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<blockquote data-quote="druryj" data-source="post: 3304077" data-attributes="member: 10465"><p>Okay, I don’t have any definitive proof of anything whether we’re talking about 1911s or Umarex P22s or whatever. But I still ain’t gonna use the Slide Lock to let the slide slam forward anyway cause...slingshot. </p><p></p><p>It’s not the same thing to compare the firing of a 1911 (or any other pistol) to either action; whether dropping the slide on an empty chamber or dry firing by hand cocking the gun using the hammer. When firing, your finger has the trigger held to the rear and the sear is disengaged from the hammer hooks. Those two parts mate again when you release the trigger forward. It seems to me to be a bad practice to just cock the trigger rather than run the slide by hand. Just like it seems to me to be a bad practice to use the slide lock to allow the slide to slam shut on an empty chamber. I agree that a fine 1911 is going to withstand many cycles before parts wear out or break. </p><p></p><p>But the pistol was designed so that the internals work in conjunction with each other; why subject it to the potential of damage by not doing things correctly so that it does allow everything to work as a unit?</p><p></p><p>It is sort of like slamming a car door shut as hard as you can in a way-why do it, unless you’re just mad? </p><p></p><p>I am gonna make sure my pistols are lubed up though.</p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="druryj, post: 3304077, member: 10465"] Okay, I don’t have any definitive proof of anything whether we’re talking about 1911s or Umarex P22s or whatever. But I still ain’t gonna use the Slide Lock to let the slide slam forward anyway cause...slingshot. It’s not the same thing to compare the firing of a 1911 (or any other pistol) to either action; whether dropping the slide on an empty chamber or dry firing by hand cocking the gun using the hammer. When firing, your finger has the trigger held to the rear and the sear is disengaged from the hammer hooks. Those two parts mate again when you release the trigger forward. It seems to me to be a bad practice to just cock the trigger rather than run the slide by hand. Just like it seems to me to be a bad practice to use the slide lock to allow the slide to slam shut on an empty chamber. I agree that a fine 1911 is going to withstand many cycles before parts wear out or break. But the pistol was designed so that the internals work in conjunction with each other; why subject it to the potential of damage by not doing things correctly so that it does allow everything to work as a unit? It is sort of like slamming a car door shut as hard as you can in a way-why do it, unless you’re just mad? I am gonna make sure my pistols are lubed up though. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk [/QUOTE]
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