One handed racking

[dc7rr1]

Hi all. I'm new to this site but I've owned several firarms in the past. I severed all my nerves in my right arm so it's pretty much just decoration. I wanna get a handgun again but one of my issues is being able to rack the slide. If anyone can give me some suggestions about the easiest semi-autos for one handed racking, I'd be grateful.

Danny

[MR_X]

Last time I was at a competition there were several guys that were injured like you. One had a slide rack attached to his 1911 that he would put in his pant pockets to help him slide his slide back. The other fella had the stop of his slide cut in a manner that the top of the slide would grip to his pants and he just pushes on it against his pants.

[daorozco86]

Heal of your shoe works. I was taught this in the academy in case we were injured. I taught a girl in the shooting range this once. Kneel down on one knee and use the heel of the knee that is touching down.

[daorozco86]

Forgot to mention the girl only had one hand and was qualifying for a guard card/ exposed permit. I observed for several minutes that her instructor wasn't teaching her this and was racking it for her.

[davidb]

there are holsters made for makarovs that allow you to rack the slide one handed from the hip by pushing down on the firearm

[1911su16b870]

If you run a kydex or hard plastic type holster, you can index the rear sight against the outer edge of the holster and rack that way by pushing down, mind your trigger finger and muzzle direction.

[SILENT GUNMAN]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00266ADOE

Aside from the methods already mentioned here, which work great for emergency slide racking in a tactical situation, this item would help you out quite a bit. That is if a Glock would suite tour needs. This will make it so you could rack the slide on anything near by. Including the bench you are shooting from at the range. I have no personal experience with this product but it looks like it would suite your needs perfectly.

[Dhena81]

^^^^LOL you've got to be kidding me.

[bluesmoke9]

Another basic way to rack a slide one handed is to place the grip of the gun between your legs just about the knees.

[till44]

Using your belt, holster, or nearly anything with an edge is doable by catching your rear sight. There are levers for multiple make/model guns out there as well, look at a few 3 gun/competition products, designed to allow the user to run optics on their pistols. I don't recall the manufacturer but I've seen lever/rear sight combos that replace your standar rear sight.

[dyson]

Trijicon HD night sights are raised for one hand manipulation

[sealocan]

you might want to consider the other option of a revolver, but if for personal reasons you don't like that system I would recommend maybe the Beretta " pop up barrel models " .
maybe you've seen their small .22, .25 and .32 ACP options.
but they make a full size semi auto pistol with the tip-up barrel. the model 86.
proven reliability and durability.
you just drop one live around in the pop-up barrel & push it down on a loaded pistol and you're ready to shoot.

no a racking of the slide is ever required ...
unless you have a jam or malfunction, which is again why I was earlier recommending a revolver for you.


PS although I know Taurus makes copies of the beretta tip up barrel pistols in a smaller 22 and 25 caliber but I'm not as sure about their reliability.

[skosh69]

Trijicon HD night sights are raised for one hand manipulation

I too was going to suggest a "ledge" type of rear sight. That's exactly what they are designed for, being able to rack the slide with one hand only.

Heine and Meprolight both make ledge type sights as well as others.

[LTC-J]

I did a CCW class that dealt with one handed gun manipulation(loading, drawing, malfunction clearing, and racking the slide).

And for racking the slide, it was anything that was near by or handy that you could catch the rear sight on:
belt, belt buckle, gun holster, heal of the boot, wall, etc.

All of these worked okay but the stock Glock "plastic" sight took a beating. I'm going to upgrade to a steel non-ramped style site shortly.

In a follow up class, a guy racked his gun off a car tire

[Bad Caselaw]

Hi all. I'm new to this site but I've owned several firarms in the past. I severed all my nerves in my right arm so it's pretty much just decoration. I wanna get a handgun again but one of my issues is being able to rack the slide. If anyone can give me some suggestions about the easiest semi-autos for one handed racking, I'd be grateful.

Danny

Range buddy of mine has the same problem.

He has a Glock G36 and replaced the rear slide cover plate w/ one that has a removable pin knob.

Very slick set-up, he just hooks it on any corner or his trouser front pocket/seam wedge.

And since it is removable w/ a pull? you can stow it in a snap.


I'll see if I can find you a link if you are interested. As almost all Glock covers are the same, it would be universal.




Caselaw