1911 Slide stop with no thumb pad at all?

[mesinge2]

I always slingshot my 1911s when performing a reload so I was wondering if anyone makes a slide stop that has no thumb pad at all.

Kind of like the photoshop image I created below. I think it would be a nice clean look!

 

[dogmush]

www.dremel.com

 

[CPO15]

Now that's funny!

 

[joneb]

I was wondering if anyone makes a slide stop that has no thumb pad at all.

These guys could make you one,
http://www.egwguns.com/index.php?p=egw_store

 

[mgmorden]

Reloads aside, that will make it more difficult to manually lock open the action. I always slingshot too, but why would you intentionally take options away from yourself?

 

[ATLDave]

I have seen 1911/2011-based race guns that have no slide stop at all! Just a pin to hold the barrel link.

Of course, that's for people who are planning to never, ever run to slide lock/empty.

 

[9mmepiphany]

The are very slick without the shelf...and you can still lock the slide back by pressing up on the lever

 

[joneb]

Having the thumb pad would make a one handed reload easier.

 

[9mmepiphany]

Not really, as long as you're wearing a belt of have another hard surface close by

 

[1911 guy]

What happens when you need to lock the pistol open to clear a double feed or other such action?

 

[9mmepiphany]

You push up on the lever...as I posted in Post #9

You're, at least I am, pushing, into the frame, with the flat of your thumb anyway, do you think it is really a lot harder than pushing on the curved surface of a common Slidestop...it isn't like the lever is flush with the frame

 

[Drail]

In all of my years of carrying, drawing and firing 1911s I have never seen one single instance where that pad slowed me down or got in my way. I also have never understood why so many people believe that slingshotting the slide is absolutely superior to simply using the slide stop to release the slide. I have, however, seen more than a few 1911s that will NOT slingshot. Two of mine will not and they work just fine.

 

[9mmepiphany]

I have, however, seen more than a few 1911s that will NOT slingshot

Shok-buffs?

 

[Jim K]

Browning even made a pistol that way; check the old FN Model 1903, the gun that was the immediate predecessor of the Colt M1903 pocket model.

Jim

 

[1911Tuner]

Just my 2% of a buck, but...

It seems that it would disable an important function of the gun, and omit the option of releasing the slide with one hand.

That's not really important on the range or in a match stage, but it could be vitally important when the target shoots back.

Because it's prettier?

 

[9mmepiphany]

Because it's prettier?

I've always been a bit partial to the clean lines of the Colt 1903...it just looks cleaner without the slide stop lever

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[rcmodel]

Because it's prettier?

+1

I agree completely.

I never met a man that found fault with the little projection on a 1911 slide stop.

I can think of no earthly reason to do away with it for purely cosmetic reasons!

It's faulty logic on several levels on possibly the ultimate fighting handgun.

rc

 

[Drail]

Some had buffs and some did not. Most Baers will not without some modifications. I have never understood the logic of "slingshotting" a pistol. But it's what all the kids want today.

 

[9mmepiphany]

I never met a man that found fault with the little projection on a 1911 slide stop.

Surely you jest...with the constant barrage of folks complaining of not being able to reach it without shifting the frame in their hand or folks wanting to add an extended lever to it?

I can think of no earthly reason to do away with it for purely cosmetic reasons!

It's faulty logic on several levels on possibly the ultimate fighting handgun.

I wouldn't do away with it for just that reason.

For many years, my personal ultimate fighting handgun was another without a slide release lever projecting out of one side of the frame...the H&K P7M7, a truly ambidextrous gun
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...then reality kicked in and I settled for a P7M8

 

[GLOOB]

There are a lot of guns with an internal slide stop and no external lever. It's done that way to prevent snags and/or unintentional (user-induced) slide lock.

For someone who carries without a spare mag, it makes a lot of sense. For a 1911, I suppose it depends on how you grip it. If you're a righty, your offhand thumb could possibly hit the slidelock.

Post #2 nailed it, though. You want one, it's easy enough.

 

[rcmodel]

Surely you jest...

Not jesting that time.
And don't call me Shirly!!!!


It could be a life-saver if you only have two working fingers left to stuff in another mag at slide lock, and REALLY need to drop the slide to load it again.

IMO: It would be foolish to fix something that never was broke!
Just because you don't understand all it's reasons for being there.

rc

 

[joneb]

^^^

 

[9mmepiphany]

It would be foolish to fix something that never was broke!
Just because you don't understand all it's reasons for being there.

I grew up with the 1911 and carried one as a duty gun for a few years...before moving to something that fit my needs better

I never said I didn't understand the reasons for it being there. I'm not even saying it can't be useful...just that it isn't critical to have the thumb pad (which was the original question) I'm saying that there are other, and arguably better, solutions

 

[1911Tuner]

with the constant barrage of folks complaining of not being able to reach it without shifting the frame in their hand or folks wanting to add an extended lever to it?

Could it be that these people lack the critical thinking skills to recognize that the pad is right there under their support hand thumb when they slam in a fresh magazine?

The ability to hit the release with the right thumb without shifting our grip can just as easily work against us as it can work for us if we get in a big hurry and let the slide go before the magazine is locked in place. I saw that happen a couple times...fortunately while the shooters were playing games and not tryin' to save old skinny. One guy admitted that...after his second experience...he sat down and reconsidered his options on his carry gun. The extended slidestop was absent on his game gun after that.

 

[9mmepiphany]

Could it be that these people lack the critical thinking skills to recognize that the pad is right there under their support hand thumb when they slam in a fresh magazine?

I've often wondered this about many things that shooters will do...it never occurred to me not to use my support thumb, since it was right there anyway