"I don't know why anyone would like a Glock 27 just because they have a bigger one of the 40 calibers and want a kid brogther to go along. I honestly cannot think of a situaiton where I'd have to use my G-23 magazine in a G-27...to say nothing of what it might does to a tactical reload..."
Then you don't get-it, and never will. Because of, in spite of, or whatever shoe fits, you are LE and obviously don't spend a lot of time at a range where swapping out then reloading magazines is a major pain in the ass. I've 10 mags for the carry G-27, this out of the 16 or so others I've tried and found wanting. 4 of them are G-22 maximum capacity magazines, and 15 rounds each makes it more pleasant to practice. For the college graduates, 15 rounds is 5 more than the 10 a standard issue G-27 magazine can hold, so this means one may shoot 5 more times before dumping then feeding. Also, lots of people carry a 23 or 22 mag as a spare when they CCW, so many in fact that there are sleeves being sold to better accomodate the longer magazines when used in the shorter G-27.
For many, the object of the whole endeavor is to become as proficient as humanly possible with one's carry piece. If I do not squeeze off 250-300 rounds a week from the sub-compact Glock, there's this back-of-the-neck tingle that starts to drive me even crazier than normal. There is no such a thing as too much practice. No one has every plopped down on their sofa after a raging gun battle and bemoaned that they had too much practice. Sure, it does become so boring that you find yourself shooting smiley faces into the target, and therein lies a rub.
It's hard. It's expensive. It's tiring. It's a pain in the ass to load mags, load more mags, then clean everything up afterwards. NOT doing so is why, day after day, we hear of the cop who cranked out 15 and only managed to sting the bad guy once in the pinky. Shooting is damned hard to do when the adrenaline takes over. Shooting accurately even more so. The cure is to make it as close to an autonomic response as can be done.
When training for the worst case scenario, familiarity does not breed contempt. Use or do not use a higher capacity magazine. The choice belongs to the individual. But don't say that just because YOU see no need, there is not one. I respect your occupation, as we all should, but please now. The very last person to offer firearm instruction is the average LE. Just as the last person to offer bullet recommendations happens to be the average military man. Again, opinion is fine and more power to ya. But you just don't get it.
And as far as "tactical reload", I'll say this about that and call it a day. Practicing something that has never been shown to be of any value in saving your life is a waste of your finite training time. The one thing that we know for sure ALWAYS works is to draw a firearm and fire it with as much accuracy as possible into an assailant. This does not address cover and/or concealment but that's for another time. Trust me, the vast majority of people fumble enough and fumbling at the wrong time will get you killed. So stop listening to Box O' Truth and go shoot.
Now drop and give me 20. Or 10 if you don't have the capacity.
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