Good sights that also rack slide on belt or shoe?

[Ricebrnr]

Well here's a scenario not mentioned;

What if you need to do a clearance drill while one arm is injured or occupied.

For example, you're holding off rather large dog or worse its chewing on one arm. You shove your pistol at it and pull the trigger. OH NO the slide was pushed slightly out of battery and won't fire....

Being able to rack and clear it one handed sounds like a nice idea at that point, especially if your autoloader doesn't have second strike capability.

 

[MPanova]

In that case If the gun went click and not bang while a dog was chewing on my arm I think I would resort to beating it in the head with my gun but thats just me, of course the 24/7 I carry does have 2nd strike capability

 

[Ricebrnr]

In that case I'd prefer to have a full size all steel gun like my Cz 75B

 

[Zach S]

I've been wondering about this too. I wanted to have my Para recut for a Novak LoMount so I could use a 10-8 sight, however Novaks said it cant be re-cut Anyone have LoMount dimensions handy?

I rack the slide on my quad or rib cage.

I normally roar, bite the slide, and then rack it with my teeth

Seriously though, I can rack my Kimbers' slides by spinning the pistol around (like I was going to put it in the holster with the magwell forward) and pushing the recoil spring plug against the mouth of it (FLGRs have been cut down or replaced with the correct part). I'd much rather have a rear sight that could snag on my belt so I could point the pistol away from me though. I dont have much of a choice with my kimbers since their no-snag sights were made backwards.

For example, you're holding off rather large dog or worse its chewing on one arm. You shove your pistol at it and pull the trigger. OH NO the slide was pushed slightly out of battery and won't fire....

With my 1911s, the hammer wont fall if its out of battery.

you know, it seems to me that this is kinda silly because the only time you need to rack your slide like that is if you lose an arm during a shootout of some sort and still have enough life in you to reload. and even if you can rack the slide without your other hand, how would you swap magazines?

Racking a slide uses a good bit of effort from both hands. One for the frame (hopefully the strong hand), and the other to rack the slide.

My arm has fell asleep before, I've had broken bones, etc. Even while my arm was asleep or my hand was broken, they still functioned. Not very well, or without pain, but probably well enough to hold a mag while I slammed a pistol down on it.

 

[WDGF]

We practiced this in one of the local tactical classes I took with Steve Moses around ten years ago. My Para P12 has a blade rear sight, and watching others stuggle with the Novaks convinced me I personally don't want them on a defensive pistol.

biggiesmalls, here's the procedure, as I remember it:
1) Eject the empty mag.
2) Crouch and turn the pistol upside down, held mag-well up between your knees. If your empty didn't drop free, rip it out now.
3) Insert the fresh mag and slap it to seat it.
4) Grab the pistol and hit the mag base against your leg to ensure it's seated.
5) Lean away from your gun side to make it easy then to come back and catch the rear sight on your belt. Push down to rack the slide all the way back and let it fly forward.
Now you're back in the fight. This can be done much faster than it sounds, and is really only slightly slower than a two handed mag change, with practice.

We practiced this both strong-hand and weak-hand. One-handed tap-rack-bang clearance still works this way, as the pistol is upside down and the ejection port exposed when you rack the slide on your belt. Some pistols don't have a slide lock-back, so I wouldn't necessarily count on that.

I've looked at the Trijicon sights, and the ones I saw were a block style rear sight, rather like a very thick blade, so they should work fine with this drill.

Of course, it's always possible to damage the sights this way, but in a fight, I doubt you'd care.