Anyone hold the barrel of a semiautomatic pistol while it's shot?

[Worsley]

No.

Your finger is "powering" the cylinder to turn to bring the next round ready to fire on a revolver.

A semi auto, your finger is simply making the pistol fire. But it's the firing of that round that powers the slide back to chamber the next round.

Does a round "load" ready to be fired when pulling the trigger on both, sure. The difference is in HOW those rounds are "loaded" to be fired.

Cool! Thanks....

 

[PeterT]

For 21 years as rangemaster at a New York Police academy, I had every recruit hold his own slide while his partner confirmed that no part of his body was ahead of the front sight then fire. Attempted to fire again, corrected the stoppage and fired 1 round and reholstered. This was done with more than 1,000 recruits with zero problems. The exercise provided them with an operational understanding of what might happen during a struggle. A safe range can be operated in an unsafe manner and unusual drills can be conducted in a safe manner when properly explained, demonstrated and executed.

 

[Tungsten]

Seems somewhat redundant to teach a point. I wouldn't classify it as fundamentally unsafe as long as they were making sure the hand wasn't past the muzzle when firing.

 

[Blaster229]

It's fun and all, but the most important thing about this is what you do/should be doing to avoid it before this happens and after it happens, whether you are the one trying to shoot the pistol or the one grabbing it.

 

[Docster]

Yea, another misleading thread title. The SLIDE is being held not the barrel

 

[Blaster229]

Yea, another misleading thread title. The SLIDE is being held not the barrel

The SKIN is holding the slide, not the metacarpals and phalanges.

 

[Blacksmith101]

Cool! Thanks....

Don't forget the Webley–Fosbery Self-Cocking Automatic Revolver:

Webley–Fosbery Automatic Revolver - Wikipedia

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