What not to do with a 1911

Ledbetter, the reason is that the sear is presisely machined to let off in a crisp manner. It has no feather edges that will disrupt the crispness. When you ease the hammer down, feather edges can be formed. If you just let the hammer fall, the sear will operate just as designed and not cause feather (wire) edges.
 
M1911,
Re: Fine motor skills, Mas did a study in an LFI-4 with a MD and Paramedic being injected with increasing amounts of adrenaline and then shooting the LFI qualification. Both wound up dropping the slide versus slingshoting it.

Slingshot method requires a "gross" motor skill ie, reaching over the top of the slide and releasing then re-acquiring a firing grip. Dropping the slide only require reaching a little further up with the support hand's thumb (after slamming magazine home).

General concensus IIRC was that the "fine motor control breakdown" was not as big a factor as many had thought.

Gator
 
I heard he was going to do that study, but hadn't heard the results. Personally, I know I wouldn't want to have participated in the study. The last time I got a big shot of epinephrine, it was no fun at all :p

Jared
 
Buy a Glock so you don't have to worry about fragile sears, triggers, extractors et al. :) The Glock was DESIGNED to be safely dry-fired and after a few rounds the slide release is very positive.
 
As to the slide release controversy, I train both ways after discovering that "yes," I do instinctively go for the slide release, only to find it not there depending on which pistol I use. So while I prefer the slide release, I can immediately transfer to the sling shot in a crunch.
 
I've been taught plans A, B and C for dropping the slide on an emergency reload.

Plan A: work slide stop with firing (right) thumb, one try. If this fails, go to plan B.

Plan B: work slide stop with support (left) thumb, one try. Plan C if this fails.

Plan C: Go over the top, retract the slide with all 4 fingers and the heel of your support hand on the slide (no slingshots), and let it go.

With the 1911, I've given up on plan A. John Browning must have the hands of a gorilla to have put the slide release so far forward.
 
Jeff, I put a Wilson extended slide stop on my V10. Works great and adds a bit of leverage, making it easier to work with Wolff +5 mag springs.
 
Red Crosse: I had one 1911 which spent the best part of 20 years cocked and locked, when it wasn't being shot or being cleaned after shooting. It never failed to fire.

Regards, Art
 
Skeeter, In your item #2 you said (2. Never let the slide slam home with no round in the chamber. Close it by hand at a slower rate so as not to damage extractor or trigger group." as far as I know, in target shooting, we must slide slam home to clear the gun and also pull the trigger as mandated by the RO. So, with these two things mentioned not to slam home the slide and also not to pull the trigger without any blank bullet or dummy as mentioned by others sometimes in some discussion, seems all in contradiction in all our training practice and in reality.

I believe that manufacturers have given provisions for all these that we must avoid.

Thanks,
 
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