BoldasLions Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 Is it a common thing for Single Stack Competitors to disable the slide lock? Do you have a disabled slide lock(SS)? If so, why??? Are there any top USPSA Single Stack Shooters that have it disabled? What do you prefer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 Sometimes shooting to slide lock is part of the plan. However, I disable it in my limited guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParaGunner Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 I like the slide stop functional on all my pistols. It's faster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 I leave mine active in my single stack and production guns... Now I want to watch some YouTube and see what the big dogs are doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoldasLions Posted October 10, 2010 Author Share Posted October 10, 2010 Here's a vid of Rob Leatham. Catch the slide lock at 5:05 in the vid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooter_rob Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 My limited gun will not lock open, but my limited-10 gun and my Single Stack guns both DO. I shot SS all year this year and you NEED to have it lock open. Even the best plans can fall apart, if the gun does not lock open you are just adding other possible time wasters to the stage. Some SS guns are picky about slide lock reloads, just work with your ammo length and magazine selection until you get the combo that works best in your gun. Mine took some testing, but I eneded up with a comob that workes for me. My testing determined that standard length .40 ammo (1.125), in a Tripp Cobra mag, with an EGW high mag catch has been the magic combo in my Jim Joyce Custome(JJC)tuned STI Trojan. She shoots like a dream, and ALWAYS closes from slide lock. Good luck and safe shooting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Gaines Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 I am having my single stack built right now. I am going to have it lock back, with only 9bb's I want to know when it runs dry, although I can feel my limited gun when it goes dry, by the difference in recoil. I don't want to have the adrenaline flowing and not feel the gun go dry. This will be a uspsa/idpa gun so the slide lock will come in handy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Stevens Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 (edited) Mine is disabled, as I have had past issues with locking open when I don't want it to. With only 8 in the mag and the prevalent 8 round strings we see now, it is not hard to keep up with your rounds. If you shoot a miss, and pick it up, you need to rack the slide. Hasn't been a big problem. Gary Edited October 10, 2010 by Gary Stevens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foilhat Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 functional, but I may not know any better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steel1212 Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 High caps I disable it, there is no reason to go dry on a 22 round gun. On my single stacks, in my opinion, its faster to do a slide lock reload if need be than a click, crap, reload, rack, bang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jualdeaux Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 My Trojan locks back. I don't use it very often though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konkapot Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 I left my Trojan alone until Area 8, when it decided to lock back repeatedly all by itself. About as fun as it sounds. After some vigorous home "gunsmithing" it will never ever lock back. I think this might be a Ford vs. Chevy thing. FY42385 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-ManBart Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 I have working slide stops on all of my guns except for Open guns. If you need a makeup shot on an 8rd array, it's faster to do a slide lock reload than racking the slide (and the mag seats much easier). Dimple the face of the slide stop for the plunger, trim the nose of the slide stop so bullets can't hit it, and you should have no problems with premature lockback. R, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjb45 Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 It is disabled in all my guns just for consistency sake. IMO: The reason being a long time ago, tuning mags was part voodoo magic and part skill. It was fairly common to have Limited guns go to slide lock on the second to last round in a magazine. So many shooters just had it disabled either by the slide release or magazine follower. It only takes a couple of times to be finishing as COF and needing that second to last bullet and have the gun go to slide lock to have it disabled. Now days it seems the followers are so much better that it is not as common to go to slide lock with two rounds left in a mag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMSI Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 It is disabled in all my guns just for consistency sake. IMO: The reason being a long time ago, tuning mags was part voodoo magic and part skill. It was fairly common to have Limited guns go to slide lock on the second to last round in a magazine. So many shooters just had it disabled either by the slide release or magazine follower. It only takes a couple of times to be finishing as COF and needing that second to last bullet and have the gun go to slide lock to have it disabled. Now days it seems the followers are so much better that it is not as common to go to slide lock with two rounds left in a mag. +1 on this. Disabling the slide lock is probably a passing fad. good riddance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parallax3D Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 It is disabled in all my guns just for consistency sake. IMO: The reason being a long time ago, tuning mags was part voodoo magic and part skill. It was fairly common to have Limited guns go to slide lock on the second to last round in a magazine. So many shooters just had it disabled either by the slide release or magazine follower. It only takes a couple of times to be finishing as COF and needing that second to last bullet and have the gun go to slide lock to have it disabled. Now days it seems the followers are so much better that it is not as common to go to slide lock with two rounds left in a mag. It's not just the locking back with 1 or 2 rounds left in a double-stack gun, but also the fact that's it's easier to over-insert a mag and jam a double-stack with the slide locked back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 mine is functional. the obvious abswer is to avoid going to slide lock in teh first place, haha. but then you get the stage designers who think its a great idea to have an empty gun starts then 4 8-rd arrays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2MoreChains Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 I guess I never really thought about it until this poll got started. Mine is functional as well, but I do try to plan my stages to where I don't go to slidelock. Now in IDPA, that's a completely different story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed_henry Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 none of mine lock back except for production. I have been shooting SS for about 4 years now and have watched a number of people reload to a locked back gun and have over inserted the mag and had the jam from hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallisticianX Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 I vote for keeping the slide lock enabled on SS or Limited 10 guns. If I run the gun dry I want a visible indicator, I dont want to have to guess when Im out and waste precious time. If your gun has a premature lock back problem it is commonly caused by your grip locating a thumb to close to the underside of the slide lock. Although I have also encountered it due to cheap mags and/or a weak plunger spring. Also an aftermarket slide stop installed without proper fitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Thomas Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 I have been shooting SS for about 4 years now and have watched a number of people reload to a locked back gun and have over inserted the mag and had the jam from hell. How can you over-insert a standard length 8-round mag? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillD Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 I have been shooting SS for about 4 years now and have watched a number of people reload to a locked back gun and have over inserted the mag and had the jam from hell. How can you over-insert a standard length 8-round mag? Dawson no gap ICE magwell and basepads that have to be cut down to function in the magwell. Take a little too much off the front, slidelock reload.....jam from hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steel1212 Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 I have been shooting SS for about 4 years now and have watched a number of people reload to a locked back gun and have over inserted the mag and had the jam from hell. How can you over-insert a standard length 8-round mag? It all comes back to tuning your gear. I have over insertion stops on the front of my mags and there is NO way it will over insert on my .40s or 9s. I haven't shot my .45s enough but I'm pretty sure they have them also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strick Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 How can you over-insert a standard length 8-round mag? Dawson no gap ICE magwell and basepads that have to be cut down to function in the magwell. Take a little too much off the front, slidelock reload.....jam from hell. The Dawson mags I have over insert with no modification. They work fine for the first mag but can hang the slide up during a reload from slide lock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillD Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 I should have stated, my mags are Wilson's 47D's. And I had it happen with a McCormick 10 rounder. It sure added 100 seconds to my time each of the 3 times it's happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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