Chamber Safety Flags

[Belt Fed]

A lock is a lock. Even if you don't lock your gun with it. I see them on gym lockers at Planet Fatness all the time

Those locks are a joke, i can defeat that lock in 2 seconds. But if you trust them i can send you might be near a 100 of em now.

 

[mikep]

we are not required to use them. some people do though. as long as the action is open we're good to go.
however, i do use them if i am sending something back to the manufacturer.

 

[bc22wm]

Don't use them. Not required on my back porch or down at the gravel pit. I check my guns EVERY TIME I pick them up, put them down, put them on or take them off. Then I'm an old FUDD.

 

[Musashi]

I usually use them.
Most of the matches I’ve shot require the use of them so I got in the habit.

I like them. It’s a quick way to verify an open action.

I started having the 4-H kids use them. We always have a variety of guns on the tables (different action types, lengths, etc) so it makes it a lot easier to verify that many guns are open and clear. If nothing else, it gets them to place the gun with the ejection port up.

I make them from a piece of string trimmer line and a square of bright colored duct tape for a flag.

Airguns get a full-length flag, CBI- Clear Bore Indicator. The trimmer string is long enough to stick out the muzzle and breech.
With an airgun, a pellet could be stopped anywhere along the length of the barrel, and the next kid could come along, and still have a “live” gun without knowing it.

Good points. We use them in basic pistol classes. In addition to teaching grip, draw, join and extend, many newbies are still new to thumb position, racking, stance and most importantly handling firearms safety in a group of other shooters. Ejection ports up and flagged on the table in between trigger pulls and finding resets is good practice in this scenario and esp reassuring to the instructors.

 

[KillerFord1977]

Those locks are a joke, i can defeat that lock in 2 seconds. But if you trust them i can send you might be near a 100 of em now.

I use them as a fancy form of a zip tie. About all they are good for

 

[Lo-Profile]

Those locks are a joke, i can defeat that lock in 2 seconds. But if you trust them i can send you might be near a 100 of em now.

Springfield locks use to be all the same key .... Had a few XD's years ago, every one had the same key

 

[BassCliff]

Hi,

I think I have more locks than chamber flags. They're all in one of the larger SA pistol boxes. The only time I use a lock is when the gun is not in the safe and there's a chance a young child might find where I've hidden it.

If by chance I'm traveling across state lines with a few guns in the trunk, I will use locks 'cause some state laws are screwy. (I sometimes drive through Illinois.) Better safe than sorry.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

 

[HayesGreener]

I have used chamber flags when conducting classes to drive home a point when people are going down range. If you don't emphasize it, some dumba$$ will surely be screwing with his gun on the bench while others are downrange servicing targets.

 

[SimonRL]

i bought a bunch of them, 1 for every gun that i own, and keep each in the pouch the gun and mags are in..the state run outdoor range requires them, they even provide a "thin weed whacker" line, so thin, you can hardly see it..., mine are bigger and thicker.

at the indoor range, if i have to go to the bathroom, i stick 1 in the chamber, pull back the slide and face the gun down range.

at my club, i am the only person there, so no need.

I’m assuming you leave the floor to go to the bathroom?

 

[Old_Me]

I’m assuming you leave the floor to go to the bathroom?

is that a requirement where you go..???

no one ever told me.

something for me to remember next time i guess

 

[Sharks79]

I remember that. I don’t think they did. Couple of indoor ranges around here you can come back at closing to get whatever went down range while you were shooting.

I will use a chamber flag if I take a gun to the gunsmith.

In that instance RSO did come in and retrieve. Can find the post but I specifically remember the guy next to me was annoying because he would back up from the line

 

[SimonRL]

is that a requirement where you go..???

no one ever told me.

something for me to remember next time i guess

I’m young enough that I can hold myself…

…for now.

 

[TEXASforLIFE]

From the 3 indoor ranges I've been in the last 7 years none were required, what was required was slide locked back, mag out and hands off. Even getting to the line firearm must be in the bag/case, opposed to slide locked back, mag out and pointed in safe direction. I mostly shoot on my property with no one around. Only range rule is "don't shoot myself " wife will be ticked at me for eternity and beyond!

 

[Old_Me]

I’m young enough that I can hold myself…

…for now.

 

[Annihilator]

To me the locks are worthless, I never use them, I keep them in the box in case I decide to get rid of the gun, actually they are very cheap, not a secure lock for safety in my opinion.

 

[Old_Me]

To me the locks are worthless, I never use them, I keep them in the box in case I decide to get rid of the gun, actually they are very cheap, not a secure lock for safety in my opinion.

if you guys are talking about these locks...i do believe they are all made in Chinesim land

its as you know usually inside every gun box..it satisfies keeping the gun's case, or gun locked (if the gun comes in a cardboard box), until you get it home....at least here in my state.

in my state, maybe others, when you have a ccw, no lock is required

with out that ccw, at least in my state, get caught with an unlocked case or gun, after leaving the LGS, both of you and the LGS are in trouble. as it is now, my LGS IS IN a school zone, been there for years, so for the time being, still grandfathered in.......but the Anti 2A numbnutz's are still trying to abolish that. ...do not forget..Demoncratic's running things here, and it CAN happen.

new legislation prohibits gun stores to be with-in 500 feet of a school....

and yes, i too leave the cable lock in the box/case, usually in the plastic envelope it comes in, for the next owner.

 

[The Night Rider]

Those locks are a joke, i can defeat that lock in 2 seconds. But if you trust them i can send you might be near a 100 of em now.

I can defeat most padlocks within less than a minute. The only reason you put a lock on your gym locker is so the thief will go to an open locker and steal from that instead.

 

[Belt Fed]

I can defeat most padlocks within less than a minute. The only reason you put a lock on your gym locker is so the thief will go to an open locker and steal from that instead.

I need a gym locker, i'm old and fat. But you are correct, any deterrent helps.

 

[Oldmountaiman]

Only time I used them was when I went to the new indoor range, they got all kind of rules, just like NASCAR…..

They got in the way when I tried to stop a midnight prowler.

 

[Sharks79]

I can defeat most padlocks within less than a minute. The only reason you put a lock on your gym locker is so the thief will go to an open locker and steal from that instead.

Couple open end wrenches