How to Weapon Inspect in Rainbow Six Siege
Weapon inspect is the animation that flips your gun over so you can look at the skin, the charm and the attachments without leaving the round. In Rainbow Six Siege X it is a proper bound control rather than a hidden config trick. Here is the button on each platform, how to move it somewhere comfortable, and what to do when nothing happens.
The short answer
- PC: press I.
- Xbox: hold Y.
- PlayStation: hold Triangle.
On controller the same button swaps between your primary and secondary, so a quick press switches guns and a held press inspects. Hold it until the animation finishes if you want to see the whole thing; let go early and the gun drops straight back to the ready position.
If the button does nothing
Three things cause almost every "inspect is not working" post.
- You are reading an old guide. Before Siege X there was no official bind. The advice at the time was to click the middle mouse button or edit GameSettings.ini in your Documents folder. That is no longer how it works, and editing the file is not needed.
- You are not in a neutral state. The animation will not start while you are sprinting, reloading, vaulting, rappelling, planting or using a gadget. Stop moving, let the current animation finish, then press it again.
- Your bind is empty. If you carried settings over from an older install, the inspect line can end up unassigned. Set it again in the controls menu.
Moving the bind somewhere better
I is a stretch from WASD, so most players move it. Open the menu from the main screen or press Escape in a match, go to Options → Controls → Customize Controls, find the weapon inspect line, and set the key or button you want. Two rules worth following:
- Do not put it on a key you need in a fight. Anything you can hit by accident while leaning, dropping prone or switching gadgets will cost you a round eventually.
- Side mouse buttons and controller paddles are the usual homes for it, because nothing else lives there during a gunfight.
The game keeps separate control profiles for mouse and keyboard and for controller, so if you swap between them, set the bind in both.
What inspect actually does
Nothing mechanical. It does not reload, it does not check your magazine count, and it gives no information the HUD is not already showing you. It is there so you can see a skin you paid for, a charm, or the way a sight sits on the rail. That is the whole feature.
It is also a small risk. You are holding an animation instead of holding an angle, and you cannot fire until it ends. Inspect in prep phase, in a cleared room, behind a hard wall, or after the last defender is down. Inspecting in the open in a ranked round is how you end up in someone else's highlight clip.
Where it works
Inspect is available in the standard Siege X modes and in the 6v6 Dual Front mode. The bind is the same everywhere; only the moments when it is safe to use change.
From the screen to the range
Inspecting a weapon in a game is a cosmetic flourish. Inspecting a real one is a safety habit, and it is worth knowing the difference if the shooting you do outside the game is new to you. Every time a real firearm changes hands, the person taking it opens the action and looks into the chamber, then keeps the muzzle pointed somewhere safe and the finger off the trigger until the sights are on target. That check is not a three-second animation you can cancel; it is the first thing anyone at a range will expect you to do.
If the games are what got you interested in the real thing, our guide to buying a gun online in California explains how a purchase actually works here: the dealer you pick, the background check, the ten-day wait and the safety certificate. Plenty of the platforms you use in Siege have real counterparts on the handgun roster and in our rifle and pistol catalog.
