Loaded Chamber Indicator

[Darth]

Has anyone ever come up with a loaded chamber indicator ?

I sometimes keep a round in my 2300T for the quick dispatch of the typical garden pests ...
I simply load the pellet then de-cock the hammer.
The trouble is ... sometimes I don't remember if I have one in there or not ... 

[7624452]

I would open the bolt and look. 

[mudduck48]

I would not load the weapon, until I was going to use it. That must be why "they" taught us to always treat every gun as if it were loaded.

[CraigH]

I must admit to the same situation as Darth.  I will have the air pistol readied and the vermin disappears so the pistol is put aside and sometimes I forget whether or not if a pellet has/had been inserted.  And I always apply the safety after firing so that is not a useful indicator.  I may retrain to "safety off - no pellet" and "safety on - pellet loaded".  But teaching an old dog is difficult.  And this would be for the "go to" vermin controller, not general policy.

On the question of loaded chamber indicator, the lack of a powder case which seals the firearm, makes the chamber indicator a difficult addition, I think.

[KevinP]

If loaded and not used I always shoot it out and store with the bolt open ....   

[quickster47 †]

I keep a pellet in most of my guns and also when there is a pellet loaded I always keep the safety on so I know it is loaded.  Took me awhile to grasp the idea but now it is second nature.

Carl

[Darth]

I keep a pellet in most of my guns and also when there is a pellet loaded I always keep the safety on so I know it is loaded.  Took me awhile to grasp the idea but now it is second nature.

Hmmm ... that might just work ...

I'll have to give it a try 

But still ... an indicator would be way cool ... I'll have to dwell on that a bit ...

[twigboy]

Sometimes I use a thin dowel rod inserted and marked (red) when chamber is empty so that when a pellet/bb is loaded the red shows beyond the muzzle.  Like a muzzleloader ramrod.  Not so much for me but as a visual reminder to others.  Just don't go shooting the rod out.

[RinCG]

I keep a small soup can filled with duct seal near points of strategic ambush points to fire  loaded "unneeded" pellet into. Keeps me from guessing "did i fire 6 shots or 5, i kinda lost track"  keeps this punk from feeling lucky.

[mudduck48]

OK, how about this, load a pellet, keep the bolt open, that way you know the gun is safe.

[WyoMan]

I've never seen one, Darth... and I'm not sure how it could be made. I like Carl's idea about the safety - if one's in the hole and you de-cock, then flip the safety on. I have a simple approach... bolt open - empty, bolt closed - chambered... but I understand what your saying.

[Darth]

OK, how about this, load a pellet, keep the bolt open, that way you know the gun is safe.

Well, that might work for some  ...but I leave the bolt 1/2 open all the time just to keep the O-ring from "taking shape"

I was kinda thinking of a spring loaded "push to test" pin of some nature.
A real small hole drilled into the area where the pellet resides and that pin (when pushed) would touch the pellet if one was in there. If it was empty the pin would go in flush with the breech.

Or perhaps a bolt that had a spring loaded "test pin" ... when the bolt was closed it would push the pin in and show in the bolt ... or something like that ... hmmmmm

[stevecurr]

All the suggestions about leaving the bolt open. Isn't that bad for the hammer spring?

[Darth]

All the suggestions about leaving the bolt open. Isn't that bad for the hammer spring?

Na ... I don't cock it, I just unlatch the bolt and slide it back until the O-ring clears.
There isn't any spring tension on anything at all when I do that ...

This is a 2300T ... just so ya know ...

[45 Bravo]

I sometimes leave one loaded, but I put a rubber band around the bolt handle to remind me.