________________ "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us". - Ralph Waldo Emerson

03-14-2008, 11:09 AM	#6
Reno82 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alaska Posts: 1,405	I carry with one in the chamber... When I draw it to defend myself and family it's ready to go. If I leave the chamber empty it takes extra thought and time to load it.... in my opinion its to late then. To draw and chamber a round takes 3-4 seconds for me... while drawing and firing is under 2 seconds. In a situation 3-4 seconds is 7-20 yds if a BG was running toward you. Just my 2 cents. Good luck... __________________ XD-45acp Service, Ruger Mark III 22/45 Kimber SS Custom Target II 10mm, Walther G22 (FUN GUN), XD-45acp Tactical,XD-9 Sub-Compact, DPMS AR-15: 9mm, RRA CAR A4 Upper 223/5.56, S&W 642 38 special w/ CT grips, Upper ALEX ARMS 19.5" 6.5 GRENDEL (in order of purchase)

03-14-2008, 02:08 PM	#9
jblakk XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Orlando, Fl Posts: 558	For just breaking in your new holster, its not a big deal that you don't have a round chambered. As for will it effect the gun in any way, think of it like your doing 13+1, and the +1 is in the chamber. The common way to load the +1 is to put a mag in, drop the slide, pull the mag out/switch to a full mag. Then re-insert a full mag. In this case it would be just the same as just keeping a full mag in the gun. Hope that clarifies any confuion. __________________ -Everything in Moderation - Including moderation -God didn't make all people equal...Colt did. - Hadalgo Taurus bi-tone PT-111 millenium(9mm) SA XD-9 with Trijicon SA XD-40sc Ruger Secutity-Six 4" Bicentenial model(.357) Spikes Tactical AR-15 (5.56/.223)

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