Can it fly out during firing?It's the "slide stop," which is integral to the pin that engages the barrel link, is removed during break down, and reinserted during reassembly. There is no separate "take-down lever" on the 1911. This guy apparently doesn't know his manual of arms! The stupid shall be punished!
If it breaks, I suppose anything is possible. This past summer I broke a slide stop on one of my 1911’s. It wasn’t the pin though, just the ear that the magazine follower engages to push the slide stop up after firing the last round.
I would not think a healthy & properly installed one would. Looking at the video before firing, it sure looks to me like it is installed - I think I see tip of the pin (or whatever you call the end) sticking through. Given the fireball, my guess is that a double charged cartridge or even the wrong cartridge (assuming it is a 45ACP could he have gotten a 10mm to fire in it?)?
That quotation comes from a sign on the wall behind one of my Commanding Officer's years ago! He was a great CO and a real straight shooter, but intolerant of people doing stupid things. Fortunately, I was NOT one deserving of punishment in his eyes, far from it and he always had high praise for my work in the squadron!
I couldn't tell if the slide stop/pin was installed properly before firing or not. I've also never seen or even heard of one breaking in normal operation, but what do I know?
I can’t tell either. The one I broke had 20k rounds on it. Fortunately a buddy had several spares with him.
No, I don't believe so, unless perhaps if the slid-stop's integral pin breaks.
Look at the flash / fire. NOTHING coming out of the barrel. It's all out of the frame / magwell, etc.
So, did it fire out of battery?Blaming it on Tisas (they make a decent 1911) or a squib. Jesus H Christ. If squibs happened as much as newbs on the web say it does, more people would be missing fingers and wearing eye patches. A squib in a 45 would blow the goddamn barrel apart.
- Poor form. This guy is a newb with no training.
- The gun was improperly assembled. When the round was fired, the slide did not retract.
- He improperly installed the slide stop after field stripping. That's why it broke and flew out of the gun.
- The majority of people commenting on X don't know fuckall about 1911's.
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It is very clear if you look at this frame by frame the slide/recoil swing mechanism was not functioning correctly. There was no squib. Just a twit.
I don't think that's coming from the muzzle, as crazy as it sounds. The shape of the fireball is not consistent with a muzzle blast... to me.
If installed this way, the slide won’t move rearward enough to chamber a round. I’m leaning more towards squib. The slide is definitely bulged under the ejection port. That and crap falling out of the magwell.
