Tactical reload

{{Short description|Gun reloading method}}

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A tactical reload is reloading a weapon that has only fired a few rounds out of its magazine, while retaining the original magazine.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D5lPDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Tactical+reload%22&pg=PA98|title=Manuals Combined: U.S. Marine Corps Competition in Arms Program (CIAP) PISTOL Course Instruction Materials, Media & Division Match And Annual Rifle Databook|publisher=Jeffrey Frank Jones|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=Vesser|first=D. C.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hgpzDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Tactical+reload%22&pg=PT255|title=(Just About) Everything You Should Know About A Handgun|date=2018-10-18|publisher=Page Publishing Inc|isbn=978-1-64350-292-2|language=en}} An example is an infantryman reloading before entering a hostile building, concerned about ammunition.{{cite web|title=Tactical Reload: Trick or Reality?|url=http://www.handgunsmag.com/tactics_training/treload_061604/|work=Handguns Magazine|publisher=Guns&Ammo|accessdate=5 October 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522115726/http://www.handgunsmag.com/tactics_training/treload_061604/|archivedate=22 May 2011}} Tactical doctrine states that one should always have a full magazine before entering the building or hostile situation,{{cite book|last=Lawrence|first=Erik|title=Tactical Pistol Shooting: Your Guide to Tactics That Work|year=2005|publisher=Krause Publications|isbn=978-0-89689-175-3|pages=93–97}} but it is also bad practice to throw away ammunition in case it is needed.{{cite book|last=Ayoob|first=Massad|authorlink= Massad Ayoob|title=Gun Digest Book of SIG-Sauer: A Complete Look at SIG-Sauer Pistols|year=2004|publisher=Gun Digest Books|isbn=978-0-87349-755-8|pages=136–140}}{{cite book|last=Johnson|first=Brian|title=Crucial Elements of Police Firearms Training: Refine Your Firearms Skills, Training and Effectiveness|year=2007|publisher=Looseleaf Law Publications|isbn=978-1-932777-30-7|page=230}}

A tactical reload is executed by ejecting the magazine and retaining it while inserting a new magazine.{{cite book|last=Ayoob|first=Massad|title=The Gun Digest Book of Combat Handgunnery|year=2007|publisher=Gun Digest Books|isbn=978-0-89689-525-6|page=129}} The partially expended magazine can then be used later.{{cite book|last=Fessenden|first=Dave|title=Defensive Handgun Skills: Your Guide to Fundamentals for Self-Protection|year=2010|publisher=Gun Digest Books|isbn=978-1-4402-1381-6|pages=104–106}}