I unload the sidearm, double check it, (lock, look and feel!), then place the loaded magazine and extra round off to the side. Nothing gets put back in until it has passed it's reassembly test, (does the pencil move?), then I wash my hands of all oils, dry them thoroughly, then reload with the full magazine, drop and re insert the extra round. The mag is there, but not in front of me. The way that ammo is positioned in the pictures, it may have just been put there for photographic reason.
