What term would you prefer to use instead of a Lull in the Action?!I wish the term "lull in the action" and similar concepts would go away. Time is something that you don't know you have until it has already passed. A lull in the action is something we determine in hindsight.
You fight, you assess the effectiveness of your fighting, you scan for other threats, then you top off your gun so you're ready to fight again. That fight can find you again at any moment, so you need to get your gun up as quickly as possible.
The way we teach the proactive reload is to simply access the spare magazine, then reload as usual, dumping the partial mag on the ground, inserting the fresh magazine, then running the slide to assure there is a round in the chamber. Then, if possible, you can recover the partial magazine. If you can't, those rounds probably won't matter in the context of a civillian shooting. If you can, you are doing it with a full gun in your hand that is ready to fight.
Otherwise, Paul's method is good.
The "tactical" reload is simply an invitation to drop both magazines as your dexterity may be impaired by adrenaline, injury, slippery hands or any other number of reasons.
From my experience, that is the best term/phase I can think of to describe the event. Every Battle I have ever been in has Lulls in the Action. I have yet to see a Battle/Gunfight that does not.
Another thing I do not understand is why work the slide to ensure there is a round in the Chamber if you did not take the weapon to slide/bolt lock?! You are changing mags on a partial mag, the only reason you are changing it is to top off your ammo in the weapon. To me it is both an unneeded and wasted step.
But, then again WTF do I know. I am just a dumb mechanic...