Isnt that the truth.
About 30 years ago, i removed the magazine, cycled the slide, pointed (lucky for me) at the discharge barral, and pulled the trigger.
BANG!!!
Now I look at the chamber, and stick my pinky into it if the light is less than very bright.
On pain of death of a loved one, do not trust the extractor to pick up the chambered round.
Unfortunately, that seems to be the number one cause of accidents of semi-auto pistols. Newcomers to the pistol later assume that once the loaded magazine is extracted, the pistol is unloaded, forgetting they chambered a round when they loaded it.
There is another reason why should always assume a firearm is always loaded—broken firearms. Even when they are unloaded, they can be dangerous. I had a friend who owned a gunshop, he sold new firearms, used, and could even fabricate and build them. One day a customer brought in a 12 gauge shotgun and said “every time I chamber a round, it goes off when I close the slide”. After looking it over and inspecting the firing pin and block, he said “thats impossible”. Setting the shotgun on it’s buttstock on the counter, he put in a shell and closed the chamber, and it went off leaving a nice 12 gauge slug hole up through his ceiling and roof, whats worse, his son was sitting on the counter with his head about 12 inches away from the barrel. He closed the shop and didn’t return for about 2 months it shook him up so bad. His son was fine, but shook up. He was a unit armorer and explosives expert in Korea during the war. Thats why you always handle a firearm as loaded, even when it’s not—yet.
Don’t forget the visual inspection. No extractor is 100% infallible.
Isnt that the truth.
About 30 years ago, i removed the magazine, cycled the slide, pointed (lucky for me) at the discharge barral, and pulled the trigger.
BANG!!!
Now I look at the chamber, and stick my pinky into it if the light is less than very bright.
On pain of death of a loved one, do not trust the extractor to pick up the chambered round.
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Dead on -— never never trust a mechanical empty chamber check.