TomJ
Contributing Member
So Glock ( and apparently ruger too) have slide locks and berate any use of them as “releases”. Meanwhile 1911s , s&w semis, sigs, and likely others have ‘slide releases’ and allow their customers to use them as such...
Personally , I use the slide release; It’s faster and I don’t own any guns that disallow it’s use.
I watched a friend struggle with his reloads on an ar-15... his Glock pistol instructor had so drilled into him that could never touch the slide release that even or his AR he was pulling out the charging handle to drop the bolt after seating a fresh mag.
Side trail here... anyone ever notice that the controls are exactly the same between the 1911 and an ar-15? It cracks me up when tactical guys diss any pistol that has a manual safety yet with their tacticool ar it’s all “ muscle memory.. never even have the think about it.” Comparing the controls or the ar with the 1911 is what made me start carrying a 1911: identical thumb safety manipulation and now I operate the slide release of the 1911 with my left thumb on reloads same as dropping the bolt on the ar.
I pasted the following from Glock's owner's manual. Like the P365, either option works. It sounds like your friend's instructor was misinformed.
If the slide (1) is in the forward position, hold your GLOCK pistol with your firing hand and, while keeping your finger off of the trigger and outside of the trigger guard, grasp the rear of the slide at the serrations with your other hand and pull the slide fully back (Picture 7) and then release it, allowing it to return to the fully forward position (Picture 8).
or
If the slide is locked in the rearward position, either press the slide stop lever (27) down to release the slide and return it to the fully forward position or grasp the rear of the slide at the serrations with your other hand and pull the slide fully back and then release it, allowing it to return to the fully forward position. The pistol is now loaded and ready to be fired by pulling the trigger.