Gun question

[thebitterguy]

Can anyone confirm for me that when a semi-automatic pistol is empty, the slide (sic. thingy on top) retracts?

Comments

[jesshartley.livejournal.com]

According to the Viking, yes, it kicks all the way to the back (towards you if you're holding it pointed at someone else).

[innocent-man.livejournal.com]

That is correct. If you have a spare mag, you just drop your empty, slap the new on in, hit the little switch, and you're good to go.

Also, if you hold your gun wrong, the slide slices the fuck out of your thumb when it recoils. Owie.

[waiwode.livejournal.com]

I may be unaware of a make or model that does not do this. However "slide" action semis, like Glocks, Brownings, Colts, & SIGs all do.

The toggle action of a Luger doesn't have a moving upper assembly (and slide is as good a term as any), and the Mauser C96 has a sliding bolt, more like a rifle, which extends back and depresses the hammer with each shot.

The Walther P-38 does have a short slide, despite its very Luger-looking lines. Ah, sweet alliteration.

Doug.

Luger-looking lines.

[creativedv8tion.livejournal.com]

Lines that looked like that?

Re: Luger-looking lines.

[waiwode.livejournal.com]

I pity the Pfohl who messes with Lex!

Doug.

Re: Luger-looking lines.

[creativedv8tion.livejournal.com]

Dude.

You are The Man.

I love you.

In a purely platonic, wrestling-geek sorta way.

[thebitterguy]

Okay, cool. Thanks. I was afraid a rant I'd had after game was based on false information.

[troy-duffy.livejournal.com]

What rant? What game? Did I miss something fun? :)

[thebitterguy]

I think it was a week you missed. I'd mentioned how the cops shot the monk from the DaVinci Code even though he was obviously out of ammo, because his slide was retracted.

Which led into my describing that I knew this because of an issue of GI Joe where the Soft Master, a ninja master, had retired to Brooklyn and... Well, let's just say it kind of went on in geek stream of concsiousness for extended periods, and I was afraid it was based on flawed reasoning.

Which, thankfully, it wasn't. Yay me!

[the-solecist.livejournal.com]

It's in the design of the pistol. As the last round is expended the slide moves back, and catches in the magazine. If there was a remaining round in the mag, then the slide would feed it forward. This as stated earlier, makes for quick and easy reloading of a new magazine.

Most military style semiautomatic rifles do the same thing (Although the bolt is internal and it doesn't have the same look. :)

Trust the military guy who's mother was a gunsmith for your answers. ;)