On Sunday 30 December 2001 07:37 pm, Harmon Seaver wrote: > Nobody, but nobody, walks around with an empty chamber, whatever > the caliber. Last I heard the Isreali military still did. An empty chamber was US military standard carry until the switch from 1911 the Beretta. The military was the last to hear about the Modern Technique of the Pistol. David Neilson