Condition II - Why? (With Video)

[TFOGGER]

Don't try it with an M&P40 compact....especially if you're 50 and have a bum shoulder.... My mechanic is now useless for at least an hour

note:no live ammo was used, only snap caps, his S&W, my laughter

[Irving]

An M&P40 compact is exactly what I'm going to try it with. Then with my CZ.

Maybe I should swing through a drive through liquor store on my way home first....

[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.

[Irving]

To his defense in the next video in the sequence, where he tries to explain it, he does say that it is just a gimmick, and not really a technique.

[SU405]

Wow that poor bastard just trying to defend his livelihood.

Just keep one in the hole.

[Irving]

Okay, so I tried this with both of my guns. I can only get the slide to move back enough to cock the striker on my M&P. The CZ you have to pull the hammer back and then it is the same thing, just enough to know it moved, but not even close to being able to have it hold back on an empty mag.

Oh yeah, and the effort gave me a head ache. I'm sure a boxer could get it down pretty fast though.

[ntgtyper]

oh man my freaking arm hurts like hell now from trying it with a brand new never fired g23c i just cant get it to happen man time to take some ibuprofen

[Graves]

I can get one chambered in my G26, haven't tried it wet (the thought of blood being present is another thought to chew on) but I still don't see why anybody is willing to give up the extra time to cycle the slide; sure it's not very much time at all but it could mean life or death. I would think that your chances of shooting your fingers off are a little higher if your support hand is just leaving the slide while your finger is on the bang switch - again, things probably won't go the way you've trained with a massive adrenaline rush - so it can happen. Idk, maybe I'm just Over thinking the whole thing but one things for sure, it's one in the chamber for me.

[sniper7]

I carry it condition 1. I find it much too questionable if condition 2 can be done with accuracy and precision during an intense moment like that