In USPSA, Production is limited to 10-rounds (no more than 10 in any magazine at any time after the start signal).

You can reload whenever you want in USPSA. There are no rules that require you to shoot to slidelock, or retain partially-full mags, or anything like that.

Bruce

 

Hey, thanks for the info so quickly. I'm preparing to shoot my first match Saturday and am a bit confused by some rules. But you helped straighten that out.

 

It is true that USPSA Production will only permit 10 rounds in the mag at the start. However, you can also have one in the chamber when the gun is in its holstered and loaded condition. The easy way to do this is to load 11 rounds in your first mag but 10 in all the others.

In the event that the COF dictates that you start with an unloaded gun, you can only put 10 rounds in the first and all subsequent mags.

 

One advantage to using high capacity mags is with some of the 10 round only mags the last round loaded in the magazine is really tight so when you go to do a speed reload you have to really slap it in hard. With any mag beyond 10 rounds there will be less force need to reload the mag in the pistol.

 

Also.. I think you're looking at the IPSC rules, not USPSA. Same book, different appendix

There's: US Appendix D9, it states:

Maximum ammunition capacity: Yes, 10 rounds loaded maximum in any magazine after the start signal.

 

Hey, thanks for the info so quickly. I'm preparing to shoot my first match Saturday.

Good luck ..have a lot of fun..