I want to meet the fellow who can look down the bore and see the bullet or an empty chamber. Never heard of that method for checking for a loaded chamber.
Me too....nor have I. I never mentioned seeing. All I said was "looking at." You CAN figure out why you'd be looking at the end of a bullet when the muzzle of a hot chambered rifle is pointed at you. There is no need to get goofy about that.
My idea of risk management includes not ever wishing to trade my life in order to, perhaps, get a shot at a trophy animal of any kind.
Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.
