It seems every handgun I get has a slightly different process for taking it down. The way I see it, for the toolless variety, there are three primary methods of taking the slide off the pistol (after obviously dropping the mag and racking the slide).
With the Springfield XDm series, you just pull the slide back, flip the lever (which also has a decocker), and slide the slide off the frame. This is as simple as you can get.
With the Glock (and MANY derivatives), you have to fire to release the striker before you can pull the pistol apart. On the one hand, pulling the trigger can lead to a ND if the chamber is loaded, but on the other hand this is a much safer condition for a ND than when the gun is taken apart.
With the S&W M&P series, you have a lever inside the frame that must be lowered to take the firearm apart. This lessens the chance of ND in either scenario mentioned above, but is also the most complex system on the list (as it requires a tool stored in the M&P grip or use of another tool) in order to break the weapon down.
Then of course there's the very possible fact that I am way over-thinking all of this, because I do tend to over-analyze things (I've even analyzed why I over-analyze things...when I realized what I was doing I analyzed that, and...well, you get the picture).
What are your thoughts?
With the Springfield XDm series, you just pull the slide back, flip the lever (which also has a decocker), and slide the slide off the frame. This is as simple as you can get.
With the Glock (and MANY derivatives), you have to fire to release the striker before you can pull the pistol apart. On the one hand, pulling the trigger can lead to a ND if the chamber is loaded, but on the other hand this is a much safer condition for a ND than when the gun is taken apart.
With the S&W M&P series, you have a lever inside the frame that must be lowered to take the firearm apart. This lessens the chance of ND in either scenario mentioned above, but is also the most complex system on the list (as it requires a tool stored in the M&P grip or use of another tool) in order to break the weapon down.
Then of course there's the very possible fact that I am way over-thinking all of this, because I do tend to over-analyze things (I've even analyzed why I over-analyze things...when I realized what I was doing I analyzed that, and...well, you get the picture).
What are your thoughts?