stealthyeliminator
Regular Member
I've seen discussion on setback and the dangers of it and advice to not chamber a particular round more than X amount of times, etc. etc.
I was wondering, though, could you not just, with the mag removed and the slide locked back, just drop a round by hand directly into the chamber and then drop the slide on it? I don't see how this could necessarily be "dangerous" or harmful to the round, but on the other hand, I don't think I've ever seen this done, or even ever heard of anyone doing this.
Wouldn't this effectively prevent setback since the round would not be pushed into the feed ramp before entering the chamber? It would also make things simpler as far as having a topped off magazine - no need to insert mag, rack slide, remove mag, top off mag, reinsert slide...
So, is the reason I haven't seen or heard of this "obvious" work-around to prevent setback because it's not a good idea?
I was wondering, though, could you not just, with the mag removed and the slide locked back, just drop a round by hand directly into the chamber and then drop the slide on it? I don't see how this could necessarily be "dangerous" or harmful to the round, but on the other hand, I don't think I've ever seen this done, or even ever heard of anyone doing this.
Wouldn't this effectively prevent setback since the round would not be pushed into the feed ramp before entering the chamber? It would also make things simpler as far as having a topped off magazine - no need to insert mag, rack slide, remove mag, top off mag, reinsert slide...
So, is the reason I haven't seen or heard of this "obvious" work-around to prevent setback because it's not a good idea?