Dropping the slide on the model 1911 ~ The truth?

[brownie]

Originally Posted by Riverpigusmc

Dropping the slide on an empty chamber may ruin a custom trigger job, that's about it. Putting a round in the chamber THEN dropping the slide is bad juju. Plays hell on the extractor

That's why I don't do it, no other reason, and that's NOT myth.

[Coyote44]

Originally Posted by brownie

That's why I don't do it, no other reason, and that's NOT myth.

I would tend to agree with this ^^