On my modern Springfield TRP 1911 after the last around the slide locks back. I can drop the slide one of two ways.
1) Put in a new mag (or remove the empty one) and release the slide stop.
2) Put in a new mag (or remove the empty one) and pull the slide back manually and let it go forward.
On my 35 year old Colt Model 70 I can only release the slide by pressing the slide stop. I cannot pull the slide back with my off hand and let it fall forward.
Does anyone know why?
I’m asking before I take them apart and compare them close up.
Reason for the curiosity is my training dictates I use large movements on reloads and ideally I want to pull the slide back with my hand rather than actuate the release with my thumb.
Not that I would be carrying a 35 year old blued model 70 or anything. Just wondered.
Thanks,
1) Put in a new mag (or remove the empty one) and release the slide stop.
2) Put in a new mag (or remove the empty one) and pull the slide back manually and let it go forward.
On my 35 year old Colt Model 70 I can only release the slide by pressing the slide stop. I cannot pull the slide back with my off hand and let it fall forward.
Does anyone know why?
I’m asking before I take them apart and compare them close up.
Reason for the curiosity is my training dictates I use large movements on reloads and ideally I want to pull the slide back with my hand rather than actuate the release with my thumb.
Not that I would be carrying a 35 year old blued model 70 or anything. Just wondered.
Thanks,
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