slide release or sling shot on a 1911

[vjf915 456]

That sounds like the least safe way to to rack the slide....

This, it sounds like your hand is dangerously close to the muzzle. I think that racking the slide that way, or under the front site is unsafe. When I reload, my pistol automatically releases the slide and chambers the first round. If I need to clear a stovepipe, or rack the slide quickly, I'm grabbing the slide under the REAR site....regardless or whether I slingshot or overhand it.

[Maksim 1,504]

blah, meant to post this but just been running around past few days/weeks.

 

Think of it this way,

 

how do you clear a jam, chamber a round, or what do you do when the gun does not go bang...

 

you rack the slide.

 

Your mind is already trained on that, so why when your gun goes empty, do you have to then stop and decide...

 

Is my gun empty? If so, load and use slide release.... or 2..

 

gun is not empty, it is a malfunction, I have to clear it, so grab, rack, release.

 

 

Quite often when the buzzer goes and I miss a target and round count goes bad, you don't even realize that gun is dry. Keep it simple stupid.

 

And yes, in a SHTF situation, I would reload after any break, and probably right, would not count shoots, although I am fairly certain, from the thousands of rounds before, it would be bang bang, bang bang, bang bang, bang bang, bang bang, reload. I play gun games, I know.

 

I dread the day I would have to use deadly force. And most of all, if the situation is avoidable, would do anything to get out of it.

 

Have to go through videos, but 99% certain I am now 100% using the slide to release and rack, not the slide stop.

 

In particular, hate the grinding noise of broken slide stops. lol. Seen a few at nationals. Just doesnt seem natural to release a piece of metal that has a ton of spring pressure behind it.

 

Just my opinion, scientifically may be wrong, but what I do.

[AS350Driver 56]

With my 1911 the choice is simple. I shoot left handed so on this and most of my pistols it wouldn't work that well trying to hit the slide stop, just grip it with my right hand and pull her back and let her go.

[Zell959 40]

What I like about the sling shot method, which Maks already hit on, is that getting repetitions with that motion helps me build a sort of dual purpose muscle memory that is applicable to reloads OR clearing a jam/misfeed/etc. So, while I don't practice clearing malfunctions as much as I probably should, the motions for my intial response to a FTF are aready pretty preprogrammed from countless reloads.

 

Not saying this makes it the best method for everyone. For me, it just feels a little simpler.