At the range, if you drop the mag and fire a round, the shell falls down the magazine well, too... and if you aren't thinking and catch it, you won't hold it long... HOT!
A few times I had malfunctions with my PM45... failure to go fully into battery. I dropped the mag and got the round chambered and then fired it. The first time I felt the shell fall through the mag well and caught it, but quickly let it go as it's very hot. The next time I started to catch it, but remembered and let it go.
To clear loaded rounds, I turn the gun on its side to let gravity help it out the ejection port. I do that when I'm cycling snap caps, too. Otherwise, you can wind up with the round staying in the gun and jamming.
Wynn
USAF Retired '88, NRA Life Member. Wife USAF Retired '96
Avatar: Wynn re-enlists his wife Desiree, circa 1988 Loring AFB, ME. 42nd BMW, Heavy (SAC) B-52G's
Frédéric Bastiat’s essay, The Law: http://mises.org/books/thelaw.pdf
Thomas Jefferson said
“A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.”
and
"Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading".