I don't physically check the chamber of guns, and avoid sticking my fingers in there. It's not like it was an 'acceptability memo' that went out lol. I only own a couple handguns. They get shot a decent amount, and go into battery pretty easy. I don't like chambering my digits. Other people are free to do whatever floats their boat.
What I DO teach is to always look for brass... never look for an empty chamber. Like someone said earlier. The brain is funny in that it will find what you tell it to look for very often.
This is true. I don't have an issue with people physically checking chamber, but for the visual portion you shouldn't train to look for an empty chamber - you should train your eyes to look for brass.
I would add that if it's low light it's even more important to get a visual if possible. If you can't see, how are you really sure you got your finger far enough into chamber and breach to verify? Hopefully you have a light source handy to do both checks.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Last edited: