Condition II - Why? (With Video)

[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.

[Graves]

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

I wonder how he'll pull it off when he's being shot at.