wknewbie Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 I was at the range this morning with a guy who was shooting a .38 super open gun. I noticed that the slide did not stay open after the last shot was fired. He said that most open guns are set up this way. If this is true what is the purpose and what causes it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shred Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 Many Open and Limited guns are set up that way to avoid inadvertent slide lock backs when the mag isn't completely empty, which can happen when something (like a bullet) bumps the catch. Since we try hard to avoid slide-lock reloads in IPSC, many people disable the lock-open-on-empty feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikW Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 shred didn't specifically say it, but we only do this because we plan our course strategy and reloads such that we never run the gun dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSeevers Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 To add to my bros input. A slide locked back reload is always slower than a regular one so thats why we try not to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikW Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 To further clarify ... We avoid slide-lock reloads because they are slower than round-chambered reloads. We modify slide stops because a premature lock-open is slow. We avoid running dry because nothing is slower than dropping the hammer on an empty chamber, doing the reload, and racking the slide. (Nothing except not realizing you're empty and racking the slide once or twice before you figure it out.) P.S. The truly clueless among us disable their slide locks to prevent the rare premature lock-open, but then negate that benefit by installing large magazine release buttons on their guns. This ensures they will never pick the gun off a table and get more than one shot from it because the big button has left the magazine on the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loves2Shoot Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 For me it prevents acute cases of "hosing" because I know if I throw extra rounds and run dry I am in a world of hurt, also because the 1st gun I had had bad habit of locking open early and that is really frustrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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