Never load the chamber of your 1911 by dropping a round through the ejection port and into the chamber, then closing the slide. This forces the extractor to snap over the rim of the cartridge, which could cause later problems. John Browning designed the gun to have cartridges slide up the breech face and under the hook of the extractor. You can get away with this for a while, but eventually it will cause the delicate tip of the extractor to chip or even break clear through. Baby that extractor—the advanced pistolsmiths will tell you that the extractor is the most critical part in the gun. The correct way to fully load the 1911 pistol is to insert a full magazine in an empty pistol, rack the slide to chamber the top round, put the safety in the up position and holster the gun. If you must have it fully loaded, then remove the magazine, load a single round to replace the topmost one and slide the magazine back into the gun. However, make sure you hear and feel it click into place. If you don't, the next gunfight may be a one-shot affair.
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