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Shut? On an empty chamber? Or was one up the spout?:yaeh am not durnk:

I know of a gun shop manager getting caught out in a somewhat similar
manner.
Customer brought in rifle saying his bolt had a problem, had bolt in one hand and rifle in the other.
Manager got...

Less dramatic but a chap I hunted with ( many years ago) used to carry his 303 with one up the spout and the bolt closed in the fired position, he claimed it was safe (“see, you can pull the trigger...

Safety on the Finnwolf, half-cock on ‘cocking on closing’ bolt actions and again safety on semi auto and pump actions

Always follow the standard rules especially the safe direction one.