The red/orange tags are essentially the same, may differ only in detail and wording. Here's the text of mine from a US Air flight to Charleston, SC, 2 weeks ago:
I understand that the carriage of a loaded weapon is a violation of federal regulations. I therefore declare that the firearm(s) contained in my luggage is not loaded and all ammunition is separated from the firearm(s). Further, I declare that there is no loose ammunition in my baggage.
Flight #, Employee # of the airline personnel processing my declaration, date, and "STN" (I'm presuming it means "station") fields were filled in by the counter lady. Passenger signs to declare.
The center of gravity is separated from the weapon and that there's no loose ammo, but whether or not jammed mags with caps, or put in a pouch or ziplock bag is okay is often dependent upon the interpretation of whichever airline employee or TSA rep is on-hand. Coin-toss, but I default to keeping jammed mags in a zippered man-purse when I don't use an ammo can.
Once inspected and your baggage secured, you may either simply hand off to the counter person to get it on the belt, OR you'll be escorted with your bag to where it can be scanned and go into the chute. Richmond airport, it's the former (they'll call me over the loudspeaker if any further action is required, but I wait around the counter for 5-10min just in case...), at Dulles I get escorted to a screening station. I've no experience with your origin airport, so I couldn't begin to tell you which it'll be.
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