Saxman, the Parabellum magazine requires that the bullet nose ride on the front wall. It's this trick that accomodates our beloved grip angle. The cartridge is tapered and if simply stacked, requires a bannana shaped magazine. If the OAL is too short, the cartridge will hit the feed ramp at an incorrect angle. The same trick is employed in most 22 LR pisrols to accomodate the rimmed cartridge.
The answer to the hollowpoint dragging on the magazine wall is to use a bullet such that the ogive rides on the wall or if the edge of the hollow rides on the wall it must be well rounded. A picture would be worth 1k words, but I have some hollow point loads that will hang in the magazine each and every time but will go through a Ruger nicely. They have a large opening with a sharp edge.
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