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Rack/release slide over the top with support/weak hand always...... why?????
1. gross motor skill
2. universal method for all occasions/occurrences...less confusion
3. much stronger method of racking slide/releasing slide
4. economy of motion ... = speed
5. less manipulation of weapon with strong hand while reaching for slide release lever (OK, I've got short fingers)
6. sometimes, even when you're counting your rounds, the slide does not lock back on an empty mag. You've got to rack it now, somehow, to insert a round into chamber. I am in the habit of racking it even after slide lock for those times in the dark when I can not see that It truly did not lock back as it should. Nothing worse that hitting that slilde release lever only to hear "click" instead of "kaboom". Or atleast seeing only darkness instead of muzzle flash.
***I, too, have shot Glocks and, although I've never had a slide lock lever break, I have fumbled with them while trying to release a locked-back slide (atleast until I got the tactical slide lock lever installed)
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