Dang! ;o)

24. The procedure for inspecting our rifles was as follows. Upon the command, "For Inspection, Port Arms!" we were required to bring our weapons diagonally across our bodies, the muzzle to the left about head-high and the butt held in the right hand a little below our waists. At the same time, we had to open the bolt to expose the breach.


28. Grabbing the rifle from my hands, he presented the muzzle to my eye, sticking his own thumb into the breach for my inspection.


34. The Lieutenant thrust the weapon into my hands and turned to Sgt. Parker.

36. So, predictably, I was charged and soon found myself in the Company Commanders' [plural?] office and, also predictably, was awarded several more days of "Confined to Barracks with Extra Duty." And for the rest of my training, the Lieutenant never missed an opportunity to check my rifle barrel.