The ninja thing to do: use slide release, it’s fast.
Racking the slide is kind of universal. And the slide release on my M&P is . . . oh wait, doesn’t have one. And that’s why I stick to racking the slide. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with using the slide release if you have one.
And, like Caleb, I’ve cut my hand using that method on the sharp rear sights on the Gunblog 45
Actually, if you want to be Uber ninja, if you aggressively seat the magazine of a Glock the slide goes into battery automatically.
A rare M&P like yours is probably worth more than you paid for it. Every one I’ve seen has a slide release. On both sides even.
No, you’ve seen a slide stop. It doesn’t release. At least, mine doesn’t.
Mine does. And if I’m aggressive when I seat the mag, it’ll drop the slide for me.
That sounds broken. But I’ll try both mine when I get home to remove this feeling that I’m imagining things.
Hmm. I’ll be interested in that too. Mine has never worked. Of course, I’ve never really tried it except lightly a couple of times.
Let me know.
I’ve seen gun companies call them “slide stops”, but they generally work as a slide release as well.
The rest of the internet seems to think the S&W M&P has a slide release.
Is yours broken?
SayUncle,
Huh. Mine releases. From both sides, even.
Yours must be broken. Get it replaced under warranty or order part number 940-000-979AE from Brownells.
PS: If it wasn’t intended to be used as a release, why would they put one on both sides? 😉
My M&P45C will release from either side. It was extremely difficult at first, but it has eased up as I used it more.
Both sides would be nice.
As a lefty this slide stop issue has a bit of a wrinkle. Though I can drop the release with my trigger finger, but depending on the weapon going over the top with the off hand is easier.
Hmm. Either it has issues or I’ve been doing it wrong.
When I seat my mag (even not so aggressively) in my M&P, the slide goes into battery. It got me yelled at a few times by an NRA instructor. I told them to try and it did the same to them. Suckers.
I was told by a dude that shoots M&Ps in USPSA that some of them have slide stops that need to “wear in” before they’ll work reliably. One of my .40 Pros had that problem until I dropped a couple thousand rounds through it.
With the round counts in USPSA, that shouldn’t take long.
[zigs away]