Sorry, an error occurred and we could not sign you up. The easy way to remember the right thing to do is found in the phrase, “Slam it loaded, but ease it empty.” That could cause a failure to chamber if you did it when you were loading, but two protocols aren’t that hard to master.
You want to ease it forward when it’s unloaded. That cushioning is absent when the slide is slammed closed on an empty chamber. The slide’s forward movement is cushioned in the firing cycle by the resistance of the cartridge it is stripping off the top of the magazine. As noted above, it is harmful to the sear mechanism according to some top pistolsmiths. This doesn’t do the extractor (or sear on a 1911) any good. Left thumb is about to slam slide closed on empty chamber. Now, we are going to close the slide and put the unloaded pistol away. You have locked the slide open and confirmed by sight and by feel (it’s easiest with the pinky finger of the non-dominant hand) that both magazine well and chamber are empty. When it’s time to unload, you have completely removed the magazine and have then drawn the slide to the rear to eject the live cartridge from the chamber. Voila: your 1911 is now fully and safely loaded to full capacity.
Re-insert the magazine into the pistol until you hear and feel it click into place. Remove the magazine and replace that topmost cartridge. To get to full cartridge capacity, rack the slide to chamber the topmost cartridge from a fully inserted magazine, then on-safe the pistol and holster it. NOOO! Dropping a round into the chamber by hand and then slamming the slide closed is the mark of an amateur, and can damage the pistol. Moreover, most 1911 pistolsmiths agree that the habit doesn’t do the sear mechanism any good, either. The extractor wasn’t designed to close over the rim that way, and it beats the heck out of the extractor hook, setting the stage for malfunction or breakage. One thing that makes knowledgeable 1911 users cringe is when a “noobie” locks the slide open, drops a live round into the firing chamber through the ejection port, then slams the slide closed. The 1911 is an outstanding design, but it requires specific handling and operation procedures.
So let’s look at a few examples, and why each of those is a really bad idea. Yep, there are a lot of 1911 handling mistakes going on out there right now. Automobiles have been with us somewhat longer than that, and people are still abusing them, so it’s no surprise that the same is known to happen with 1911 handguns. The 1911 pistol has been with us for going on 110 years.
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