500 Slide Drops

Recently I involved myself in discussion on whether dropping the slide on an empty champer will damage the gun. The opinions are mixed. Some say it will ruin the trigger job. Some say it may ruin the trigger job, Some have said it may/will damage the breech face or opening for the firing pin hole. Hell, I don't know, but I don't just blindly repeat what someone else tells me. I have been dropping the slide on this Kimber since I bought it years ago. It has over 10,000 rounds through it. It has at least 1000 slide drops, maybe more. Here are 500 slide drops- 100 drops, a mag of 8. I experienced a failure to feed on the last round. I will take the gun to a smith to inspect the trigger and report his opinion. I am not vested in one side of this or another though I admit aggressive challenging the propents of, "it will," since none can point me to proof that, "it will" cause damage.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• 1911
• slide
• drop
• test
• Kimber
• damage
• sear
• pean
• peaning

[DeadeyeSteve]

Suicideking- if you read the video description you would find that clue you are looking for.

[thegrossmaster]

Hey deadeye, props to you for doin that! Not so much to the gun, as I'm with you on the slide drops, but I saw your palm starting to get raw near the end there!

[DeadeyeSteve]

@thegrossmaster Indeed, I was not prepared for the heat manipulating the slides would produce or the friction on my hand.

[suicideking302]

and he is just racking the gun?... i dont see that as the same as a slide lock where the slide is locked then dropped

[suicideking302]

this was a waste of my time!!! i always understood dropping a slide with ammo in the gun was the danger.... so whats the fucking point here with no ammo in the gun.....

[DeadeyeSteve]

when the gun was built to handled the stress of 50,000+ explosions, before the repairs are expected.

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I appreciate you posting as to allow me the opportunity to share those thoughts.

[DeadeyeSteve]

If 1 slide drop = 100 chamberings, then you observed the equivilent of 50,000 chamberings which is still less than the 70,000 chamberings, and is the equivilent of 120,000 chamberings and yet it's still fine. At the end of this all I come to this conclusion- people can't prove damage (v. wear) occurs, they can't identify how many slide drops are REQUIRED to damage the gun, yet they still sissy over a slide drop...

[DeadeyeSteve]

The question which puts value to your position is one of how many chambers = 1 slide drop. It's the same action, remember. So if we shoot, we create the same wear, the same damage. No one knows, because this is the realm of big egos and big attitude and who can insult the other person the best and therefor be the winner of the argument. (not you, sir, you're not doing this) Is a slide drop = 10 chamberings? 100? 500? 1000? 10, 000? If shot that gun 70,000 times...

[DeadeyeSteve]

Empty chamber slide drops mimick action of chambering just with more energy. However the chambering is followed by an explosion producing more energy than the slide drop. These actions cause "damage" known as wear. But, people are selective about what damage they worry about. Which is what you are doing. You are saying- to avoid possible repair from slide drops I won't do it, but I will shoot and deal with having to make the repairs shooting the gun WILL eventually necessitate.

[DeadeyeSteve]

@1988sureshot Thank, plz allow me to observe about your opinion which is summarized in that since we don't know if damage will occur and we don't have the money to fix or replace if damage does occur, then we should avoid. If these were the only factors then you might just me correct. However, these aren't the only factors.