There's nothing civil about this war.
Just refer to it as a slide catch and chive on.
Maybe the "instructor" uses a P320 - and you never know when those things will go off!
Sorry, Monday Morning HATE for Sig.
And, +1 to use the slide catch or slide release lever (different makers use the terms interchangably).
When I worked at Cabela's we were instructed to not let customers use the slide catch when handling our display models because slamming the slide home on an empty chamber would damage the gun, apparently this was extra important with 1911s. Any truth to this?
I get all my advice from gun store employees and volunteer RO's at local ranges. Most are ex secret SEAL team 12 rangers who have haloed into trouble spots all over the globe to fight enemies of the US for the CIA. They know their firearms.
I will continue to use the slide catch to release my slide when performing a reload as I have for 25 + years of handgun ownership.
Last edited by eb07; 04-08-2019 at 08:42 AM.
Yup, some truth that one should not drop the slide without slowing the slide by hand on a 1911 on an empty chamber, regardless of whether the slide stop is used or the gun is sling shot. Chuck Rogers has stated that it is possible to damage the barrel and slide stop if the slide of a 1911 is dropped on an empty chamber. He also stated that if the hammer did not fall to the half-cock notch that no damage has been done to the action work. https://forums.1911forum.com/showpos...6&postcount=33
When I started Bullseye, it was customary to charge the gun with the trigger pulled in order to protect the sear nose. The idea was to simulate how the gun functions when fired. Obviously if the order of operations was reversed (load before trigger pulled), there was a ND. So that practice has, thankfully, been made obsolete. I still see it with some older Bullseye competitors, but nearly as much as I did thirty years ago.
This post shows how much the slide is slowed by feeding a round. https://forums.1911forum.com/showpos...47&postcount=1 Interesting that the shape of the 185-grain bullet slowed the slide the most.
Last edited by farscott; 04-08-2019 at 09:08 AM.