I just got my first handgun (first gun!), a semi-auto (H&K USP).
I have been chambering the first round (racking the slide) by gripping the rear serrations with my thumb and third finger, yanking back, and then easing the slide forward. It seems like it would be a gentle and quiet way to do it.
Apparently, this is considered "riding the slide" -- and I'm supposed to let go at the end and let it BANG into place.
Obviously, this is the kind of recoil that the slide is meant to take (despite it sounding awfully painful to the gun), but what kinds of problems does it cause? Does it lead to mis-chambering? Mis-loading?
Or is it not really such a bad thing?
Thanks!
-jon
I have been chambering the first round (racking the slide) by gripping the rear serrations with my thumb and third finger, yanking back, and then easing the slide forward. It seems like it would be a gentle and quiet way to do it.
Apparently, this is considered "riding the slide" -- and I'm supposed to let go at the end and let it BANG into place.
Obviously, this is the kind of recoil that the slide is meant to take (despite it sounding awfully painful to the gun), but what kinds of problems does it cause? Does it lead to mis-chambering? Mis-loading?
Or is it not really such a bad thing?
Thanks!
-jon