And that reading for me has been and will continue to be 8.4 in the syringe. Yes the total is 1ml with what ever is in the tip?Well unless if there isnt because the seal goes bad, you dont have the tip tight enough, you took the tip out of solution for a second as you pulled, etc. There are countless ways for the seal to be at 1ml yet not have 1ml of solution. Which of course was the whole point of the thread to question what the syringe reading should show when you have the seal at 1ml. If you know what that reading is then you know you actually have 1ml in the syringe/tip.