>>64104289

I'm in the Bong military, our manual of arms for the Sharpshooter rifle states you let the bolt go forward and fire off the action to clear the rifle, the safety is left off since you can't put it back on after that. If you want to know the rifle is ready and able to fire you test the fire selector to see if it goes on safe or not.
Firing the action on an early chamber as part of an unload/make safe for the L85 is part of the drill as well.