In the Nov/Dec issue of American Handgunner magazine, on page 58, Ken Hackathorn writes <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>However, on pistol designs like the Glock and SIG, one is advised to reach up and grasp the slide with an overhand grip, the pull smartly to the rear to release the slide. Due to the location of the slide lock on Glock and SIG pistols, using the thumb to depress the latch is not advised. (emphasis mine)[/quote]
Now I have found (among pistols I have experience with) that the Sig slide release is in the ultimate position for just reaching up with your strong side thumb and releasing the slide. Other pistols (such as the Smith & Wesson and Government Models) have slide release locations that make it necessary to pivot the pistol in the hand to reach the slide stop with the strong side thumb. These pistols (SW and Gov't) would seem to lend themselves more to the "grasp the slide with the weak hand and yank" method of slide release, but Hackathorn says just the opposite in his article.
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[This message has been edited by deanf (edited November 11, 1999).]
Now I have found (among pistols I have experience with) that the Sig slide release is in the ultimate position for just reaching up with your strong side thumb and releasing the slide. Other pistols (such as the Smith & Wesson and Government Models) have slide release locations that make it necessary to pivot the pistol in the hand to reach the slide stop with the strong side thumb. These pistols (SW and Gov't) would seem to lend themselves more to the "grasp the slide with the weak hand and yank" method of slide release, but Hackathorn says just the opposite in his article.
Comments?
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“The whole of the Bill (of Rights) is a declaration of the right of the people at large or considered as individuals. ... It establishes some rights of the individual as unalienable and which consequently, no majority has a right to deprive them of.” -Alexander Addison, 1789
[This message has been edited by deanf (edited November 11, 1999).]