Full magazine + 1?

[Adam Helmer]

Billy D,

You make sage observations about "short strokes" as that term applies to semi-auto pistols.

Personally, I prefer to load one "up the spout" BEFORE the need arises because then I know I got the gun loaded from the "Get Go" and can bring it into firing mode with either hand in case one hand is wounded, or occupied, at the start of the confrontation. One should never assume you will have BOTH hands available to bring a gun into operation. I know one individual who was pushing back on an armed assailant who "jumped him" so he could draw his gun and in another case a guy was holding a screen door shut with his weak hand to keep a pit bull inside the residence. Yes, the dog was a casualty, eventually, but that is another story.

Adam