All,
I spent some time on the range this weekend. When I got home I cleaned my gun, and proceeded to load it with my carry ammo. Now my normal loading sequence goes as follows. Load the mag to capacity, insert the mag, release the slide, decock the striker (I have an AS) dump the mag, load a new round in the mag insert the mag into the magwel and slam it home with the palm of my hand. That gives me full capacity on the gun. Now, when I was reloading the gun, I slammed the mag home with the palm of my hand with the slide open. Not necessary but I am used to doing it with the slide closed and one in the chamber, so I hit it with the same force I would use. Well the slide slammed shut the instant the mag was seated in the gun.
I tried it a couple of times figuring I maybe hit the mag release or something... Nope, EVERY time I firmly seated the mag with the palm of my hand the slide would release. If I used my fingertips to seat the mag without hitting it, or if I hit it lightly the slide would stay locked back. Any decent force and it would close itself...
I think this was the first time I can remember that I seated the mag firmly like this with the slide open, so now I turn to you, my fellow P99 junkies to see if one of you would mind testing this out on your gun for me.
With the slide locked back, insert a fully loaded mag into the magwel, and firmly drive it home as if you were inserting a fully loaded mag into the gun with the slide in full battery...
Thanks in advance,
Adam
I spent some time on the range this weekend. When I got home I cleaned my gun, and proceeded to load it with my carry ammo. Now my normal loading sequence goes as follows. Load the mag to capacity, insert the mag, release the slide, decock the striker (I have an AS) dump the mag, load a new round in the mag insert the mag into the magwel and slam it home with the palm of my hand. That gives me full capacity on the gun. Now, when I was reloading the gun, I slammed the mag home with the palm of my hand with the slide open. Not necessary but I am used to doing it with the slide closed and one in the chamber, so I hit it with the same force I would use. Well the slide slammed shut the instant the mag was seated in the gun.
I tried it a couple of times figuring I maybe hit the mag release or something... Nope, EVERY time I firmly seated the mag with the palm of my hand the slide would release. If I used my fingertips to seat the mag without hitting it, or if I hit it lightly the slide would stay locked back. Any decent force and it would close itself...
I think this was the first time I can remember that I seated the mag firmly like this with the slide open, so now I turn to you, my fellow P99 junkies to see if one of you would mind testing this out on your gun for me.
With the slide locked back, insert a fully loaded mag into the magwel, and firmly drive it home as if you were inserting a fully loaded mag into the gun with the slide in full battery...
Thanks in advance,
Adam