This has been bugging me since the first time I played Snake Eater and I've never been able to find a good answer for this. Also, I guess some people would consider this spoilers so now you're warned.
When Snake first encounters Ocelot, he sees him ejecting the first bullet in his Makarov(?) by hand. When they fight later on the gun jams and Snake tells Ocelot that it was because of him trying to show off with a technique he had only heard/read about. Later on the codec Snake refers to this technique as "The middle-eastern-technique" if I remember correctly.
So my question is what exactly is this technique supposed to do? Is it supposed to have any benefits? I've read various theories and one popular is that by doing the technique the gun can hold one extra bullet by getting one bullet in the chamber and then inserting a full magazine. The theory is that this would allow a gun to hold one extra bullet. One in the chamber and I believe it's eight bullets in a makarov-magazine. I have never bought in to this theory since he would have been able to achieve the same result by firing 7 bullets and then inserting a new magazine, or simply chamber the first round and then changing magazine. So, does any of you duders know what this technique is all about? And also, I don't see any reason why it would make his gun jam?
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