Slide manipulations with a dot

[YVK]

Didn’t you tell me a well endowed blonde caused your optic to come loose on a CZ by grabbing the thing too much?

That was my fault. The above mentioned endowment required a larger and more supportive gear for the containment in place.




I mean stronger screws and more loctite, of course.

[Shoresy]

Front serrations.

[Archer1440]

My HK VP9-OR and OR-Los have a very robust mounting system, and I use correct procedures for installation.

Since July, I ran an SRO through two separate classes with Larry Mudgett, a range day at Gunsite, the Gunsite Alumni Shoot, about 20 trips to the range, and a week long 499 class, where the optic took a beating (lots of one handed manipulations and malfunction clearances, racking off holster using the optic, etc) and I have had zero problems of any kind with this setup at a round count of about 5500.

Lots of holster wear on the pistol, but the optic is completely pristine. Zero is completely unchanged. I may pull the mounting screws and replace with a fresh set sometime before the end of the year, as the HK maintenance schedule for the (rather beefy) plate screws which secure the plate to the slide have a 2000 round maintenance cycle. Or, I may just keep shooting and checking as I go.

I won’t go out of my way to abuse the thing, but a proper mount and reasonably robust optic is actually a potential asset to pistol manipulations in my experience.

[Erick Gelhaus]

<--- left-hander.

Initially, I was swiping at, chopping at the optic.

Now, with a handful of administrative manipulations, I may well grab the forward portion of the slide. However, for clearing a stoppage, speed (slide lock) reload, and the like I grab the whole optic in an overhand grip like I would the rear of a bare slide. Aimpoint Acro, RMRs, Leupold, and Bushnell's new offering.

@GJM's mention of unintentionally adjusting the brightness setting is interesting. I'll try to keep that in mind and see if I encounter that going forward.

[BigT]

I find myself doing a judo chop at the base of the optic/slide on malfunctions. For administrative actions I use the front serrations.


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Me too. I also judo chop on empty starts.

[Erick Gelhaus]

@GJM's mention of unintentionally adjusting the brightness setting is interesting. I'll try to keep that in mind and see if I encounter that going forward.

And I found it happening to me & my Acro over the weekend. Seemed to have addressed it by running my fingers flat, straight down rather than grasping with the tips coming in-board.

[HCountyGuy]

I’ve been working on re-training myself to work the slide utilizing the front serrations. Occasionally I’ll go dumb and revert to trying to work it from the rear (phrasing).

[TCB]

The only thing I don’t a thumb over (towards the ejection side) the top on the front serrations manipulation is when there is a serious jam that locks the gun up and needs real force to un-jam it. Then it’s a full grip over the top (fingers toward the ejection side) and use my firing hand to hit/push the frame forward. The thump over at the front serration manipulation is much more efficient if you care about economy of motion.