I have a couple of colleagues who disagree on something and I’m curious to hear the input of this forum on the two points of view.
The question revolves around the following practice: After loading a semiauto handgun, do a “press check” (pull the slide back a smidge) and visually confirm that a round has indeed loaded into the chamber.
The points of disagreement are:
Point #1: This is a good practice to ensure that the gun does have a round in the chamber.
Versus
Point #2: This is a bad practice because pulling the slide back like this will cause the gun to go out of battery and potentially cause a malfunction.
Those are the points of debate. How do you all respond? Thanks for your input.
I never check because mine is always hot. Theoretically position of next cartridge in magazine could shift causing a malfunction.