PS: The 5+1 in the chamber cannot actually work with bolt action rifles sadly since the closing of the bolt strips rounds from the internal magazine. Though any removable magazine weapon can be done that way if you chamber a round and then remove the magazine and replace it with a full magazine.
have you ever handled a ruger M77 mark 2? holds 4 round with no round in the chamber...meaning i can push the top round down and clsoe the bolt or its 1 in the chamber+ 4 in the mag--4+1
my m1 garand does the same..but only if the clip has 7 rounds insted of eight (push down, bolt releases..SLOWLY slide over the top round...pull the op-rod back and rlease and let the lead fly)
WW2 rifles probly cant do this...i have no clue..the kar 98 is my dads, and i have not handled it taht mutch. they were desinged to kill...meaning you need a round in the chamber! so that would be like a 5+0 if you cant push the round down like on the m19/30.
when i paly paintball i have pods to hold extra ammo. 200 round hopper...2 -140 rounds and 2-100 round pods in a belt. you usually dont put the pod back in your belt...and jsut leave it, but if you have the time you can. i like to pick them up and put them back in my belt...and i cna usually remember waht pods are full and whats empty becaue i go from right top to bottem left. but reloading under fire is a pain...as as bad in real life war...but it puts you in a strange position trying to take cover from paint and reload at the same time...and you usually end up spilling like 20 balls on hte ground. and i have many pockets full of junk..maps, 12 gram emerigency 12 gram co2 adapter, barrel brush, squeegey, ETC. and i can remember where that are at ecaue i put them there. and solders had pockets with nothing in it. Colt 45 Killer...your idea works great.
i think the best way would be the RnL way and just cycle out the laoded rounds and use a full stripper. half loaded stripers would add realism...as a cartrige belt usually ahd 2-5 rounds in each pouch. (on 1 en-bloc clip per pouch for the m1).
or at the laod out screen you cna pick how many rounds you want to strip out before you spawn in. if i stripp 10, then i lsoe 2 stripper clips..but still have he same number of BANG!
and with out this the rifleman has a gread disatvangage over EVERYTHING else. hell, even the m1 garand can mid clip reload...something COD has not figured out yet aperently!
my thoughts are random..and differnet ideas jsut come to me at random times...plus i type to fast and get all stuff like teh, adn, ETC...sorry. i will try to organize them better and slow down, but dont expect mutch. no offence taken!