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<blockquote data-quote="druryj" data-source="post: 3304363" data-attributes="member: 10465"><p>I need to say that I re-read Eking’s first post here as he seems pretty adamant that allowing the slide to slam home on an empty chamber won’t hurt a 1911. I disagreed and posted a link from Hilton Yam, a noted gunsmith and founder of 10-8 that says otherwise. But Eking in his intro told us he is also a gunsmith school grad. So he DOES have expertise in this subject and thus, here we have different opinions, both from gunsmiths. Mine, on the other hand, comes from being taught not to do it in my USMC training. Perhaps that is way out of date though as I have been retired from the Corps for many years. I’d like to know what is being taught in more recent years just for the sake of knowing.</p><p></p><p>I imagine we could search and find more ‘smiths on both sides of the discussion. Some say don’t do it; some say it is okay. Choices are always yours to make. It has been an interesting discussion.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="druryj, post: 3304363, member: 10465"] I need to say that I re-read Eking’s first post here as he seems pretty adamant that allowing the slide to slam home on an empty chamber won’t hurt a 1911. I disagreed and posted a link from Hilton Yam, a noted gunsmith and founder of 10-8 that says otherwise. But Eking in his intro told us he is also a gunsmith school grad. So he DOES have expertise in this subject and thus, here we have different opinions, both from gunsmiths. Mine, on the other hand, comes from being taught not to do it in my USMC training. Perhaps that is way out of date though as I have been retired from the Corps for many years. I’d like to know what is being taught in more recent years just for the sake of knowing. I imagine we could search and find more ‘smiths on both sides of the discussion. Some say don’t do it; some say it is okay. Choices are always yours to make. It has been an interesting discussion. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk [/QUOTE]
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