Holstered with the Slide locked back?

**markm** · 06-25-13, 14:00

Thoughts on this... good or bad..

Do you do this? I do it all the time on the range to do administrative stuff.... pick up mags, brass, etc.

My buddy was like... "why do you do that?"

I just always have.

**Ryno12** · 06-25-13, 14:13

I never have but I don't use a holster much. My range is in my back yard so I just set it down on the table. Do you have a loaded mag in it when you're doing it? I guess the only thing that might spook me is if I'd bump it & the slide released. Not that it would discharge or anything but it'd still probably startle me.

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**markm** · 06-25-13, 14:20

No... Ususally empty with an empty mag or no mag. No sense in holstering a loaded gun locked back.

**Ryno12** · 06-25-13, 14:28

I say have at 'er then. I don't see anything wrong with it.

It's OK to be different, Mark. You don't always have to be just like the other kids. That's what makes you an individual.

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**markm** · 06-25-13, 14:30

That's what I'm trying to figger out. Is it a strange practice or what?

**NCPatrolAR** · 06-25-13, 14:47

I've had guys in class holster with the slide locked to the rear following clearing of the guns.

**markm** · 06-25-13, 14:49

Originally Posted by NCPatrolAR

I've had guys in class holster with the slide locked to the rear following clearing of the guns.

I think that's where I picked up the habit.... In class.

**Kain** · 06-25-13, 15:42

I know of some LE instructors who mandate it during training classes when not on the line. Their idea being mostly that it is safer and less chance of someone shooting themselves though people still manage it. I personally tend to think of it, at least in it being mandated during training as a band aid instead of proper safety training because sure it might force better range safety it doesn't actually make the person a safer shooter when out in the real world.