slide release.

[XDanthony]

Originally Posted by bountyhunter

Just in case there are newbies, I feel compelled to add:

You NEVER NEVER NEVER "ease" a slide forward under hand control to load it because that can cause a feed jam. You let the slide fly forward off the slide stop point using the slid release lever (or release from "slingshot" all the way to the rear) so the slides momentum will strip the next round, force it under the extractor and chamber it.

That is how the gun is designed to cycle, and "slow cycling" ammo up and in can cause it to misfeed.

Yes, agreed!

[husker_t]

Originally Posted by bountyhunter

Good point. In your case, you may have to manually drop the slide since the lever is on the wrong side.

Or get a different gun. I love my XD sc, but like over 90% of all pistols on the market, it is biased to the RH population. Springfield needs to get with it and make these fully ambi, as more and more of the competition is doing.

Although I have my concerns about some reliability issues with them, I am currently looking at a S&W M&P compact as a possible CCW, since it is truly ambidextrous with the slide lock on both sides. So is the new Sig 250, so are many H&K models, and so are the CZ 85 models. I already own a CZ 85, and am planning to get another. And if I end up liking (and trusting) the M&P, I'll get a full-sized one too, and probably end up owning ONLY M&P's and CZ's, since I'm not into H&K's.