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sjwsti:

--- Quote from: skydve76 on March 23, 2011, 06:16:38 PM ---Is it possible to prevent setting by slowly letting the slide come forward, to keep so much pressure off the round?

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Thats what I do, I just give the back of the slide a good rap with the palm of my hand to ensure it is in battery.

Use caution when dropping the slide on a round inserted into the chamber. This is hard on the extractor as the round is meant to come up under and behind the hook.

- Shawn

bkoenig:
Or you could carry a revolver and not have to worry about it.
 :P

justsomeguy:

--- Quote ---Thats what I do, I just give the back of the slide a good rap with the palm of my hand to ensure it is in battery.
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That's a great way to break a 1911 style extractor

sjwsti:

--- Quote from: justsomeguy on March 24, 2011, 05:50:18 PM ---That's a great way to break a 1911 style extractor

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 Now if you mean hitting the slide to get the extractor to go over the rim of a cartridge that is in the chamber, then I agree. That will absolutely damage an extractor.

Im talking about loading normally. The extractor is ahead of the rim as it should be. You ride the slide forward to reduce the deformation of a round that is continually re-chambered. Then give the slide a tap to ensure it is in battery. I cant see how that would damage an extractor in any way.

- Shawn

justsomeguy:
Exactly. I was picturing a person dropping a round into an empty chamber then dropping the slide on that.

When loading from the magazine all should be well. ;D

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