What pistols do this?

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What pistols will do this. After you have shot your mag and your slide locks back, you then eject the empty mag, now heres my question. What pistols will the slide automatically slam forward if the new mag is slammed in. Today i was told that that should never happen to any pistol its bad, then i heard from someone else that some pistol are meant to do that, which is it?



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None that I've ever seen will release the slide automatically, unless they are not functioning right. Once the mag is loaded you should be able to pull the slide back and release it without depressing the release. No auto should allow the slide to release simply by loading the mag.
 
I have never heard of or seen a pistol that did that because that was the way they were designed to, maybe if there isn't something right with the gun like was stated above. I don't like that at all. If i got a gun like that and couldn't find out what the problem was, or found out that is the way that it was supposed to be i would get rid of it!
 
Several pistols will do this if you slam the mag home really hard. I've seen Glocks', 1911's, Sigs, Walthers and M&P's do this, BUT it takes a really good slam of the mag. Certainly not recommended, but if you are in one handed reload situation from slide lock seating the mag forcefully on a solid object or your own knee can get the pistol loaded and ready. I don't see anything bad with this happening as long as one is following the 4 rules.
 
Not by design, so far as I know, but some will.

I agree with a previous post. I don't know of any that are DESIGNED to release when a new mag is inserted, but I do have a few that get a lot of "range time" that will do it. I have a few pistols that are for target range only - like a Ruger 22/45 Target - that I've installed mag pads on for each mag, and reloads are done with a "smart" smack to ram home. Same goes with some mags I have for an old S&W59 that have bumpers. I don't really object to it (come to think of it, my Glock 17 will do it on occasion WITHOUT mag bumpers) other than the fact that it's nice to have the same thing happen (or not happen) EVERY time. With the Glock, too, we're talking a pretty solid rap to seat the mag. MY guess here - and this is a guess - is this is all about how much force your slide release can take in terms of kinetic energy. If you tighten everthing up to where it's impossible for the mag seating to overcome the mechanism, it'd probably be a hefty slide release indeed. For my personal use, it's not a safety issue, because I know how hard to smack a mag to get the slide to release - like a practiced technique - and you can BET I only rap 'em that hard on range, weapon pointed downrange. If I'm loading a gun at home the procedure is different. I do NOT have any firearms that release a slide (or bolt on the Ruger) by gently but firmly inserting a mag.
 
I've had it happen with my Glocks and Ruger P89. It only happens occasionally, when you slap the mag in AND have the gun held at a certain angle... not a big deal to me.
 
Let me get this strait in my head

You've found yourself in a position to go to "slide lock", seven rounds or fourteen,doesn't matter and your upset that you've SAVED a 1/4 second?
Personally it seems the quicker I got my booger hook on the bang switch
the better! Your finger was clear?Wasn't it?
robert garner
 
I have an HK P7M8. They will close the slide when you squeeze the squeezecocker after loading a mag. Makes it VERY fast back into action. Not exactly what you asked, but if you WANT one that will do that, your HK's are an option.
 
Both my USP 9 and the Glock 21 I used to own would occasionally send the slide forward during a reload. Not an intentional design feature, as far as I know, but on either if you really slammed the mag home it would disengage the slide stop.

Personally, that's a design feature I could learn to live with, but since neither would reliably do it every time (though the USP 9 gets close to universally doing it on fast mag changes), it was more kind of an annoyance.
 
Hi-points don't do this. You have to pull on the back of the slide and then release it to chamber a round after reloading.
 
The S&W M&P will not close the slide when a mag is inserted on the one I bought. I'm glad it doesn't. Many forums talk about the M&P doing this but there is no mention of it in the owners manual or in the S&W publicity for the gun. Are your guns malfunctioning or are you slamming the magazine in so hard to cause this?
 
I've had glocks do that many a time, but I have been told by a Range Master that it is a minor malfunction and it shouldn't do that. Weak release spring or something. I won't pretend to know exactly, but I have been told it is not supposed to do that, although many do. And as said before, not by design.

TRL
 
My CZ 75 BD does that, and I love it. That's a great feature, IMO. It makes for a really fast reload if you slam the mag home. I believe H&K USPs do that, too.
 
I've seen the M&P do this. I don't consider it a bad thing, but I was startled by it. After a few mag changes, one gets used to the idea.

The P7 won't do it, but it will drop the slide if you squeeze the cocker, as mentioned.

I don't know of any other guns that do it, either by design or otherwise.

Mike
 
OK well at least i know that it does happen alot, my bersa does this and i love it, i wish all pistol would do this. And from what i have heard and seen bersa 380s all do this if slammed.
 
I know of no current make gun that is designed to close the slide upon magazine insertion, but I have seen quite a number of them that would do it due to wear or tolerance stacking. Glocks are the most usual and I have seen a number of IDPA competitors come to depend on it to the point that if it does not close itself upon the reload, they would whack the magazine again instead of reaching for the slide or slide stop. It usually works for them.
My CZ75 will do it often but not regularly or reliably.

Now, if we could just get a pistol to drop the magazine automatically when empty. Good enough for Herr Mannlicher and Mr Garand, ought to sell now.
 
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