SR9C slide release

[J. D. Moreguns]

Should my slide release on my SR9C work like on a 1911. It will not depress to let the slide go foward with out taking pressure off the slide by hand. Am I missing something?

 

[revhigh]

I'd do a search on 'slide release' ... there's multiple threads regarding this issue.

Here's one.

http://www.rugerforum.com/phpBB/viewtop ... de+release

REV

 

[J. D. Moreguns]

Thanks Revhigh

 

[CBennett]

Should my slide release on my SR9C work like on a 1911. It will not depress to let the slide go foward with out taking pressure off the slide by hand. Am I missing something?

NO, since its a slide STOP not a slide release. they tell you to slingshot it not use the slide stop to try to make the slide go forward.

Ive got near 700 rounds through mine now and still could not use the stop as a release..but slingshotting it is just as easy. When I called Ruger to ask thats what they said..just sling shot it and id be fine..they were right.

 

[EricandSuebee]

So are all Ruger's the same in that they want you to slingshot it? Or is it just the sr9/c?

 

[Mike J]

I can use the slide stop on my P-944 as a release Eric. I think this is more a SR9, SR9c thing.

 

[CBennett]

So are all Ruger's the same in that they want you to slingshot it? Or is it just the sr9/c?

on the P89 st work i can use it as a release.

 

[Cheesewhiz]

I can use the slide stop on my P-944 as a release Eric. I think this is more a SR9, SR9c thing.

It's kinda weird that my SR9 never has had an issue with the slide release being used as a slide release.

 

[cptsdr]

The one on my SR9c is a little stiff, but it works fine.

 

[ArmedinAZ]

I'm going to muddy up the waters about this subject. Just got back from a day of shooting at Gunsite. (If unfamiliar go to gunsite.com). I ran a mag dry on my Kimber, reloaded and hit the slide "release". An instructor saw me and informed me that was the improper way to reload my weapon. The proper way is to pull the slide back fully and let it go (slingshot). I was surprised.

Came home and started looking at user manuals. Springfield says slingshot. Kimber says use slide release on full size, slingshot on short barrel. Colt says slingshot. Didn't look any further. This is a no-win subject.

Before anyone disses Gunsite just be aware it is recognized one of the top combat schools in the country.

 

[Mike J]

In the Gun Digest Book of Combat Handgunnery 6th edition-Mas Ayoob says its better to train using the slide stop as a release as it can be done one handed & is faster than slingshotting. It is interesting to me that different teachers disagree so much about some things but I'm not flaming anyone.

 

[NixieTube]

The proper way is to pull the slide back fully and let it go (slingshot). I was surprised.

Came home and started looking at user manuals. Springfield says slingshot. Kimber says use slide release on full size, slingshot on short barrel. Colt says slingshot. Didn't look any further. This is a no-win subject.

Heh. I just slingshot my slide and once or twice I've used the slide stop as a slide release but I don't rely on it. No-win subjects be damned, I'm easy to get along with.

On a totally different subject I'd like to hear more about your Gunsite experience, that would be a write-up I'd really enjoy reading if you have the time. I'm saving my nickels and dimes both to take a vacation and hopefully work in some firearms training and the more I think about it, the more I want to do a Gunsite session during my vacation.

So please tell us more about it.

 

[2fast4u]

On my sr9 i use it as a release every single time...... Ive only "slingshot ed" it probably 5 or 6 times

now with 7001 rounds through it still no problems......

Must be really bad for the gun....

it was hard to do at first but now its alot better!

 

[ArmedinAZ]

On a totally different subject I'd like to hear more about your Gunsite experience, that would be a write-up I'd really enjoy reading if you have the time. I'm saving my nickels and dimes both to take a vacation and hopefully work in some firearms training and the more I think about it, the more I want to do a Gunsite session during my vacation.

So please tell us more about it.

Not much to tell for me. Took my CCW there a year or so ago, they offer a range day for anyone who takes a CCW class. Basically a whole day of instruction from basic presentation to multiple targets to some steel shooting and 1 session in the fun house clearing rooms and shooting BGs. The 250 Pistol course is the one to take for combat pistol guys. Saving up for that myself. There were shooters today who have taken upper level courses and were just there for a day of shooting to keep it up. And a few who just took their CCW yesterday and are just learning the basics.

The owner of Gunsite is running for governor , now that's a good thing. www.buzforgov.com Vote early and often :wink:

Back O/T, if Gunsite says rack it then I'll probably start racking it.

 

[cptsdr]

In the Gun Digest Book of Combat Handgunnery 6th edition-Mas Ayoob says its better to train using the slide stop as a release as it can be done one handed & is faster than slingshotting. It is interesting to me that different teachers disagree so much about some things but I'm not flaming anyone.

I agree, there are merits to using both methods. I have always used the slide release b/c that's how I was taught by my Dad and Uncle. But I do see the advantage of the same muscle movement of clearing a jam. So I find myself training to slingshot but revert to "thumbing it". Confusing. I have taught my wife to slingshot, however, b/c her hands dont reach the slide stop easily, and on her Taurus the lever is very stiff..Ambiguity Rules!

 

[jhearne]

Personally I try to slingshot, but my SR9 has no problems when I get lazy and use my Slide Stop as a release. It's not really all that hard to do, can even use weaker fingers to do it (unloaded of course).

I could say just disregard all the conflict of debating Slingshotting vs. Slide Releases and suggest Tactical Reloads

Josh

 

[CBennett]

The one on my SR9c is a little stiff, but it works fine.

Lol your lucky then..I can literally push down with BOTH thumbs trying to get it to release and it wont lol.

 

[ArmedinAZ]

I could say just disregard all the conflict of debating Slingshotting vs. Slide Releases and suggest Tactical Reloads

Josh

Funny you should say that. When the rangemaster saw someone who ran their pistol dry with a slide locked back during a drill he'd yell "Miller Time" meaning that person owed the line a beer. Gotta keep track of your ammo! We would have all been seriously drunk had he collected. :?

 

[NixieTube]

On the SR9 it's a mechanical issue also because the slide stop wasn't designed to be a slide release from everything I can see. So I don't use it that way.

Some people take issue with that and won't buy one. It's good they have choices.

Notwithstanding "no win" situations: Use it as the manual recommends, as a slide stop, not a release, both to preserve the pistol as it was designed and to teach yourself recommended practice.

If you have a really pointy gripe about it, then it is of course your choice not to purchase one.

Personally it doesn't bother me at all: I just taught myself the practice that Gunsite preaches and I use it the other way once in a while, when I'm being lazy, and I haven't had any trouble. I suppose if you got out to 2,864 times using the Stop as a Release you might, but it won't hurt anything once in a while and it can be used that way, particularly after the gun is broken in a little.

It's not a big deal.

 

[cptsdr]

The one on my SR9c is a little stiff, but it works fine.

Lol your lucky then..I can literally push down with BOTH thumbs trying to get it to release and it wont lol.

Now it has gotten way easier the more rounds I put through it (about 450 now)

 

[bigfanofsr9]

My SR9 didn't work as a slide release until about 500 rounds, and some rough thumbs. Now, it's pretty smooth, and I've decided I will slingshot (to save any wear/tear on the slide)

 

[Nakagawa]

Although I do not own an SR9 or C, I am a left handed shooter and I am planning on buying this gun, and because of this, sling shooting the gun is a must because it keeps the functions of the gun left-handed use friendly. The gun isn't completely ambidextrous in the sense that it doesn't have a slide release or stop on the right side of the gun. So shooting left handed calls the need for sling shooting the pistol. I preferably like sling shooting over slide releases due to the fact that I have small length fingers and reaching the release/stop is just slightly out of reach and I would have to rearrange my grip on the pistol slightly...course this is if I shoot with my right hand.

 

[Texasgunner]

Although I do not own an SR9 or C, I am a left handed shooter and I am planning on buying this gun, and because of this, sling shooting the gun is a must because it keeps the functions of the gun left-handed use friendly. The gun isn't completely ambidextrous in the sense that it doesn't have a slide release or stop on the right side of the gun. So shooting left handed calls the need for sling shooting the pistol. I preferably like sling shooting over slide releases due to the fact that I have small length fingers and reaching the release/stop is just slightly out of reach and I would have to rearrange my grip on the pistol slightly...course this is if I shoot with my right hand.

You'll like the ambi mag release 8)

 

[LightningMan]

I'm going to muddy up the waters about this subject. Just got back from a day of shooting at Gunsite. (If unfamiliar go to gunsite.com). I ran a mag dry on my Kimber, reloaded and hit the slide "release". An instructor saw me and informed me that was the improper way to reload my weapon. The proper way is to pull the slide back fully and let it go (slingshot). I was surprised.Came home and started looking at user manuals. Springfield says slingshot. Kimber says use slide release on full size, slingshot on short barrel. Colt says slingshot. Didn't look any further. This is a no-win subject.

Before anyone disses Gunsite just be aware it is recognized one of the top combat schools in the country.

Try telling that instructor to try doing that with a Kahr PM9, he would have a jam instantly. The manual says to use the slide release. Some pistols are just different, I handled a SR9C and couldn't use the slide release (too stiff) which kind of turned me off for a SR9C. LM