I used to shoot IDPA with a man who had only one full arm, and he had several methods to rack the slide and outshot lots of us on a regular basis.
I have also practiced several different methods of single hand/weak hand reloads and slide racks.
But the M1916 holster was NOT designed to do that, even if it happens to seem so, and practicing tried and true methods is comparatively safe when held up against a novice sailor who claims the the lump in the holster is for that purpose and then tries to demonstrate it.
BTW, the half cock notch on the 1911 hammer is NOT designed to catch the hammer falling from almost full cock, at least not more than a couple of times. I hate to tell you how many broken hammers and chewed up sears I had to replace in my armory.
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- Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:42 pm
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- Mon Nov 26, 2012 6:27 pm
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Re: Automatic Holster
I was teaching small arms in the Navy in the same era and I heard that legend several times, but never could find anyone willing to demonstrate it with a loaded gun.MoJo wrote:My bad on that, I was just passing on what the pistol instructors in Infantry AIT told us way back in nineteen ought sixty seven. I never tried it since I never carried a .45 while in the Army.jimlongley wrote:I have an original M1916 (WWII era) and a reproduction, and neither one of them is "set up that way." The prevailing legend that you could rack the slide. and that it was designed to do that, has to do with the lump sewn in the inside of the holster which served to keep it from collapsing entirely when there was no gun in it and as a support at the trigger guard to position the gun properly.MoJo wrote:The WWI - Vietnam M1916 holster was set up that way.threoh8 wrote:Didn't Bianchi once offer a holster for the M1911 that had a step for racking the slide? Maybe the model 66?
You could, conceivably since I have seen it done in a few places, swivel the gun sideways as you were drawing it, and snag the front sight or the slide on that lump and rack the slide with a downstroke, but I have also seen as many demonstrations of how dangerous it is to do such a thing with a gun that has a manual safety that can't be engaged while the slide is being racked.
- Mon Nov 26, 2012 11:53 am
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Re: Automatic Holster
I have an original M1916 (WWII era) and a reproduction, and neither one of them is "set up that way." The prevailing legend that you could rack the slide. and that it was designed to do that, has to do with the lump sewn in the inside of the holster which served to keep it from collapsing entirely when there was no gun in it and as a support at the trigger guard to position the gun properly.MoJo wrote:The WWI - Vietnam M1916 holster was set up that way.threoh8 wrote:Didn't Bianchi once offer a holster for the M1911 that had a step for racking the slide? Maybe the model 66?
You could, conceivably since I have seen it done in a few places, swivel the gun sideways as you were drawing it, and snag the front sight or the slide on that lump and rack the slide with a downstroke, but I have also seen as many demonstrations of how dangerous it is to do such a thing with a gun that has a manual safety that can't be engaged while the slide is being racked.