Good points. Our gunny used to say.... After your M-16 jams, and it will, all you have is a 7.5 pound clubTell me what you think. Is a pistol with a fully loaded magazine locked in place but no round in the chamber considered loaded? I say no, it's unloaded.
In my mind it’s loaded but it’s a loaded rock, not a gun. Why anyone would carry a gun without a round in the chamber totally bewilders me. The same with manual safeties. ANYTHING that slows down my ability to put the gun into action is something I’m going to avoid like the plague.
-Geaux