Sorry if I'm "Lazarus'ing" this thread.
I prefer to use the slingshot method, as it's been called here, when loading up a magazine fresh or reloading. When I'm locking back to the rear, usually for clearing purposes or to place a cold weapon on the shooting range bench, etc., I will use the weak hand over top method.
The reasoning behind this is that most auto pistols are universally racked this way. I can pick up a S&W, 1911, H&K, Sig, or Beretta (or any other modern auto for that matter) and rack it just the same. After all, I don't train to play gun games -- as fun as they can be -- I train for life or death.
The slide
release will not be in the same place on 100% of pistols, but the slide will be
