I always look (with my eyes...) to make sure the chamber is clear...
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I request that all hunters unload their weapons before getting out of their stand. And ask everyone every time if their gun is unloaded when I pick them up. Having loaded guns hauled around in and out vehicles and hunting camp is a disaster waiting to happen. I'm never without a gun and feel if you want to have a loaded gun keep it CC. I don't shoot a lot, but I shoot almost every day.... already shot twice today and still have a hour or 2 of checking property left.6-- Repeatedly unloading a guns chamber and then later re-chambering that same round can cause a condition known as "bullet setback" where the bullet gets pushed back further into the case than it should go. This can cause feeding problems and reliability issues because of the bullet profile is different --the overall length is different.
It can also cause a dangerous increase in chamber pressures.
The ammo manufacturers say that once you extract a cartridge from a pistol's chamber you should not re-chamber it again, and should discard it.
(Or, if it passes visual inspection, set it aside for practice only. But that gets expensive and troublesome if you do that often. I'd rather just leave loaded guns fully loaded and lock them up out of reach if safety and safe storage is the issue.)