Full Mag Plus One ?

[joe d]

Just curious...When you carry,do you rack one into the chamber,remove the mag and reload the mag to full capacity? ( i.e. 6 round mag =6 plus 1 )...I'm asking this because I do this,but I heard someone say that this puts extra pressure on the mag catch and on the follower as well...Is this true, as I do this with all of my autos...

[jocko]

absolutely, what Tucson stated is "gospel"

[yqtszhj]

Yep. Every time.

[Bill K]

Yes. Don't think that any of the folks that won't/don't carry with one in the pipe take a round out of the mag, just doesn't make sense. There would be something in the owners manual to warn against the practice if the practice were a bad one.

[Ol'coot]

yes, always

[rholmes69]

ditto

[OldLincoln]

Yes and don't fret about safety as long as you carry in a holster that protects the trigger from inadvertent movement. One case was a different brand and the leather holster was old and very soft. He leaned over on something and in the process pulled the trigger. So a solid holster (I recommend Silent Thunder) and you're okay. Also don't fret over a dropped Kahr as the striker is not fully cocked and blocked by a mechanical device. Even if that failed, by not being fully cocked, it won't fire.

The only case I heard of was in a training today when a guy carrying a different brand at the range was walking to look at his target with his finger on the trigger. He tripped and in falling put his hand out and jammed the trigger down while pointed at his head. Really bad ending, so keep the finger outside until ready to shoot.

[ripley16]

Me too. I carry X+1. I think I load differently than most though. I chamber the round from a mag that has only one round, then I load a full mag. This way I see the round gone from the first mag and know it is loaded in the pistol. No doubt.

[joe d]

I chamber the round from a mag that has only one round, then I load a full mag.

Likewise here...

[Ikeo74]

Just make sure the chambered round comes from a mag when chambering.
I guess everyone here reading this post knows it is not recommended to load one in the chamber by dropping it into the ejection port. As the opperators manual states, the ejector could be damaged by dropping one in to load.

[Popeye]

Yes every time. Never believed that a full mag would hurt the spring or the gun. Even if the spring was to loose tension after a period of time, it's a small price to pay and easy enough to replace for having that extra round.

[cgo99]

Yep. Every time.

Same here.

[LordJ]

Full mag plus one in the pipe. Is there any other way?

[mikedmd]

Yup here too... with a 6 round mag, one more round topped off after chambering means 15% more ammo.


Mike

[sierrajb]

I, too, keep the pipe loaded with 6 other brothers in the magazine...waiting. Not sure why someone would NEED to load the first bullet in the chamber, THEN load six more in the magazine. I simply load the magazine to the max (6), stick in the PM9, press the slide release to load the first bullet, eject the magazine that now has only 5 bullets, then load the 7th bullet in the magazine, return the magazine to the PM9.

If for some weird reason the first bullet did not chamber, I would be unable to put the 7th bullet in the magazine. Either way if fine, though. So long as you have one in the pipe and 6 in the magazine while carrying.