Easiest Semi-Auto to Field Strip? - HD VIDEO

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Most modern pistols are of similar ease to take down. I like my XDm, for example, over the Glock or M&P, because with the Glock you have to pull the trigger and the M&P you have to disable something or other through the ejection port. With XD, you just clear, slide lock, twist the lever, and pull it off. Seems pretty similar on the beretta from what I can tell with my work connection (excpet you do it from slide forward).
 
The old Star Modelo Super has the same kind of takedown latch. I think Star may have originated it, but I can't say for sure.
 
Walther P99: Clear, and with hand over slide, press down with finger and thumb of same hand on the ambidextrous releases on the frame and slide forward off the frame. One smooth motion.

Definitely simpler than P38/Beretta 92. Can't compare to Sig, as I don't own one yet.
 
PT,

Your 'replaced the 1911' vid was good stuff. The focus on 'easiest to take down' isn't a value point. Sig, Beretta, Glock, Walther, XD... all similarly easy. I can't see a scenario where the difference in ease of takedown is a determining factor in which pistol somebody buys, unless it's because a certain pistol is sufficiently difficult to turn a buyer away.
 
I can't see a scenario where the difference in ease of takedown is a determining factor in which pistol somebody buys, unless it's because a certain pistol is sufficiently difficult to turn a buyer away.
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When I originally chose XDm over XD/Glock, it was because I didn't have to pull the trigger prior to break down. I considered it a safety risk. Slight risk, but a risk nonetheless.
 
Pulling the trigger is pretty easy, I do it several hundred times a week in my living room anyway, so one more to take it down is not overly burdensome. It is a lot easier to pull the trigger on the M&P also, vs. fishing around in the ejection port for the little sear disengagement lever.

All modern designs are a wash. None I have ever seen are significantly more difficult than others, except maybe the "pull the pin out with the slide in a half-racked position" (Sig SP2022, 3rd gen S&W autos, maybe some others) but even those, after you have done it a time or two, is not significant enough to play a part in my choice of pistol.
 
pull the pin out with the slide in a half-racked position
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Add Ruger LCP to the list. Especially because you need a coin, flathead, or similar to get the pin out.
 
Easiest semi-auto to fieldstrip? Makarov and any of the similar guns. Pull the trigger guard down, pull the slide back and off. There. You're done. I've seen a video where it was done in one second flat.
 
Skribs,

That's a safety thing, not a convenience thing. I've never heard of anyone saying, "It came down to the Glock and the FNX, and I went with the one that was easier to field strip".
 
Well, now you've heard "It came down to the XDm, M&P, and Glock, and I went with the one that was easier to field strip." (At that time, the M&P manual required a trigger pull instead of the option of fiddling with the bar).

It's both safety and convenience. One less step is one less step, no matter how you look at it.
 
I'm not sure that it is any easier than a sig, a steyr M series, or other pistols. As others have said any difference between said guns is de minimis.
 
What do you think?
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I think you would get tired of making a new video everyday with either useless or incorrect information or something that has been done hundreds or thousands of time already on YouTube.

If you want to learn about your Beretta, you should spend some time going through these videos and not remake them. These are made by someone who is far more familiar with Beretta's than you seem to be. http://beretta92fs.com/index.html

I think it's a shame they didn't have YouTube when Gecko45 was around. He loved attention also and those would have been worth watching!!
 
The Star Firestar is very easy to strip. push the slide back a very short way, till the alignment grooves line up, push the slide lock out, and slide the slide/barrel assy off the front of the gun.
Walther PP/PPK/PPKS, CZ82/83 and Makarov are also very easy to strip.
 
The P.38 is probably the easiest of any service type pistol to field strip.

And so what? Does anyone plan to take their pistol apart in the middle of a gun fight? The only thing that counts when the chips are down is reliability. Not field stripping. Not target grade accuracy. Not neat looks. Not grip angle. Not the maker's customer service. Not the warranty period.

You field strip and clean your gun after the fight is over, if your gun is not lying on the concrete floor of the police evidence room.

Jim
 
1911 is easy, remove mag, pull the slide back a bit until the takedown notch lines up and push out the slide stop and the pull it the rest of the way out and slide the slide forward. Pull out the spring, guide and plug, remove the barrel and then turn the collet and remove it.
 
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