I use a SIG 226 as my nightstand gun. I unload the gun before going to work and load it before going to bed. Is it safe to load the mag, lock the slide and drop a round in the chamber to top the gun off? I have to let the slide release with some force for the round's rim to get around the extractor. Can I damage the extractor (or anything else) by doing this? Is it safe or should I just rack the slide, drop the mag and put another round in the mag to top off?
Chamber loading a SIG
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KingAirDriver
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The way I read that, you're loading the mag in the gun, then bringing the slide back, then dropping the bullet in the chamber, then releasing the slide. That spells double feed to me.
I've always heard it's not wise to chamber load because it could harm the extractor, as their made for the bullet to slide up under and inside it.
Just load the mag and chamber a round, pop the mag out and top it off and you're good to go.
I've always heard it's not wise to chamber load because it could harm the extractor, as their made for the bullet to slide up under and inside it.
Just load the mag and chamber a round, pop the mag out and top it off and you're good to go.
evan price
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MY Sigs, I either rack the slide & decock, then top off the mag, or else I keep a spare mag that I put the loose round into to load from and then put in the full mag.
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I'm with KingAirDriver: Sounds like asking for a double feed.
If you just really, really, really don't want to chamber a round off the mag, then top off the mag, maybe you should just drop the mag first, then chamber load and hit the slide release, and then reinsert the mag.
It's not something I'd bother with, personally, but at least it won't get you a double-feed.
If you just really, really, really don't want to chamber a round off the mag, then top off the mag, maybe you should just drop the mag first, then chamber load and hit the slide release, and then reinsert the mag.
It's not something I'd bother with, personally, but at least it won't get you a double-feed.
HammerBite
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- Yes, you can damage the extractor by closing the slide on a pre-chambered round. You have already noted yourself that the extractor does not like snapping over the rim.
- Your second alternative is the correct procedure for loading a pistol to magazine capacity + 1.
- Here is a question for you: Why are you unloading and loading the pistol every day? There are some problems with this ...
- Repeated chambering of a round can cause bullet setback and resultant feeding or pressure issues.
- Needless administrative handling of the pistol creates needless opportunities for an unintended discharge. Every time you load or unload the pistol you take the chance of something going wrong as a result of a mechanical malfunction or an error on your part. A pistol left loaded isn't likely to do anything until you pull the trigger.
1BLINDREF
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What he said
Jim Watson
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I'm with Hammerbite.
DWARREN123
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Not good for any firearm that is suppose to capture the round from a magazine. May damage the extractor.
rcmodel
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+1 to Hammerbites rational.
Repeated loading & unloading is not good for the ammo atall!
Either leave it loaded, or leave it empty.
Just don't wear out the ammo the way you are doing it now.
rcmodel
Repeated loading & unloading is not good for the ammo atall!
Either leave it loaded, or leave it empty.
Just don't wear out the ammo the way you are doing it now.
rcmodel
OK... thanks guys. No chamber loading, no loading and unloading. No big deal. The fact is this is my first and only gun, and its still new enough that I like to (safely) play around with it often. I'm obviously unloading the gun before dryfiring, cleaning, and generally enjoying the weapon. When do I know a round has become to deeply seated in the case to be safe or reliable?
JeepGeeek
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set the round next to a new round. Do they look the same height? Then it's fine. Noticeable difference in height? Toss the short one.
As others said, leave it loaded or unloaded. Needless AH (Admin Handling) isn't good for the weapon or yourself, being you're new to firearms.
I suggest buying some snap caps, leaving your live ammo in an entirely other room, preferably locked up, and then and only then, "play" with the weapon. Bearing in mind you should NEVER play with a weapon. But you mean to get familiar with it, and you should indeed be intimately familiar with your firearm and the way it works, and never trust the safeties to be safe.
Guns aren't safe, I don't care how many levers or safe-action triggers they have. If they were safe, we wouldn't carry the darn things.
You do know your 4 rules, right?
As others said, leave it loaded or unloaded. Needless AH (Admin Handling) isn't good for the weapon or yourself, being you're new to firearms.
I suggest buying some snap caps, leaving your live ammo in an entirely other room, preferably locked up, and then and only then, "play" with the weapon. Bearing in mind you should NEVER play with a weapon. But you mean to get familiar with it, and you should indeed be intimately familiar with your firearm and the way it works, and never trust the safeties to be safe.
Guns aren't safe, I don't care how many levers or safe-action triggers they have. If they were safe, we wouldn't carry the darn things.
You do know your 4 rules, right?
jaydubya
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Dwarren said: "Not good for any firearm that is suppose to capture the round from a magazine. May damage the extractor."
Not may, almost certainly will. If you want le grande puissance for your pistol, load a magazine, rack the slide, remove the magazine, top it off, put it back in. All self-loading pistols were meant to be chambered from magazines. Do not try to outsmart them. They are smarter than you.
Oh, the original French/Belgian label for the Browning 1935 was High Power. This was a rather bad translation for grande puissance, better translated as 'high capacity'.
Cordially, Jack
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Not may, almost certainly will. If you want le grande puissance for your pistol, load a magazine, rack the slide, remove the magazine, top it off, put it back in. All self-loading pistols were meant to be chambered from magazines. Do not try to outsmart them. They are smarter than you.
Oh, the original French/Belgian label for the Browning 1935 was High Power. This was a rather bad translation for grande puissance, better translated as 'high capacity'.
Cordially, Jack
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