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kairo · 11-20-2006, 02:52 PM

Not sure exactly how to phrase this...
On alot of guns, when you shoot to empty and the slide locks, you can slam another mag in, and the slide will fall, letting you shoot again. A big plus for us Lefties who have difficulty with the slide release.
Is the XD supposed to do this? Haven't been able to get mine to do it, so I assume not.

sloopy70 · 11-20-2006, 02:56 PM

I don't believe it is... But I'm not left handed so my opinions not worth much

:P

Loligo · 11-20-2006, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by kairo

On alot of guns, when you shoot to empty and the slide locks, you can slam another mag in, and the slide will fall, letting you shoot again.

No semi-auto I've ever owned or fired has operated this way. Every one of them has required a slingshot or press of the slide release.

-l

sloan1919 · 11-20-2006, 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kairo

Not sure exactly how to phrase this...
On alot of guns, when you shoot to empty and the slide locks, you can slam another mag in, and the slide will fall, letting you shoot again. A big plus for us Lefties who have difficulty with the slide release.
Is the XD supposed to do this? Haven't been able to get mine to do it, so I assume not.

I have never seen such a thing before. So basically you want a gun that whenever the slide is open, inserting the mag. disengages the slide lock?? Can you give me an example of a gun that does this?

sloopy70 · 11-20-2006, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by sloan1919

I have never seen such a thing before. So basically you want a gun that whenever the slide is open, inserting the mag. disengages the slide lock?? Can you give me an example of a gun that does this?

thats what i was thinking...

NBollinger · 11-20-2006, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by sloan1919

I have never seen such a thing before. So basically you want a gun that whenever the slide is open, inserting the mag. disengages the slide lock?? Can you give me an example of a gun that does this?

I've seen old Berettas do this in the military...although they weren't designed to do this. I think the slide lock is just overly worn.

livinloud5 · 11-20-2006, 03:53 PM

Not overly warn. Just that u have to slam the mag in pretty hard with the gun moving in a down force. the XD won't do this, i have tried countless times but it won't budge. My dads Smith will do it all day long!

Blake.

KeithM · 11-20-2006, 03:58 PM

My HK states in the manual that this can happen. But I don't think it was specifically designed that way. It's just a side-effect of the slide release mechanism that if the gun is jarred hard enough, it will release.

TheXDkid · 11-20-2006, 04:01 PM

there was a thread a while back about this and several people could get it to happen but they said you had to really hit it home

kairo · 11-20-2006, 04:12 PM

the ruger p89 does this with a mild magazine push. That's what I was basing it off of.

11-20-2006, 02:52 PM	#1
kairo XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Reno Posts: 365	Magazine question Not sure exactly how to phrase this... On alot of guns, when you shoot to empty and the slide locks, you can slam another mag in, and the slide will fall, letting you shoot again. A big plus for us Lefties who have difficulty with the slide release. Is the XD supposed to do this? Haven't been able to get mine to do it, so I assume not. __________________ A few guns.

11-20-2006, 03:58 PM	#8
KeithM XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 248	My HK states in the manual that this can happen. But I don't think it was specifically designed that way. It's just a side-effect of the slide release mechanism that if the gun is jarred hard enough, it will release. __________________ Keith M. XD-9 Tactical XD-45ACP Service Member of the two broken XD-9 V-10 club.

11-20-2006, 04:01 PM	#9
TheXDkid XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 628	there was a thread a while back about this and several people could get it to happen but they said you had to really hit it home __________________ "Laws that forbid the carrying of arms…disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides." – Thomas Jefferson Last edited by TheXDkid; 11-20-2006 at 04:06 PM.

11-20-2006, 04:12 PM	#10
kairo XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Reno Posts: 365	the ruger p89 does this with a mild magazine push. That's what I was basing it off of. __________________ A few guns.

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11-20-2006, 02:56 PM	#2
sloopy70 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Southwest Louisiana Posts: 1,121	I don't believe it is... But I'm not left handed so my opinions not worth much :P

11-20-2006, 03:53 PM	#7
livinloud5 XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Augusta, Ga Posts: 539	Not overly warn. Just that u have to slam the mag in pretty hard with the gun moving in a down force. the XD won't do this, i have tried countless times but it won't budge. My dads Smith will do it all day long! Blake.