Will a slide stay back in a Glock pistol after the last round is shot, but there is no magazine in?
On the Glock as well as many others platforms, the magazine’s follower is the reason the gun’s slide locks back. That said, when you remove the magazine and fire that last shot, as the magazine is no longer part of the equation, the slide will not lock back. The gun will cycle, projectile going down range and shell being ejected as the slide retracts. The slide resets its position, but the chamber will be empty. With the slide reset, you’ll release and compress the trigger again but only hear a simply click with nothing else happening.[P226 showing how magazine feeder interacts with slide release/stop]The only way the slide will lock back would be if you were already putting upward pressure on the slide release while firing the last shot. But that would be you manually enabling the slide stop as opposed to the gun doing it itself.So if you’re shooting correctly, no the slide should not lock back. This capability is done with assistance from the magazine or directly by the shooter.
How does a pistol slide lock after the last shot is fired?
Sorry for the dumb question, but anyways, I've been getting into shooting recently (I'm 17, shot several types of firearms and can't wait to shoot more!) and I was just wondering, how does the slide "know" when the last shot is fired? Thanks!
Will glock fire without racking the slide?
For semantics: Racking the sliding typically refers to the process of pulling the slide backwards and releasing it. This step will clear anything from the chamber on the draw back, and with the release forward will strip a round from the magazine and chamber the round in the barrel. Releasing the slide means that the slide was open, and that it has been allowed to return to battery. 1. Was the slide locked back when a magazine with rounds was inserted? If the slide is locked back, and a magazine is inserted, and then the slide is released forward, a round has been chambered. Pulling the trigger will result in firing a bullet. 2. Is the slide still locked back? If the slide is still in the back position, the handgun cannot fire. The striker cannot reach the bullet from WAY back there. 3. Was there already a round chambered when the magazine was inserted? If there was, click will go bang. In a nutshell, if there is no bullet in the chamber, and the gun is in battery, pulling the trigger, no matter how many times, will not cause the gun to fire. However, once a round is chambered, it will go bang. What may happen is: The magazine has been removed. The firearm has been cleared, no round in the chamber, and the firearm is in battery. The user inserts a new magazine, improperly executes a press check, and chambers a round. Or worse, the user removes the magazine, clears the firearm, locks the slide back for visual inspection, inserts new magazine and releases the slide, thereby chambering a round. This is why the first rule of firearms is: The firearm is always loaded. Does not matter if someone just checked it and handed it to you. You confirm it again. If it leaves your possession, you confirm it upon return to your possession.
Will keeping a semi-auto pistol's slide in the locked back position for long periods of time damage the gun?
No it will not harm the pistol to keep the slide locked back. The wearing out of a spring, otherwise called metal fatigue is from numerous cycles where the spring is extended then compressed. Many, many people including police departments and military units, keep their slides locked back when storing firearms. Some gun locks are routed through the ejection port and thus keeping the slide locked back.
Is it bad for the health of the gun to store a pistol with the slide back?
I assume you are concerned about keeping the recoils spring(s) compressed for long periods if you are storing a pistol with the slide locked back. Short answer: No, you are not harming the recoil spring or any other part of the pistol by storing it this way.There is a popular misconception that springs are worn down more quickly by keeping them compressed. The truth is that springs wear down most quickly by being compressed and released over and over. In other words, by the regular use that they were designed for.As a side note, for this same reason it is OK to store magazines fully loaded with ammo. I know of AR15 mags that were left loaded with the springs fully compressed for decades, and then functioned perfectly when taken out of storage and out to the range.
Glock 36 issue (slide lock)?
Jeff is correct. The ONLY method authorized by Glock to close the slide is the HOT method. Since they designed and built the pistol, they MIGHT know what works best. Since the official name of the part is "Slide Stop Lever" (and not slide release), this might tell you something. Besides, there's a faster way to get that slide closed that works for both left and right handed shooters, but I won't tell you what it is, because it is also not sanctioned by the manufacturer. Check out any competitive shooter using a Glock and you'll see what it is. The method I didn't describe will work better with a Glock with some rounds through it.
How to lock open the breach of a 1911 pistol?
Good question. Most ranges will require you to bench the weapon with the magazine out and the chamber open when the range is cold. On the left side are two levers. The forward one is the slide catch/release. The rear one is the safety lever. Pull the slide back and press the slide catch up to engage in the notch in the slide. The safety cannot be engaged with the slide back. The safety can only be engaged with the slide forward and the hammer fully c-o-c-ked. Important: the 1911 does NOT have a de-cocking function. Once the chamber is loaded and the hammer is c-o-c-ked, to safely de-cock: drop the magazine, pull back the slide to eject the round from the chamber, then manually lower hammer. Have fun. I own several pistols, but the 1911 is still my favorite. Great history, reliable, accurate, simple to maintain. Edit: had to put dashes in to get past censor.
Can a pistol accidentally discharge without a bullet in the chamber?
"So if there is no bullet in the chamber, and you pull the trigger, what happens?" It goes "click" instead of "bang"
Why does a pistol lock back when it is out of ammunition?
The purpose of a slide locking back is so that the operator of the firearm can load another magazine and “drop” the slide (allow it to drive forward), which strips another round off of the magazine and loads it into the chamber. It is much more efficient than racking the slide completely.How does it do it? There is a bar called the “slide stop” in front of the safety (if the gun has one) and behind the takedown lever (again, if the gun has one). The slide stop pushes up when the slide is back, locking the slide back. It also runs inside the gun.The magazine has an “ear” which pushes up on the slide stop. A loaded magazine won't allow the ear to engage the slide stop. Basically, when you run out of ammo, there's nothing to stop the ear from engaging the slide stop, so the gun locks open.The slide stop is the item just above the trigger in this picture.You should know that not all guns do this. European target guns, as an example, rarely do.
My airsoft gas pistol won't lock after the last shot ?
Your slide lock is not engaging fast enough, or your gun and/or magazine is inefficient. The reason it works with less or no BB's, is because your magazine is full of gas, and blowing the slide back all the way, so your slide lock has a chance to engage. On a mag that was full (but emptied), the slide will not kick back far enough for the slide lock to engage, or to have time to engage, I had the same problem with my WE M4. It could be that your gun and mag are simply poorly made, and are using more gas than they should, resulting in the above problem. You could stretch the spring in your mag, so the slide lock engages faster, you should (regardless of whether its the problem), lube all of the seals in your mag with silicone oil. Also its a magazine, not a clip. A clip, is the literal clip that holds several bullets together, and almost never goes into the gun with the bullets, like the stripper clips used to load bolt action rifles, or the M1 Garand