Don't drop the slide on an empty chamber

[375 Ruger Fan]

I learned something new.

 

[thriller]

Every time someone drops a slide on an empty 1911 chamber somewhere a kitten dies........ hahaha I know it's not good but that's hilarious

 

[Wyatt Smith]

I’ve always heard that, never saw any proof one way or another but it does seem unnecessary so I never have.
To be fair I don’t let anything semi auto slam on an empty chamber.

 

[CoElkHunter]

Awe, that's why I own cheap ass Glock combat designed pistols. I've been dropping slides on empty chambers for 30 years with no issues.

 

[Inline6]

Don't drop the slide on empty. Don't ride the hammer down with your thumb, it will mess up your hooks.

 

[503]

1911s give me anxiety.

 

[Inline6]

1911s give me anxiety.

It's just a tool, like any tool their is a right and wrong way to use it.

 

[BeeMaa]

Every now and then a wrench is used as a hammer. Not that it needs to be, but sometimes it's convenient or needs to be done.

I get it...don't do it. But I'm still gonna do it every now and then. Never was a big fan of kittens anyway.

 

[Wyatt Smith]

Regardless of the brand or type of pistol, it takes no more time to pull the slide back with my hand and follow it forward. I don’t baby it just don’t let it slam.
Same with semi auto rifles, I just follow the bolt. Or clicking a revolver cylinder in instead of the “Bogart” flip.
It’s kind of like slamming a car door, it bugs me even if it hurts nothing.

 

[CoElkHunter]

I’ve slammed by AR15 hundreds of times on an empty chamber with no issues. But, just like a Glock, it was designed as a combat weapon and not a BBQ gun.

 

[Inline6]

I’ve slammed by AR15 hundreds of times on an empty chamber with no issues. But, just like a Glock, it was designed as a combat weapon and not a BBQ gun.

A 1911 was also designed as a combat weapon. It has also survived long than Glock. Nothing wrong with a Glock, they just aren't a 1911.

 

[fourfive8]

If they are fragile, don't shoot them with real ammo! My house, truck and car doors are not meant to shoot anything so I do not slam them...

 

[Wyatt Smith]

I bet there are thousands of 1911s that have been abused and survived to tell about it.
I do not baby my guns. When I am loading them they get the piss slammed out of the action.
The stripping pressure of the magazine slowed the forward motion of the slide or bolt quite a bit.

 

[sestoppelman]

I concur, never drop the slide on any semi auto firearm, pistol or rifle, with no round being fed. They are designed to strip a round and in the act of that, the slide is slowed down as designed.
My goofy BiL did that once with a 1911 of mine and I nearly clobbered him, almost as bad the sound of Dirty Harry's model 29 hitting the pavement in the movie!

 

[503]

It's just a tool, like any tool their is a right and wrong way to use it.

In my many years in LE and as a firearms instructor the one type of gun that consistently breaks/malfunctions/dies on range days and in training classes are 1911s.

These aren't the hand built guns of the old days. There are very few off the shelf 1911s that work or that I would trust for self defense/ duty use.

Cheers

503

 

[mark-hunter]

When watching Wilson Combat videos, I just love Massad Ayoob.
when you slam kKitten dies.... only him can say something like that.
Other guys are just boring. Knowledgeable, but boring

 

[gbflyer]

Me too. Good video thanks for sharing it.

 

[RayAtkinson]

If a slide can take 40,000 PSI slamming it around I doubt dropping it will hurt anything, I suspect many old military 1911 have slammed a thousand times??

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

My 1911 is a norinco does that make the kittens Siamese?

 

[Biddleman]

I never have slammed my semi auto pistols, and I never will because Massad Ayoob kind of scares me.