Personally, if I'm putting the rifle in a position where it could be mechanically dismembered, like in a scabbard on a horse or climbing up a cliff or something, it will be unchambered.
Say, south-of-me-Jeff, I thought that BLR was bullet-proof? Sort of a pun there!
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender