Bullets forward on left side. As you go for your mag, you start at the front, palm facing to the rear, finding the first mag.
As you do this, you activate the mag release with your stronghand thumb. Rotate the gun in your hand if necessary and only rotate it as much as needed and no more. During this, you also bring the gun in closer to your body/chest, so that your strong side upper arm is resting or nearly so, on your pec. Keep the gun UP, not down at your waist. The front sight should be about even with your eyes.
Now, back to the left hand: When you find your first mag, keep the index finger pointing up the front of the mag, grasp the mag between thumb and middle finger with ring and little finger curling downward, possibly engaging the magazine near the base plate.
Bringing your left elbow inward, along side your body, the magazine does a 180 rotation so that now the top round is now facing upward.
Look across the magwell. You should have it rotated
just enough to see the inside right of the magwell. Align and insert the magazine. Once it's started, push the mag up while pulling the gun down, creating opposing forces. (this matters more when loading the fully charged hicap mags, but it's good practice with any full size gun) When the mag is seated smartly, you'll find yourself back at the "High Ready" position. Do a "push out" toward your next target and away you go.
Things that can inhibit this sequence are mag pouches that are unnecessarily deep. (and there are more out there than you might think) A too-deep mag pouch doesn't allow you to grasp the mag as high up (toward the top bullet) as needed, so you have to pluck it out from the bottom, leaving the top end waving to and fro, preventing a smooth insertion, as you have no control of the top of the magazine. Shorter mag pouches, as made by KyTac (
www.kytac.com) work very well, as it allows a proper grip on the magazine.
Another thing is grips that are too fat and/or a mag release that is too short. I sand a groove into the 1911's and use the "tactical" mag release that is extended by 1/16th". High enough to activate reliably, short enough not to activate by accident.
Two other things that help are a magwell (I like S&A) and extended base pads.
Hope this helps.
