loading a single round

[Bawanna]

Like finger nails on a chalk board, I can't stand it when someone uses the slide release to return the slide to battery on an empty gun. Slam, bam, thank you ma'am.

Me too? Especially on a 1911, sling shot with gusto when loading but when it's empty treat it kindly.
I have a detective that instinctively wants to sling shot after checking for empty, does it without thinking.
I remind him anytime he holds one of mine, no longer an issue since mine will be in the van.

[jg rider]

I would avoid releasing the slide from lock on a chambered round. The slamming of the extractor against the rim is what causes the damage.

Conversely, I polished the extractor face to a near ramp like feel and gently lower the slide against it, then press the slide pushing the extractor over the rim. It may not be the best thing but I don't believe it harms anything - of course I may be 100% wrong and regret it someday.

I agree 100% with OldLincoln. I've been lowering the slide and then pushing the slides on all 4 of our Kahrs 3 x a week when done practicing since 1999, and we're still using the original extractors. All I did as OldLoncoln did was polish the front face of the extractor. And for more reliable mag feeding I beveled the bottom corner of the the hook. The Kahrs have a really steep ramp angle and with the nose first dipping down it makes it even worse for the bullet nose hitting the ramp. Repeated chambering of the same round out of the mag will cause bullet set back.
If it's to hard to get the the extractor to ride over the rim you can alway cut coils off of the extractor spring or shorten the rod. AFAIK all an extractor is for is to hold and help guide the case back against the ejector, not pull the case out out.

I know that people say that you shouldn't do this with a 1911, but again with a newer style tuned extractor I've been doing it for years. I'm frugal, I only want to fire my SD rounds once a year, so I want the chambered round to always be the same one

Does anyone know of any centerfire pistols that aren't controlled feed? Maybe the tip up barrel types?