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txinvestigator wrote: If you remove the magazine you remove the possibility that a new round could be chambered when lowering the slide

I suppose but in any gun with a magazine that I have used a round in the mag would be pretty hard to miss. If the slide/bolt is locked back and I am peeking into the chamber I get a pretty good view.

At any rate I probably won't worry about it to much with my own guns and my own ammo. But I learned something today, and will make a habit of dropping the mag before locking the slide back. on a strange gun. I always thought I was pretty careful about checking and clearing guns, but I do learn something new every day.

Hmm... Have I been doing something unsafe? I don't typically drop the mag when checking a gun. I lock it back and inspect the chamber. running my pinky through seems like a good idea, but I've never though of removing the mag as part of the process. It would be pretty obvious if there was a cartridge ready to load in the mag.

Perhaps I need a rethink. Not all cartridges are brassy and shiny anymore.