Depending on the gun, that is a good way to damage the extractor.Jose_in_Dallas wrote:Just curious but why would someone load the chamber of a gun from a magazine and than remove the magazine and top it off? Why not open the slide and chamber the round from there?
Guns are designed so that the case slides up from the magazine with the case rim slipping under the extractor. The extractors are not meant to slam over the case rim as the slide closes.
Proper procedure is to rack or drop the slide on a loaded magazine, thereby chambering a round. Then drop that magazine and replace with a full magazine. Obviously, you can top off one round on the magazine you just removed for a full magazine replacement.