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    Default Re: Slide Release or Rack It?

    When you insert a clip into the magazine of an M-1 Garand and push it to the stop the bolt release is actuated from it's stop.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JenniferG View Post
    When you insert a clip into the magazine of an M-1 Garand and push it to the stop the bolt release is actuated from it's stop.
    Is that what makes it a clip?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Walleye Hunter View Post
    Is that what makes it a clip?
    Full disclosure: I’ve fired lots of Garands and am no expert (although, I am an expert marksman).

    I don’t believe “that’s what makes it a clip”, although as Jenn posted you do release the bolt and chamber a round during this process.

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    The M-1 Garand uses a eight round "en-bloc" clip which is inserted into the fixed magazine and expelled when empty. Much more common is the five round stripper clip used to load a magazine on or off the rifle.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Walleye Hunter View Post
    Is that what makes it a clip?
    i think the "clip" is that it is nothing but a metal clip that holds rounds together for the purpose of loading a rifle.
    although a money clip is also a strip of metal thats purpose is to hold money together ideally not for emptying all at once.
    a magazine is designed to hold rounds and feed from the magazine.
    most rifles, garands included, let you load magazines from clips.

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    The slide release is definitely faster. I don't consider it fine motor. I guess the 1911/2011 safety could be considered fine motor but I haven't missed one of those at speed in over a decade and I've pulled some pretty quick draws. That being said, whatever works for you, works for you. There are rarely hard absolutes in what is "right".


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    This video just popped into my feed, not sure why because it's old but I think it offers good closure to this topic for all involved.



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    I usually rack it for a few reasons, most of my guns have been smaller concealed carry guns with smaller slide locks/releases so it's easy for me to just grab the whole slide. The second reason is I'm in the habit of racking because that's also how you clear a malfunction, my head is always there when I've got to get a round in the chamber. Finally I don't 100% trust the empty mag hold open feature. The only reason we are having this conversation is because of a little metal tab has got to catch a little plastic nub on the mag follower, seems like a tenuous thing to train for, I've had that little nub break off or wear on a few mags.
    That said, if you give me an AR15 I hit the bolt release almost exclusively.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ray h View Post
    I usually rack it for a few reasons, most of my guns have been smaller concealed carry guns with smaller slide locks/releases so it's easy for me to just grab the whole slide. The second reason is I'm in the habit of racking because that's also how you clear a malfunction, my head is always there when I've got to get a round in the chamber. Finally I don't 100% trust the empty mag hold open feature. The only reason we are having this conversation is because of a little metal tab has got to catch a little plastic nub on the mag follower, seems like a tenuous thing to train for, I've had that little nub break off or wear on a few mags.
    That said, if you give me an AR15 I hit the bolt release almost exclusively.
    for a while after i got my vp9 it wouldn't lock back on last round. turns out my thumb was riding the lever and the slide wasn't catching.
    obviously have to rack in that situation. lots of reasons to rack.
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    My simple reasons to rack it - load from an empty gun (rack it) reload from an empty gun (rack it) malfunction (rack it) same same

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