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Even from just movies and video games, I know to empty the breech and not just take out the magazine.
At the same time: It should be treated as loaded 100% of the time even if you just 100% fully unloaded it.
I go the extra mile and treat it as loaded even after taking it apart. Never know when the barrel tube might go rogue.
It is so very important to know that there is a right order in which to do this, too. Many many NDs come from people racking the slide then dropping the mag. At least one life that I know of would have been saved by getting the order right
Yep. When I check my rifling I do so from the back of the barrel lol.
Ding ding ding. If you can see light when looking up the barrel through the breech/chamber, your weapon is very likely to be clear.