Ok there I guess Larry Vickers and Jason Falla and numerous other SOF guys are wrong. You know best TDC/Kiddx.
new glock having some trouble handling
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Ok there I guess Larry Vickers and Jason Falla and numerous other SOF guys are wrong. You know best TDC/Kiddx.
Yes, it lists either method as either will work. The design and intention was for the slide lock to be used to manually lock the slide to the rear, and if necessary close the slide. Again, look at the direction of the serrations on the slide lock. It is designed to be used to lock the slide open, not close it.
Try post #16, again comprehension is important. You also have fallen victim to not understanding the words chosen. No one said the slide lock doesn't work, no one said it doesn't allow the slide to be released. What is being said is that the slide lock was not the intended to be used as the primary method of loading/reloading the pistol. This is factual information. If you'd read the book "Glock: The New Wave in Combat Handguns" you'd have learned that. The information compiled in the book came from the executive vice president(at the time), their head of training, and several other staff.
The Isareli's are credited with making "Israeli carry" popular. That was due to the many different pistols they issued. Israeli carry involves carrying with an empty chamber and racking the slide upon the draw. It had nothing to do with the slide locks. Oddly enough racking the slide is the only way to load the pistol when carried like Israeli.... Weird.
They list it as a possible method. They do not indicate it as the preferred method. In keeping with the "standard" offered by other brands and the common practice of using the slide lock, they list it. Read my response above. Go read the book about the Glock handgun and learn that it(slide lock) was never designed to be used as the primary method of loading.
So your argument is "other guys do it so I do it". Why not validate it for yourself. Can you dispute what I posted?
I've already have validated it myself. And when you have majority of top end guys who have been there done that who use the slide release, I'd consider that a clue.
Anyways I'm done discussing, especially with you. Pretty pathetic when you constantly get banned but you keep coming back. Good VPN you got there.
Also I guess combat pilots who have to press little buttons and switches and even have dual controls one per hand are magicians...
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themachinist
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Why does anyone care how someone else reloads their pistol?
I prefer to think that TDC/Kiddx/Yyc just wants us to be safe, should the cardboard targets start firing back, or if we're suddenly in a gun fight while at the range, or if society breaks down. He simply cares about us.
themachinist
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Hahah man you guys are great!
CreamySmooth
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I can offer forward my last comments re Vickers er al.... this was a career for those guys. The chances you will be in a possibly lethal confrontation as a civilian or any type of LE are extremely rare. For those that compare their own perceived performance in a gun fight to Vickers and becoming involved in these affairs on a regular basis.... by all means, use the slide stop lever as a release. Party on. No skin off my nose. A “Tap, Rack” clears 95% of all issues, no matter what they are. When you watch some local IPSC etc, and that guy up there has a foul up, watch him operate everything in a complete panic. Coulda tapped and racked....
Anyway, OP, sorry for being involved in the hijack. I am in agreeance re: your gun. All my Glocks were difficult to operate as slide releases when bought as well. I suspect as they are used that way and wear the slid they will get easier to use.
Anyway, OP, sorry for being involved in the hijack. I am in agreeance re: your gun. All my Glocks were difficult to operate as slide releases when bought as well. I suspect as they are used that way and wear the slid they will get easier to use.
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Holy crap, the misinformation, dogma and outright lies in this thread. Wow.
To answer the OP’s question, yes, you should be able to depress the slide release lever on an empty mag and close the slide. If it does not work there is something wrong with the mag or gun.
The fine motor skill discussion should have died 10 years ago. It’s really laughable that people are still discussing it. Same as using the slide release button vs manually racking the slide.
To answer the OP’s question, yes, you should be able to depress the slide release lever on an empty mag and close the slide. If it does not work there is something wrong with the mag or gun.
The fine motor skill discussion should have died 10 years ago. It’s really laughable that people are still discussing it. Same as using the slide release button vs manually racking the slide.
Instead of slamming the slide forward - with the slide release - on an empty chamber, do your pistol a favor and move slightly the slide rearwards and, while still holding it, bring it closed gently.
Then dry fire it, clean the finger prints from the slide and store it.
AND don't ever over lubricate the pistol.
Read the notice before doing so.
And before tinkering with your pistol, go to the range like said above, shoot 500 rounds, relax and seek advice before modding your gun.
Then dry fire it, clean the finger prints from the slide and store it.
AND don't ever over lubricate the pistol.
Read the notice before doing so.
And before tinkering with your pistol, go to the range like said above, shoot 500 rounds, relax and seek advice before modding your gun.
I personally just debured my slide lock from where it locks up that way it’s not a sharp edge, I did this when I first purchased the pistole and now somewhere around ... 15,000 rounds later there were zero sights of wear even before it was cerokoted, and now after ( 5,000rounds or so) not even the cerakote has a mark on it
You said it, " top end guys who have been there done that ". These are guys that do it for a living(or did). Guys who shot thousands of rounds a week, possibly daily. With enough training anyone can become ultra proficient with any manual of arms. Do you have the time and resources to dedicate to training? Does the average shooter have the time and resources to dedicate to training? Less than 1% of firearms owners ever attend any level of professional training, so the majority of this discussion is falling on ignorant ears.
Yes, fighter pilots experience high stress and must manipulate buttons. Those buttons are ergonomically placed and like the guys you mentioned, the fighter pilots train every day for just such events. Would you be ok with your surgeon being in a car accident or being robbed at gun point then performing your operation? I doubt it. I suspect it might be because his adrenaline level would be up, likely shaking, lack of mental focus, diminished fine motor skills.
Learn how to insert your mag with enough force that the slides drops itself !
Dumb way to operate your pistol.
Thank you CreamySmooth.
What's laughable are those who feel they're in the know who've likely never trained and we know have never had to demonstrate their skills under extreme stress. Only one person in this discussion has real world experience and apparently his knowledge is incorrect, that's laughable.
Yup that’s definitely some TDC / kiddX / ab-blaster kinda semantic bull#### right there. How many times does this guy get to come back to CGN and spout his non stop rude ass , opinionated , key board warrior crappolla vitriol ? His mom must be pretty tired of renewing internet servers every eight months so he can have a new ipn to log on with complete with a new introduction story every time. Your a farse dude . Stop already.
Laughable ... indeed .
Everything a forum like this does NOT need. Yet here he is.
Laughable ... indeed .
Everything a forum like this does NOT need. Yet here he is.
