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If you dont, I am interested to know why.
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Beretta says that loading from the magazine and leaving it a round down from completely full leaves the magazine spring tensioned to about the same amount as a fully loaded magazine would be if it were installed in the gun.
The top round is pushed down a bit by the part of the slide that strips the rounds from the magazine. That means that when a completely loaded magazine is inserted in the gun, the spring is compressed even further. According to Beretta there's an advantage in not subjecting the spring to that additional compression.
I top off in some guns and not in others. The only gun I've ever really noted an issue with was the Glock 20. A fully loaded brand new magazine is pretty hard to lock in place.