Loading a pistol
 

Where is the slide when you load your pistols?

locked back

The slide(s) are forward on all of my semis as that is how they are stored and I am ready to load them. The slides are usually back on my semis when I am ready to reload them as the slides lock back on empty mags.

all mine stay loaded...even in the safe :)

Reload on slide lock, "load" ... slide is first locked back so I chamber a round then top off.

This ^^^^.

This^^^ but voted forward on all my 1911's

Empty pistol......slide forward dormant.....insert mag, rack round, drop mag, top off mag, reinsert mag.

It can be either locked back or forward, dependent on whether the gun has been taken from storage or it's been fired to slide lock.

All of my carry guns are always loaded. Range guns, slide back.