several, although most modern pistols have this feature.
Only a few millimeters are necessary to free the slide from the lock.
If the magazine has no cartridges in it, just pull the slide back - the magazine follower will actuate the slide release and lock the slide to the rear. If it's not an empty magazine, you need to push up on the slide release (located on the left side of the frame) while you pull back on the slide.
No, it is a spring gun.
Hold pistol grips firmly between your knees, pull the slide back with the left hand until breech is open, stick right thumb in breech, release slide from left hand. Seriously, it does not lock open.
yes. refer to the owners manual found at browning.com
No. There are a few that do not lock back. These are not really Blowbacks. On these, When you pull the trigger you actually move the slide back (Your finger is doing all the work) and it flies forward to fire the BB. The best way to check for real Blowback, is take a Blowback that is empty, and pull the slide back. If it locks back in place, then it will lock when you empty all the BB's after shooting. Then take the BB clip out and pull again on the slide and it should slide all the way forward. Then put the BB clip back in.
Pull the slide back, and lock it to the rear. Inspect the chamber to ensure it's clear. Check the safety to ensure it's on safe. Load rounds into the magazine. Insert magazine into bottom of pistol grip. Release slide to chamber the first round.
Grip the pistol in your right hand, using your left hand pull the slide to the rear. Using your right thumb, flick the slide lock lever and slowly ride the slide forward with the left hand as to relieve the tension on the spring.
1. With safety on, remove the magazine from the weapon. 2. Cycle the action (pull back and release the slide) to eject any round still in the gun. 3. Pull back the slide until the slide lock (on frame) is under the slide lock notch (on slide). 4. Press the slide lock pin (sticks out of the right side of the frame) inward, toward the left side. 5. Remove the slide lock lever from the left side of the gun. 6. Release the hammer forward gently. 7. Pull the slide forward until it comes off the frame. Reassembly is pretty much the same process in reverse. NOTE - The 39-2 has a decocker instead of a safety. When you pull back the slide you must line up the pin end of the slide lock with the slide lock notch.
well if your talking about a pistol slide and not a rifle bolt in a semi automatic rifle. handguns will automatically lock the slide back in the open position allowing the shooter to know they have expended all the ammo in that mag and allow for an easy quick reaload and rechambering of the first round of the next mag by releasing the slide catch
Beretta 948 Hi. Take out the mag, put on the safety and lock the slide open. From the front of the bbl, push the bbl straight back toward the rear. You may have to "help" it with a mallet. Lift out the bbl from the rear through the top of the slide. Release the safety and just run the slide forward and off. You can do it!
The Colt M1911 is a single-action semiautomatic pistol. To fire it, you must first insert a loaded magazine into the magazine well. Then pull the slide all the way back, this will cock the hammer. Release the slide and let it return to battery, this performs the action of stripping a round from the magazine and chambering it. Now align the sights on target and pull the trigger. When the pistol has expended all the rounds, the slide will lock back. At this point, press the magazine release, located at the rear of the trigger guard, and the magazine will drop to the floor.