Am I the only one that can "hear the round chamber"?
When loading from empty, I always listen when I chamber a round, then flip the rifle sideways to check and make sure the bolt is in battery.
Tell me I'm not the only one that 'listens' to hear if a round is chambering...
OK, you're not the only one that listens to hear if a round is chambering. Sometimes, it's too F'ing noisy to hear anything.
Train like you fight. Press-checks, right-left load (what I described above), checking a "cleared" chamber by sticking your finger in it, making sure your magazines are all pointing in the correct direction in your mag pouch (there's only one correct way to grasp a magazine), etc. All these things are tactile confirmations of what you think you know about your readiness to fight.
Ed
