OK, I just figured this out, even though many here may have known it for ages. This post is for other novices who may have shared my previous level of ignorance.
I just bought a MantisX for training, so now dry fire practice with my M&P 2.0 9mm requires cocking for each shot. For several days I was pulling the slide all the way back and releasing, as if chambering a round, for each cycle. Then I stumbled into the discovery that i need only pull the slide back about one quarter of the way and hold it as it closes, with no spring slamming it back. This makes re-cocking much quicker and easier, speeding the dry fire training, too.
Reading the thread Slingshot that slide a few moments ago prompted me to post this note.
I just bought a MantisX for training, so now dry fire practice with my M&P 2.0 9mm requires cocking for each shot. For several days I was pulling the slide all the way back and releasing, as if chambering a round, for each cycle. Then I stumbled into the discovery that i need only pull the slide back about one quarter of the way and hold it as it closes, with no spring slamming it back. This makes re-cocking much quicker and easier, speeding the dry fire training, too.
Reading the thread Slingshot that slide a few moments ago prompted me to post this note.