Condition II - Why? (With Video)

[Graves]

Do you really think you can draw, rack the slide, aim, and fire your firearm when you're being shot at in an instant? What if you get hit in the arm or hand and it's rendered disabled, can you still pull your firearm, cycle the slide, and fire it with one hand and a major adrenaline surge? If your answer is Yes without a doubt, I'd like you to watch this video (that and I'll tell you flat out that you're full of shit and seriously need to think it through). After several failed attempts to chamber a round it's clear that it's an entirely new ball game when you think you're goin to die. Granted he was pretty much dead in the water, but he still could have caught one or more of these guys as he went down.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=086_1260862712

[Irving]

Fuck! I have dreams like that all the time; where my pistol malfunctions and I just sit there pulling the trigger and nothing happens.


Did they even take anything?

[opie011]

Here is a video where a guy can cycle the slide on a G35 one handed.(I'm sure this has been seen before)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xfYtZOz81c

[Irving]

I don't see him manipulate the slide at all. Did he just have a round already in the pipe?

[SA Friday]

Not one in the pipe. Watch again. He uses Ke to rack the slide. Let us know how it goes after you try it for yourself. Note: stop trying before your arm hurts. Don't ask me how I know.

Pretty sure loaded mag in the gun, none in the pipe, and hammer down is condition III. It's also known as Isreali Carry. Condition II is more for 1911 style, loaded mag, one in the pipe, hammer down. I'm personally not a fan of either...

[ronaldrwl]

Here is a video where a guy can cycle the slide on a G35 one handed.(I'm sure this has been seen before)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xfYtZOz81c

Dang!! I want him on my side!

[Irving]

I imagine he must have some insanely light recoil spring then.

[Elhuero]

The poster of the video claims it's a stock spring.

seems like a silly maneuver to me.

I predict that we'll see it soon in a hollywood blockbuster, then g's and dbags across the country will have lots of ND's trying to copy it.

[Irving]

There is a walk through of how to do it, but the video is 4 minutes long so I'll watch it later.

[Irving]

Just watched the how to video. Basically the guy says, "You do it like this, but I can't explain it." This seems even harder than racking the slide by holding the gun behind you and kicking it with your shoe...but I'm going to try it anyway.