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The purpose of looking down the bore is to determine that there is no debris or junk AFTER it has been determined to be unloaded. It makes sense as a "belt and suspenders" approach at the beginning of your shooting day to check that no crap during transportation made its way in there.
Unfortunately, that point is not emphasised and in that entire waste of a weekend they rarely show what the explosive consequences of barrel obstructions can be.
I cant think of an instance where "live" ammunition cant be observed while the barrel is pointed downrange, but checking for squibs and such its the only way other than a cleaning rod
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