10mm Forearms Check

StockIIBoss · April 26 2014 07:54:44 PM MDT

I must be getting old and weak, 'cause a 22 lb recoil spring in my Tanfo makes it amazingly hard to pull the slide back. Surely there are others out there that are having the same problem, or is it just me?! "Surely" is not to be confused with 'Shirley', please! I'm feeling bad enough as it is! LOL ${$default_embarrassed_smiley}$

Intercooler · April 26 2014 08:29:09 PM MDT

It's you. Use the punch method.

The_Shadow · April 26 2014 08:44:20 PM MDT

I will admit I need to start doing some workouts to get back some strength. I found the 23 lb for my G-29 to be too tough for regular use as it does make the slide tougher to rack, especially in a defensive situation. So I use the 21 lb spring.

Use the 22lb in most of the rest of them...but have the 24lb springs to test some things.

StockIIBoss · April 26 2014 09:30:58 PM MDT

Quote from: Intercooler on April 26 2014 08:29:09 PM MDT
It's you. Use the punch method.

I'll bite... What's the punch method? ${$default_grin_smiley}$

I'm thinking I need more of this:

txbowhunter · April 27 2014 12:00:31 AM MDT

Yes hit the gym ${$default_smiley_smiley}$

Marc · April 27 2014 05:03:20 AM MDT

Technique is everything.

Intercooler · April 27 2014 05:29:00 AM MDT

My usual referral video ${$default_wink_smiley}$

Intercooler · April 27 2014 05:41:22 AM MDT

Have you ever started a kind of hard to start chainsaw? It reminds me of that, where you have the saw in your power hand pulling the cord with the other hand. You punch the saw forward as you pull the cord usually over and over. In this case it is the slide instead of the cord.

ShadeTreeVTX · April 27 2014 08:03:25 AM MDT

http://www.glockmeister.com/Fab-Defense-GLOCK-Charging-Handle/productinfo/FCH/

Intercooler · April 27 2014 08:25:07 AM MDT

Hey... That's a Glock ${$default_grin_smiley}$

The_Shadow · April 27 2014 08:39:50 AM MDT

Red Jacket Firearms made a custom slide plate with a "T" handle for a guy who had some disabilities, this allowed a straight back pull for him.

pacapcop · April 27 2014 08:41:42 AM MDT

There's no slide mass on CZ and CZ variants as they ride inside rail. But the accuracy is much better as a result. Have a friend (Vet) that's now 70 and his Stock 2 in .45 is a challenge with factory spring. You can run a 18lb spring as I do. Those nukes really imho only need a 22lb. reg med to norma spec or close to I just use a 18lb.

Geeman · April 27 2014 09:30:49 AM MDT

Cock it.

Lock it.

Then rack it. It takes the additional hammer spring pressure off the equation.

I'm currently running a 22# and its certainly something that can be done, but there isn't much slide to get a grip on.

I know one thing for certain. I'd rather clear a jam from a Glock than with a Witness, especially if my life depended on it.

Greg

sqlbullet · April 27 2014 03:19:34 PM MDT

I have learned to hook my index finger around the rear sight on my Witness. I find it no harder than gripping the abbreviated cocking serrations.