Slide bite?

[HCz]

Culprit: Fat hands.

+1 I got fat hands but not enough for Glock slide bite or BHP hammer bite. But that Walther PPK does leave a nice railroad track on my web.

[DDG]

Any semi auto has the potential to give the user slide bite. Most full size guns (G17 included) have enough room to hold it comfortably where this is very unlikely.

In sampling 9mm before I got my 92FS, I never had an issue with any of the full size 9's I tried, Glocks included. I do not consider myself an expert. So if a newbi like me does not have any problems, you should be fine.

[grymster]

I have a G17 (well,... Mrs. Grymster has one that I sometimes shoot ) and I've never experienced slide-bite with it or any other gun. I've seen it happen and as fun as it looks, I think I'm not gonna try it.

[stix213]

Its only a problem if you aren't holding it properly. I've never had a problem with my little G26

[NotSoFast]

The only slide bit I've ever heard of came from holding the gun wrong. I can't imagine a manufacturer designing a gun that could harm the shooter if handled properly.

[Ike Arumba]

The only slide bit I've ever heard of came from holding the gun wrong. I can't imagine a manufacturer intentionally designing a gun that could harm the shooter if handled properly.

I take it that you either have small hands, or have never used an older PPK. I fixed up your second sentence.

[bonjing]

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.

or people with fat hands. although i've yet to experience it

[Metal425]

Just bought my Glock 17! Now the wait begins!

[Metal425]

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.

Yeah, I'm not a noob. That is how I hold it, but great advice to some of the ladies. I saw a women holding a 1911 wrong, and was like wow. She is to get hammer bitten badly!

[JJ1911]

I've owned HK, SIG, Glock, XD, 2 different 1911s, one with beavertail one without and I've never been bitten by the slides.