It has be posted here that it is not good for the gun to drop the slide into battery on an empty chamber with no mag. 1911 Tuner, who seems to know a heck of a lot more than I do about the 1911 has also stated this. I've heard it's a good way to wreck a good trigger job. Could Tuner or someone else (I know it's the busy tax season for Tuner) explain to me what this does to damage the weapon or wreck the trigger job?
I ask both because I am curious, and because I'm practicing tactical malfunction clearing techniquies, and the double feed malfunction drill involves racking the slide three times on empty. Although this is the only legitimate reason I know of to rack the slide on empty, it's a pretty good reason, and I'd like to practice with my Les Baer TRS. Obviously, I don't want to mess up the gun. So I'd like to understand the mechanics of this problem. How bad is it for the gun/trigger job and why?
Thanks.
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