HOW do you get your slide back to rack/lock? - Page 2 - XDTalk Forums - Your HS2000/SA-XD Information Source!

jfdavis58 · 07-04-2008, 04:54 PM

Chuck Norris taught me his method: Glance at it hard, think "OPEN".

It's done!

.22Three · 07-04-2008, 05:05 PM

I will it back with my mind.

Edit: ahhh beaten by 5 mins. Man, I gotta get faster.

danp · 07-05-2008, 03:56 PM

I use the push/pull method. When I reload, I bring the gun back to about 8" in front of my chest, then when I rack the slide, I pull with my support hand, push with my gun hand and let the momentum from my gun hand carry the gun back into shooting position.

samuse · 08-21-2008, 07:30 PM

1. finger outta the trigger guard
2. place weak hand on top of slide, behind ejection port with thumb facing rear of gun.
3. hold strong hand steady and briskly push slide back until locked or in position to manually lock with weak hand thumb.

I'm right handed

bigjimmy57 · 08-21-2008, 08:05 PM

I like the push better

**Se2002** · 08-21-2008, 08:08 PM

I'm a puller.

ZXD9 · 08-22-2008, 07:19 AM

I have the 5" tactical version. I bring the front serrations up into the web of my weak hand, squeeze and pull back. I find it more comfortable to have my hand a few inches farther out when I start to pull back. I also have a lighter 16lb spring in the gun.

View Poll Results: How (method) do you get your slide back to rack/lock?
Grasp the slide w/ weak hand/fingers and PULL it back	50	57.47%
Brace the slide w/ weak hand/fingers and PUSH it back	28	32.18%
Some other method (explained in my post)	9	10.34%
Voters: 87. You may not vote on this poll

07-04-2008, 05:05 PM	#12
.22Three XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Charlotte, N.C. Posts: 254	I will it back with my mind. Edit: ahhh beaten by 5 mins. Man, I gotta get faster. __________________ "My Pain Is Caused By My Pleasure"

07-05-2008, 03:56 PM	#13
danp XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sacramento, California Posts: 1,436	I use the push/pull method. When I reload, I bring the gun back to about 8" in front of my chest, then when I rack the slide, I pull with my support hand, push with my gun hand and let the momentum from my gun hand carry the gun back into shooting position. __________________ God made cops so that firefighters could have heros too. "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Nietzche

08-21-2008, 07:30 PM	#14
samuse XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: central Texas Posts: 116	1. finger outta the trigger guard 2. place weak hand on top of slide, behind ejection port with thumb facing rear of gun. 3. hold strong hand steady and briskly push slide back until locked or in position to manually lock with weak hand thumb. I'm right handed __________________ XD-9_4" HS-2000_4" Glock 19 Glock 26 many gone that I wish I still had

08-21-2008, 08:05 PM	#15
bigjimmy57 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: ellabell, Ga outside of savannah Posts: 115	I like the push better __________________ Jimmy Oliver

07-04-2008, 04:54 PM	#11
jfdavis58 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 134	Chuck Norris taught me his method: Glance at it hard, think "OPEN". It's done!

08-21-2008, 08:08 PM	#16
Se2002 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: AL Posts: 1,396 Blog Entries: 1	I'm a puller. __________________ If the prospect of having your thumb hit by the bolt is unacceptable do not attempt to load your Garand.

08-22-2008, 07:19 AM	#17
ZXD9 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: GA Posts: 305	I have the 5" tactical version. I bring the front serrations up into the web of my weak hand, squeeze and pull back. I find it more comfortable to have my hand a few inches farther out when I start to pull back. I also have a lighter 16lb spring in the gun. __________________ Mark Z Springfield XD9 Tactical

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