Glock, slide stop, and thumb interference

[alpining]

With the wussy little slide lock button found on Glocks if your thumb is preventing it from locking back on the last shot then clearly you're pressing in too much with your thumbs.

For shooting semi auto pistols the last part of our thumbs are simply useless appendages. The usual two thumbs forward grip style is just to find an out of the way parking spot for them. If you're pressing in to the the side hard enough to hold up the slide lock you're pressing too hard.

To be honest, I find my thumbs very useful for manipulating the thumb safety on my semi auto 1911. Maybe that's just me

 

[alpining]

On the Glock it just a piece of flat stamped steel so I just pulled it out and left it out. Pinning a slide lock is fairly standard on 1911, there is no spring directly connected to the slide lock like on a Glock, instead it works with a plunger mounted on the frame and 1911 can be notorious for going to slide lock early (not as much anymore with quality models) so you can either slightly dimple the face of te slide lock to give the plunger more purchase or a deeper dimple to prevent it from working altogether. I usually go a step further and short stroke the gun with shok buffs so that it doesn't cycle back far enough for the slide stop to engage the slide stop notch.
The only difference in operation is when the gun runs dry, instead of hitting the slide stop (a small button or lever to hit under stress) you grab the slide and cycle the action which is a much bigger part to find under stress. And before someone makes a comment about shok buffs or short stroking the gun, I have been running one of my Open guns for over 13 years like this and have had no malfunction issues because of it.
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Thanks for the details - I guess you've got to be proficient at keeping count of your rounds then. Interesting.

 

[PH Racing]

Thanks for the details - I guess you've got to be proficient at keeping count of your rounds then. Interesting.

No more so than with a slide lock.
It's always faster to reload before the gun runs dry, but once it does you have to deal with it. The only difference is grabbing the slide versus hitting a button after inserting a fresh mag.

 

[alpining]

No more so than with a slide lock.
It's always faster to reload before the gun runs dry, but once it does you have to deal with it. The only difference is grabbing the slide versus hitting a button after inserting a fresh mag.

I see - I'm new to the idea of timely mag changes being important. Lots to learn!

 

[D Gordon]

Seem like a common problem for alot of people including myself. I thought my new glock defective when I figured out it wasnt the mags. My strong hand thumb was high pressing the slide release at times so it sometimes did not stay open on the last shot. Changed my grip a bit and its all good now, Only crappy thing is I need to get use to the grip style.