Originally Posted By: JeepyjerThis is the first time I ever read anything or even heard or even thought on doing with a live round in chamber.
I'm surprised that this is news to so many of you, as I was shown this technique at least 25 years ago. The technique under discussion was presented as a way of increasing magazine capacity. As you well know, some safeties operate from the side and it's not too hard to have one flip off from brush or what not, therefore this was presented as a pretty safe way to carry live rounds in the chamber.
HOWEVER!!!! After getting some rifles in which I could clearly see part of the bolt moving as the firing pin moved, it was easy to figure out that a strike on that bolt could result in a fired round. So, I stopped carrying this way (and a long time ago, too).
Point being, though, is that I'm not even a gun expert and I've heard of (used, even!) this technique.
