Slide Stop Auto Engages

[HCC17]

Hello everyone, I just got my first gun this past Saturday and after cleaning it for the first time today slide stop now auto engages itself when I rack it. Is it supposed to do that?? TIA

 

[OKFC05]

Should engage every time with empty mag inserted.
Remove the empty mag to close slide (or insert loaded mag).

 

[HCC17]

Should engage every time with empty mag inserted.
Remove the empty mag to close slide (or insert loaded mag).

Oh good. I was really concerned that I might have messed up somewhere in the process of cleaning or reassembly. Thank you for your quick response. I greatly appreciate it. BTW, thank you for your service & sacrifices!

 

[rosewood]

HCC17,

More info:

Most semi auto handguns are designed this way. They idea is you shoot until the mag is empty, then the magazine follower locks the slide open so you know it is empty and ready to drop that magazine and insert a full magazine. You then grab the rear of the slide and pull it back and let it slam shut to load again (someone on another posted likened it to shooting a slingshot, great analogy). Speeds reloading. Some folks want to pull the slide release to close the slide with a loaded magazine, but that isn't the proper way. The slingshot method is more like what the gun does itself in the process of the firing cycle.

Rosewood

 

[ContinentalOp]

You then grab the rear of the slide and pull it back and let it slam shut to load again (someone on another posted likened it to shooting a slingshot, great analogy). Speeds reloading. Some folks want to pull the slide release to close the slide with a loaded magazine, but that isn't the proper way. The slingshot method is more like what the gun does itself in the process of the firing cycle.

People argue about this, and everybody has their own opinions, but using the slide release is a perfectly acceptable way to release the slide.

 

[rosewood]

People argue about this, and everybody has their own opinions, but using the slide release is a perfectly acceptable way to release the slide.

People do argue about it, but some owners manuals actually tell you to do it this way. A close friend who is a retired LEO and a lifelong IPSC shooter taught me the trick and after doing it, it makes more sense. They do seem to load better doing it this way also.

Rosewood

 

[hardluk1]

What guys do in competition to chamber a new mags can be anything from banging a mag home and get an auto round chamber as our olde M&P CORE does or using the slid hold open as a release or just to pull the slide back and let fly . Bottom line is those are competition hands not what you carry daily for defensive needs where you should be practicing a Rap Tap Bang drill that should break bad habits of using a slide hold open as a release .

Kahrs handguns tells you to use the hold open as a release but in the 13 years I carried a kahr I always pull back the slide and let fly to. Can't help it if the manual tells you to do something one way but list the part in the manual as something else .

 

[fmflorida]

I do it different ways based on the gun.....

If Im loading a SIG my thumb on my loading hand doesnt reach the Slide Stop/Slide Release due to its position...so I could use my firing hand....or slingshot the slide.....typically Ill slingshot the SIG....


on my Smith 4506-1 my loading hand thumb reaches the Slide Stop/Release so I hit it to release the slide......similarly on the 1911....

My theory is as long as its working for you and not hurting the gun......I see no issue doing whichever method you think is best.

 

[JH1951]

Welcome to the Forum from Pennsylvania, HCC17.
This is a great place to learn about almost anything.

 

[ContinentalOp]

This is a great place to learn about almost anything.

Even stuff you never asked about.

 

[LVSteve]

Even more fun are guns that disengage the slide lock when you insert a mag firmly. I have a couple that do that.

 

[BIGGERHAMMERTX]

My Gen 1.0 M&P 9 full sizes will release a locked back slide when you slam home a new magazine into them.

Certainly speeds the reload process and no argument about which technique is "the right one"...

 

[BIGGERHAMMERTX]

My Shields are impossible to use the slide lock as a slide release. I have large & strong hands, and it is just a No Go, so slingshot the Shield when I reload.

I've been told after I've shot it "A LOT" that it should 'break in' and be 'easier' to use...