The physics behind the Glock slide inertia trick
Updated: January 9th, 2013
Yesterday I blogged about the trick of racking a Glock slide by using the slides’ own inertia.
Sebastian has calculated the acceleration needed to achieve the trick.
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I assume the Glock has a detente spring to keep the slide in battery. Perhaps this was removed.
I attempted the trick with my sigma 9mm, it almost worked, and I'm sure it can be done, but i hurt my right arm and pectoral fairly bad. Of course it doesn't help that I have arthritis. lol.