Good Ol' Boy
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Obviously no slide will lock back without a mag. I did not realize that was in the original question.Nope, no different from any other "normal" auto.
If you happen to shoot an entire mag full, so the gun is empty, the mag follower will press up the slide stop and lock the slide back for you.
However, during normal firing when you may want to clear the pistol without firing every round in the gun first, you'll need to drop the magazine and then lock the slide back. With the mag out the follower can't prop up the slide stop for you (obviously) so you'll need to do that yourself.
It becomes second nature to those of us who do much competition and training.
The standard stage end commands will be:
"Unload" (drop the mag and rack the slide to empty the chamber).
"Show clear" (lock the slide open and let the safety officer see the empty chamber).
"Slide forward" (close the slide)
"Pull the trigger" (pull the trigger to drop the hammer or striker on that empty chamber)
"Holster" (put it away)
"Range is Safe."
On your competition shooting scenario, I'm obviously not familiar with them, but it would seem that keeping track of your ammo and dropping the mag with one left in the chamber would be more efficient, but I guessing that's not allowed based on your comment.
I can't imagine a circumstance in SD where you would need to manually lock the slide back with no mag, so I apologize for not realizing this was more of a competitive/sporting question.
I also appreciate the info given to help educate me...