How is it that a feller needs to keep track of that extra round often enough that it's a pain in the rear? Are you unloading and loading daily?
Yes. Chambered when I carry, condition 3 at home.
Too much manipulation for my taste.
Exactly
Get a pistol safe and stowe it loaded.
As far as the "keeping track of the single round,on the range
I've never even given it a thought. Drop my carry mags and +1 in a pouch on my range bag and start loading practice rounds
Well you guys just do it your way, I'll do it my way. I dry fire practice pretty much every night, so the manipulation is gonna happen either way. Been doing it this way for 30 years, not about to change because it doesn't work for you.
I certainly don't think you should change. I used to do much the same, but at some point I got uncomfortable with the daily loading/unloading. Part of the issue for me has to do with my lack of routine sleep schedule. Part of it waa I was going through more factory ammo than I cared to (since I usually tossed the chamber round in the range ammo bucket). I prefer to use a gun I am not currently carrying but has the same trigger system for routine dry-fire practice. I know that I have to practice more care than some to avoid accidents. Witness, my hand. I shouldn't have just thrown that out there with no explanation.
Mojo - nothing crazy about it. You do what is right for you.
