sweet pain

recoil33 · 02-02-2008, 11:36 PM

i have a p220 that goes bang everytime. great gun and very accurate! the controls are unforgiving as hell though, hard as hell on my right thumb. i shot around 400rds through it yesterday with no ftf's, not one! that damn slide catch is brutal though.

BobFord · 02-21-2008, 05:35 PM

Sounds like you need to learn to pull the slide back and release it forward after replacing the mag, rather than use the slide STOP and save your thumb !

It is a more reliable way to assure feeding of the first round out of the mag.

JMHO - I could be wrong !

docsprague · 05-26-2008, 02:04 PM

Hitting the slide release is a fine motor skill. Pulling the slide back and releasing it by hand is a gross motor skill. In a stressful situation fine motor skills are lost before gross. That is the idea behind pulling the slide by hand rather than hitting the slide release.

Brian D. · 05-27-2008, 10:16 AM

I don't necessarily agree about the whole fine motor skills deficit "problem", but that's another topic for another time. Recoil33, you could certainly find a way to have the slide released dehorned, either DIY or through the use of a good 'smith.

My dad just did that very thing with the stocks (grips) and slide lock safety lever on his CZ-82, and it made a world of difference for him.

02-02-2008, 11:36 PM	#1
recoil33 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: caifornia Posts: 114	sweet pain i have a p220 that goes bang everytime. great gun and very accurate! the controls are unforgiving as hell though, hard as hell on my right thumb. i shot around 400rds through it yesterday with no ftf's, not one! that damn slide catch is brutal though.

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02-21-2008, 05:35 PM	#2
BobFord Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Longmont, Colorado USA Posts: 91	Sounds like you need to learn to pull the slide back and release it forward after replacing the mag, rather than use the slide STOP and save your thumb ! It is a more reliable way to assure feeding of the first round out of the mag. JMHO - I could be wrong !

05-26-2008, 02:04 PM	#3
docsprague Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2	Hitting the slide release is a fine motor skill. Pulling the slide back and releasing it by hand is a gross motor skill. In a stressful situation fine motor skills are lost before gross. That is the idea behind pulling the slide by hand rather than hitting the slide release.

05-27-2008, 10:16 AM	#4
Brian D. Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 325	I don't necessarily agree about the whole fine motor skills deficit "problem", but that's another topic for another time. Recoil33, you could certainly find a way to have the slide released dehorned, either DIY or through the use of a good 'smith. My dad just did that very thing with the stocks (grips) and slide lock safety lever on his CZ-82, and it made a world of difference for him.