Slide bite?

[Metal425]

I have my mind set on a Glock 17, and I think it's a fair choice for a 9mm handgun. I went to shoot a rental at the range yesterday, and I loved it, no issues, no slide bites. I've been hearing reports of slide bits with some people, and it has started to get me worried, I know this is probably a stupid question, because I had no issues with it when I went to the range and shot it, but is this really a issue?

[JBird33]

No, it isn't. Especially if you already tested it out.

[NotEnoughGuns]

I got my thumb in the way of the slide on my G26 ONCE. Ouch... The only malfunction I've ever had with a glock as my thumb slowed the slide down a little.

[M. Sage]

Never had an issue, never heard it was an issue. I'll teach any noob out there on a Glock without any reservation - as I've done before, and probably will again.

[paintballergb]

A glock was my first handgun....never had an issue.

[epic4444]

never had my glock 17 or any glock ive shot or owned give me slide bite...you wanna know what slide bite is then rent a PPK or PPK/S...two mags in youll have a nice little cut on the web of you shooting hand

[epic4444]

also slide bite is usually a smaller gun issue...the 17 is a full size gun and i doubt youll have any problems with it at all

[luckystrike]

had a 19 since 1998. couple thousand rounds and no slidebite.

[aceventura]

I worked part time at an indoor range for a bit. I would warn new shooters about how to avoid slide bite by showing the following.Fingers on fingers, thumb on thumb. This is one way to hold a gun. Not the way.




Then I would show how not to hold the gun. Hold it like this and you can get slide bite, like below. Some people got it some did not.

[den888]

Never had a problem with a Glock. I had 'hammer bite' on a Series 70 Colt Combat Commander, though.

[forgiven]

No slide bite with my glocks. Happened with a Tomcat I owned, but it was my fault as my hand was to high. The worse accident I had was when I was speed shooting a Redhawk I used to own. I did this quite often with that gun until one day when I realized I had rip the web of my hand. 5 stitches later and the hysterics of every doctor in nurse in emergency cured me of it. Word of advice to anyone who might be as dumb as me, don't mention a gun as the cause of injury while in emergency. Come up with something like "I was cutting a apple".

[locosway]

Slide bite is not so much about the gun as it is about your hands. Older shooters or people with looser skin tend to get it more than younger people.

[xibunkrlilkidsx]

the onyl time i can remember getting slide bite was on a 25auto pocket pistol.

[Greg-Dawg]

Culprit: Fat hands.

[sholling]

I've never had slide bite shooting a Glock but they smack the crap out of the bottom of my trigger finger.