“I always lock the slide open, insert loaded magazine and use the slide release to load the chamber. “
Full force and momentum assure proper loading and seating.
NEVER ease the slide down on a round.
“NEVER ease the slide down on a round.”
Let it slam - HARD!
Interesting that we just don’t want to do that on our 1911 prized baby.
But that is how was designed and it’s expected way to function, and it is they way it functions while it is being fired.
So... Let it slam - HARD!