When to do a Press Check?

[Castle]

Here's a fun one for you commando types

How often do you do a "press check?" And do you feel the need to press check immediately after a reload? You know John Wick style.


More importantly, do you do your press check with one hand or two?

If I see young people doing this at the range, I'll just leave.

[GrapeApe]

I'll do a press check when I'm picking it up for the day.
If it's loaded when I pick it up, I know it's still loaded.

[Wambli Ska]

The Glock extractor does a good job of letting me know it’s got one round in the chamber.

[Bigslug]

So. . .for the initial loading up after cleaning, etc..., I lately try (not always) to just load a single round in a mag, chamber it, and drop the now empty mag as my confirmation that there's one in the pipe.

Why? Because stuffing the last round into some of these high-caps can be a real bitch, so why do it twice - especially when arthritis is starting to make its presence felt?

After a reload? I figure if I haven't solved the problem with what was initially in the gun, the reload is likely to be followed immediately by more loud bangs - - a press-check in that situation will be the furthest thing from my mind. Tactical reload of a mag swap with a loaded chamber a lot more likely.

And not sure why in the hell Keanu would do a one-handed press check when he already had the support hand up to rack in the first round anyway. Guy's got some skills, but that one's just stupid cinematic flash.

[Castle]

Ok, if I was the director for this movie and was trying to justify Mr. Wick's one handed press check, I would argue that in all the excitement of the moment he was just making absolutely sure that a round dropped into the chamber. It could be because he can't hear anymore firing so many rounds in an enclosed space or he's paying more attention to his environment and didn't notice the round going in, so he does a press check to be sure.

I can definitely 'feel' the difference between a round going in and a slide dropping on and empty chamber but if you're surrounded by super assasins hell-bent on killing you then maybe you don't notice these things during a reload, so a press check is in order.

So one handed or two handed? In all your excitement, using two hands, you may just rack the slide too far back causing a feed jam or you might eject the loaded round, altogether. Using a one handed press check, you're less likely to do that.

Ok, that's the crap I would feed the actor but my real goal would be cinematic flash! Getting one of those, oh so popular, movie moments that's gonna have audiences everywhere saying, "Oh $h!t, did you see that? That was Bad Azz!"

Translation $$$$$ since my career as a Hollywood director is now assured.

Anyway, just my random thoughts on the issue.

[Jayhawker]

I'll do a press check when I'm picking it up for the day.
If it's loaded when I pick it up, I know it's still loaded.

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