Post by rramom on Mar 12, 2013 16:01:44 GMT -5
Stolen from another forum....
So I started reading these cool posts online about people racking their
slides 1-handed in an emergency. They all stressed practice in doing so
in case you ever need to do it for real in the really, real world. So I
got to thinking, "OK, I can do this!" I reached under the bed for the
gun I keep there in case of emergencies, but it was too dark and I
couldn't find it. I got a flashlight from the garage, once I found it,
and then I could see the gun lying about halfway under the bed in a pile
of dust bunnies. I tried to reach in and grab it but it was just out of
reach. finally, I used my wife's neck massager and was able to drag the
gun out. I had to blow a lot of dust off of it and then make sure there
were rounds in it. Then I was ready to practice one handed slide
racking! I put my nylon sports belt on and made sure to tighten it down
'cause I didn't want it to drag my sweat pants down when I tried this. I
grabbed the gun in my right hand, tilted it away from my foot (cause
I'm not on idiot, duh), pressed the rear sight on the corner of the
belt, and shoved as hard as I could while screaming, "Make my day!" My
belt ripped in half and my sweat pants ended up around my calves. After I
pulled my sweat pants back up I remembered reading you could also do
this on a door jam. So I jammed the rear sights against the doorway and
pushed as hard as I could and screamed, "Geronimo!" and the rear
sights snapped right off. Seriously? I couldn't believe this
would happen! I started to cry, but remembered big boys aren't supposed
to do that so I just went and sat on the edge of the bed, opened the
cylinder, pulled the ammunition out one at a time and got online to see
about buying a new pair of rear sights for my revolver. One-handed slide
racking must only be movie stuff, 'cause it can't be done by real
people in the really, really, real world!
P.S. This never happened to
me, it was a friend of a friend, honest
So I started reading these cool posts online about people racking their
slides 1-handed in an emergency. They all stressed practice in doing so
in case you ever need to do it for real in the really, real world. So I
got to thinking, "OK, I can do this!" I reached under the bed for the
gun I keep there in case of emergencies, but it was too dark and I
couldn't find it. I got a flashlight from the garage, once I found it,
and then I could see the gun lying about halfway under the bed in a pile
of dust bunnies. I tried to reach in and grab it but it was just out of
reach. finally, I used my wife's neck massager and was able to drag the
gun out. I had to blow a lot of dust off of it and then make sure there
were rounds in it. Then I was ready to practice one handed slide
racking! I put my nylon sports belt on and made sure to tighten it down
'cause I didn't want it to drag my sweat pants down when I tried this. I
grabbed the gun in my right hand, tilted it away from my foot (cause
I'm not on idiot, duh), pressed the rear sight on the corner of the
belt, and shoved as hard as I could while screaming, "Make my day!" My
belt ripped in half and my sweat pants ended up around my calves. After I
pulled my sweat pants back up I remembered reading you could also do
this on a door jam. So I jammed the rear sights against the doorway and
pushed as hard as I could and screamed, "Geronimo!" and the rear
sights snapped right off. Seriously? I couldn't believe this
would happen! I started to cry, but remembered big boys aren't supposed
to do that so I just went and sat on the edge of the bed, opened the
cylinder, pulled the ammunition out one at a time and got online to see
about buying a new pair of rear sights for my revolver. One-handed slide
racking must only be movie stuff, 'cause it can't be done by real
people in the really, really, real world!
P.S. This never happened to
me, it was a friend of a friend, honest
