I used to drop the hammer on an empty chamber when storing or otherwise handling an unloaded AR.
Years back ringworm called me out for not having the selector in the safe position in a hunting photo.
This caused me to reevaluate my gun handling and now I never drop the hammer and always engage the safety.
I think is a better way to safely handle the AR platform.
Over on AR15.com we have had a few spirited discussion.
Thoughts?
In the AF when we turned our M-16 in at the end of shift they were always cleared, trigger pulled to release the sear and left off safe of course since it cannot be put on safe in that condition.
When not stored we were required to load magazine, not put one in chamber and left off safe of course. At times when we were expecting trouble, like after 9/11 we had a round in the chamber and rifle on safe.
