Jasonub Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 I tried searching but we all know that we should lighten our slide as much as we can to lessen felt recoil. There seems to be no general rule on what our slides should weigh. What's the lightest slide out there on limited or standard division without compromising durability? I have an infinity factory lightened slide and its 349 grams with front and rear sights . What do you guys have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansedgli Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 (edited) That is not an island barrel slide right? I have been trying to find data too. Here are a couple of my slides. All slides have the extractor and firing pins, firing pin spring and fps fitted. Trojan slide. Bomar sights with corresponding cut. Flat topped. Bit of grip tape. STI lawman slide which isnt flat topped compared to the trojan slide. TAS Sights and the same front sight as above. Edited June 21, 2021 by dansedgli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansedgli Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Infinity with island barrel cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rnlinebacker Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 23 minutes ago, Jasonub said: I tried searching but we all know that we should lighten our slide as much as we can to lessen felt recoil. There seems to be no general rule on what our slides should weigh. What's the lightest slide out there on limited or standard division without compromising durability? I have an infinity factory lightened slide and its 349 grams with front and rear sights . What do you guys have? 10.5 ounces with nothing in or on the slide. You will not lessen felt recoil lightening the slide. Rather, the sights will return faster as slide cycles with more speed. For less felt recoil switch to a heavier bullet with faster powder. Gun may be more snappy but you will feel less in the hand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansedgli Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 (edited) STI tactical 5 inch. STI TAS sights. Same as the lawman above but flat topped and unique slide profile. Edited June 21, 2021 by dansedgli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansedgli Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 (edited) Shadow 2 slide. Not as light as everyone thinks. Edited June 21, 2021 by dansedgli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonub Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 1 hour ago, dansedgli said: Infinity with island barrel cut. This is light nice one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonub Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 Yes that's what I'm going for. Anyone have a Brazos limited slide? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonub Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 Yes that's what I'm going for. Thanks. Anyone have a Brazos slide for limited? 1 hour ago, Rnlinebacker said: 10.5 ounces with nothing in or on the slide. You will not lessen felt recoil lightening the slide. Rather, the sights will return faster as slide cycles with more speed. For less felt recoil switch to a heavier bullet with faster powder. Gun may be more snappy but you will feel less in the hand Yes thanks that's what Im going for. Anyone have a Brazos limited slide? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzt Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Lightening the slide, within limits, reduces reciprocating mass. That is a good thing. Whether the sights return more quickly is another matter. If you didn't put a heavier recoil spring in, muzzle lift will be greater and sights will slower to return. Using a heavier slug with a fast powder slows everything down so the recoil impulse is spread out over a longer period. It does not make the sights return faster. It does the opposite. For example, when I shot Limited I bowed to conventional wisdom land loaded 180 gr bullets over e3 powder. I shot that load for years. The last year I shot Limited I switched to 165 gr and found it shot flatter and splits were better, at the expense of a harder hit to the hand. Another example: a friend shot SS major and complained about his splits. He was shooting 230 gr bullets. His muzzle was sky high after each shot. We finally convinced him to try 185 gr bullets. He did and was amazed at the difference. He shoots 185s now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racinready300ex Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 I think this is a area we tend to over think a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ssanders224 Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 6 hours ago, Jasonub said: I tried searching but we all know that we should lighten our slide as much as we can to lessen felt recoil. Vogel disagrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonub Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 In this side of the globe, the Philippines, we use heavy standard pistols with light slides and light springs. For bullets its generally heavy heads that make major. So for 40 its minimum 180 gr and usually its 200 gr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakerjd Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 My STI slide after tri top and a few other cuts is 10.5oz with sights. I shoot 200gn bullets right at 165pf. For me I can only shoot an entire match at major PF if I spead the recoil out and get it as soft as I can. I have some issues with my arms and while I can shoot major all day I regret it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansedgli Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Do you have a photo of the cuts? 10.5 seems so light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonub Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 Pictures please that is light and I like to see if I can do the same . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakerjd Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 These are the only oics I have currently. Noting super special really. On the top we milled it out like the sides. Also did some internal lightening cuts. Basicly two lines going from slightly after locking lugs to the spring tunnel. I have around 15k rounds through it and its held up. It's the first time we have done internal lightening and since it's a test gun of sorts it's not the prettiest gun out there but it runs 100%. Only thing I'd do different if I was to do it again was cut out some of the spring tunnel as well. And maybe a little less internal milling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansedgli Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 That looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonub Posted June 23, 2021 Author Share Posted June 23, 2021 Ditto very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvansky Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 On 6/23/2021 at 1:45 AM, Bakerjd said: These are the only oics I have currently. Noting super special really. On the top we milled it out like the sides. Also did some internal lightening cuts. Basicly two lines going from slightly after locking lugs to the spring tunnel. I have around 15k rounds through it and its held up. It's the first time we have done internal lightening and since it's a test gun of sorts it's not the prettiest gun out there but it runs 100%. Only thing I'd do different if I was to do it again was cut out some of the spring tunnel as well. And maybe a little less internal milling. On 6/23/2021 at 1:45 AM, Bakerjd said: These are the only oics I have currently. Noting super special really. On the top we milled it out like the sides. Also did some internal lightening cuts. Basicly two lines going from slightly after locking lugs to the spring tunnel. I have around 15k rounds through it and its held up. It's the first time we have done internal lightening and since it's a test gun of sorts it's not the prettiest gun out there but it runs 100%. Only thing I'd do different if I was to do it again was cut out some of the spring tunnel as well. And maybe a little less internal milling. That looks amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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