Plastic hammer...???
Anyway, range NCOs have a simple way to check if the M16's chamber's empty. The have the soldier lock his bolt back and hold his rifle up and the range NCO drops a cleaning rod down it. If it's empty, the bolt will simply bounce back into the forward position. If there's a round in it, either the bolt will not bounce back, or it will bounce and in the process eject the round that shouldn't be there. (There actually is a small chance that the round will fire, but it's underemphasized when you get your range NCO training.)
At that point, the offending soldier will be subjected to something that TSA officials would think is going overboard...
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