Charley
Member
Is it bad for a gun to release the slide by thumbing the release button, instead of easing the slide into place?
I'm relatively new to the in's and out's of pistols, and I when I was checking out my XD40 before buying it, I locked the slide back, and released with the button...to which the guy behind the counter politely asked me not to do. He said it was something of a faux pas, but all of my friends that own pistols do this with theirs. Is this bad for the spring and slide? Or is this just something born out of polite deference? Or is it only a bad thing when the gun is dry, and is acceptible when feeding a new mag (I know that releasing the slide in that situation will feed the first round into chamber).
I'm relatively new to the in's and out's of pistols, and I when I was checking out my XD40 before buying it, I locked the slide back, and released with the button...to which the guy behind the counter politely asked me not to do. He said it was something of a faux pas, but all of my friends that own pistols do this with theirs. Is this bad for the spring and slide? Or is this just something born out of polite deference? Or is it only a bad thing when the gun is dry, and is acceptible when feeding a new mag (I know that releasing the slide in that situation will feed the first round into chamber).