When your pistol slide is locked back, depress the slide stop lever to let the slide go forward.
This is called dropping the slide or slamming the slide.
This is called dropping the slide or slamming the slide.
Dropping the slide on a Glock
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If a gun can take the pressure of firing a cartridge repeatedly, I'm pretty sure dropping the slide isn't going to hurt it (atleast applied to newer, striker fired handguns)
I do it all the time on my Glocks & even my M&P, while loaded and while unloaded (function test or cleaning)
I do it all the time on my Glocks & even my M&P, while loaded and while unloaded (function test or cleaning)
^ not true. The pressures created by firing have nothing to do with the damage we're talking about. The slide was never intended to come to an abrupt stop at the closed breech under the recoil springs full power. This will peen metal.
The slide is designed to sheer a round off of the magazine, then force that round up the feed ramp, then force it into the chamber. All of those aforementioned forces counteract or reduce the speed of the slide and resist the relax of the recoil spring.
Every time I even hear someone slamming the slide closed a chill is sent up my spine and makes me clench my teeth.
Bear in mind, I'm talking about all metal guns...not Glocks and the like.
The slide is designed to sheer a round off of the magazine, then force that round up the feed ramp, then force it into the chamber. All of those aforementioned forces counteract or reduce the speed of the slide and resist the relax of the recoil spring.
Every time I even hear someone slamming the slide closed a chill is sent up my spine and makes me clench my teeth.
Bear in mind, I'm talking about all metal guns...not Glocks and the like.
Don't do a military shoot. You spend about 45 min just dropping the slide in the classroom. Happens thousands if not millions of times per pistol.
Lol. Another guy at the range told me dropping the slide on my glock is bad for it. Flinched when he saw me do it. Then proceeded to tell me it was horrible for the gun and its going to break soon. Then proceeded to tell me dry firing is just as bad.
That's like blaming spoons are what caused obesity
That's like blaming spoons are what caused obesity
Glock...no problem. If you were to do it with one of my 1911's, it would be the last time you could even touch them. It's kind of like slamming the cylinder on a revolver open and closed (mass+inertia+the sudden stop=battered metal)
I don't do it with my own Glock but when someone does it I don't get too upset, I just correct their approach to hand guns (Hollywood this ain't).
+1 on that exactly
I'd have probably racked and dropped it a few more times. Just for fun. Military pistol drill for regular soldiers teach not to use the release but to push the pistol out with your off hand holding the slide. I wonder how the Brownings have survived. Lol
If you drop the glock with the slide opened (slide stop on) then there would be a chance damage the hooks that hold the slide , there was an officer shoot himself on his leg while hoster his glock with a damaged hook .the fire pin was released and hit the primer .
Complete hog wash
1-the glock has a firing pin block "nuff said"
2-the striker is not cocked until you fully pull the trigger
3 by hooks do you mean frame rails? if so there is no way dropping the slide will snap your frame rails
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More likely, when holstering, something, like a finger or even could've been the draw string do-hickey on the bottom/side of a patrol jacket caught in the trigger guard of the Glock causing the discharge.
In my experience, a Glock slide, that has not engaged on the slide rails properly will be not capable of such a discharge.
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My rule of thumb. Aside from the care and attention while handling somebody elses' firearm as mentioned here... Is do whatever you want. Dry firing is good for your gun, dropping the slide is something you're going to be required to do all the time in competition, classes etc..
The only rule I really stick to in a semi auto pistol, is load your round from the magazine, DO NOT breach load a cartridge, then drop the slide on a full chamber. That can wreak havoc. Although I'll bet a glock still wouldn't care.
The only rule I really stick to in a semi auto pistol, is load your round from the magazine, DO NOT breach load a cartridge, then drop the slide on a full chamber. That can wreak havoc. Although I'll bet a glock still wouldn't care.
using the slide catch to drop your slide will cause more damage than the slide closing on an empty chamber.
It's called a slide catch not a "slide drop", a slide is supposed to be released by pulling the slide back and release.
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