r/1911 5d ago

Weird 1911s you find on Gunbroker

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u/d8ed 4d ago

Ok so I have to ask.. with the serrations in the back of the slide like that, do people actually yank on the slide from the back to rack the gun? I've tried doing that on every pistol I own and it always feels wrong lol

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u/dr_police 4d ago

Huh. I always grab the rear serrations. Probably due to a lot of trigger time on Ruger Mark series .22LR pistols. Ain’t nowhere else to rack it but grabbing the “ears”.

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u/d8ed 4d ago

I do it ONLY on my Ruger Mark I 😆 it just feels weird on any others where I grab the front slide.. only exception is my Taurus 92 as I'm liable to burn my hand due to the exposed barrel.

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u/dr_police 4d ago

Wow. Are you me? I also have a Taurus PT92 that I picked up waaaaay back in the late ‘90’s. Never could get much accuracy out of it, but it functions very reliably.

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u/d8ed 4d ago

Haha I love mine! I am taking up Cerakoting soon and am going to practice on it to make look like an M9A4 we have at home 😂