Cal44
Bearcat
How do you tell if your pistol is in battery?
I have a Ruger LC9 -- the original model, not the S.
I didn't list it on my CCW license because I'm not confident in it yet.
So it's been in my safe for a year, and I'm using revolvers I'm more familiar with.
The problem is, when I load the LC9 and cycle the slide, sometimes it doesn't go into battery. This is when I do it by hand. After the first shot it works reliably.
At first, I found myself guiding the slide the whole way with my hand, and that was causing it to not return fast enough to get fully into battery.
But, even without that obvious mistake, It still sometimes isn't ready to shoot.
At the range I can test to see if it's in battery by pointing it at the target and then pulling the trigger.
But at home, before putting it into my holster, how do I tell it's ready to shoot? I can't exactly try a test shot in the bedroom.
I'm afraid I'll get into a SD situation, pull the trigger, and nothing will happen.
Dave
I have a Ruger LC9 -- the original model, not the S.
I didn't list it on my CCW license because I'm not confident in it yet.
So it's been in my safe for a year, and I'm using revolvers I'm more familiar with.
The problem is, when I load the LC9 and cycle the slide, sometimes it doesn't go into battery. This is when I do it by hand. After the first shot it works reliably.
At first, I found myself guiding the slide the whole way with my hand, and that was causing it to not return fast enough to get fully into battery.
But, even without that obvious mistake, It still sometimes isn't ready to shoot.
At the range I can test to see if it's in battery by pointing it at the target and then pulling the trigger.
But at home, before putting it into my holster, how do I tell it's ready to shoot? I can't exactly try a test shot in the bedroom.
I'm afraid I'll get into a SD situation, pull the trigger, and nothing will happen.
Dave