Slide Dropping in Mag Load

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Originally Posted by IamCaleb

How hard are you slamming the mag home?

Like milk boy, I don't see a disadvantage as long as it feeds the top round properly every time. It's one less step you have to do.

That's tough to quantify but the same way I do all my 1911 mags - a solid shove home. I also posted this on the Colt Forum and somebody brought up 'buffers'. That made me remember that there is some sort of rubber ring on the guide rod - could that be a contributing factor?