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Anyone ever use one of these?

That's new to me. Hopefully someones tried it.

Paul

Headhog wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 09, 2021 1:48 pm

That's new to me. Hopefully someones tried it.

Paul

I watched a short video on it from last years Shotshow. Looked like a good idea for folks who have extreme difficulty racking a slide. Unlike most other slide assist devices it is not permanently attached to the gun, so keeping track of it might be a small issue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULD0rooAfTs

UPS delivered late this afternoon. This thing is great!! It works on all my semi-auto's from the full size 1911a1 & Ruger 9e to the micro Sig P365. If you have trouble racking a slide I strongly recommend getting one. This is the best thing to come along since the UpLula.

yet another product I've never heard of .. .. thanks for introducing it in this thread and for posting your use impressions

Now that I've watched the video I can see the effectiveness of this product. I have a friend whom loves to shoot but has great difficulty racking the slide. He has very little hand strength and this will help him tremendously.

Paul

Man a maglula to load the magazines a handi racker to rack the slide after loading the magazine and a brass bag to collect all the brass scattered all over the ground. Shooting revolvers sure seems alot easier

BigAl52 wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 13, 2021 11:09 pm

Man a maglula to load the magazines a handi racker to rack the slide after loading the magazine and a brass bag to collect all the brass scattered all over the ground. Shooting revolvers sure seems alot easier

Personal preferences and choices based on the individual's needs, abilities, and desires. I'm glad we have that freedom. Billions of people don't.

Me to Gene I just couldn’t resist throwing that in there

For practice or target shooting...great!, however, I don't always carry chambered. I would not want to ask a thug to wait while I get out my racker.
Would rather just keep my racking hand strong, or, choose a different weapon. Did not know those existed though, so thanks Gunny.

markiver54 wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 14, 2021 10:28 am

For practice or target shooting...great!, however, I don't always carry chambered. I would not want to ask a thug to wait while I get out my tracker.
Would rather just keep my racking hand strong, or, choose a different weapon. Did not know those existed though, so thanks Gunny.

It is primarily a range bag item for folks who cannot rack a slide - Arthritis, vets and others who are missing fingers/thumb, or have some other disability, etc.

True, true Gunny. That makes total sense when I look at it that way.
I was obviously thinking too much on a personal level.

markiver54 wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 14, 2021 10:49 am

True, true Gunny. That makes total sense when I look at it that way.
I was obviously thinking too much on a personal level.

I'd like to see these available for use at pistol ranges, or mounted to the bench on 2 or 3 lanes. They have a bench mount variety that has five made as a unit specifically for bench mounting. In fact if I ran a typical indoor range, I'd have the bench mount version at every station just for safety reasons. For example when clearing a misfire (light primer strike, etc.). Many people use a cross body method to rack a slide, which often results in the muzzle being pointed at the guy/gal on an adjoining lane. I've seen this happen. Not good.

See the web site for info and pricing: http://handiracker.com/

markiver54 wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 14, 2021 10:28 am

For practice or target shooting...great!, however, I don't always carry chambered. I would not want to ask a thug to wait while I get out my racker.
Would rather just keep my racking hand strong, or, choose a different weapon. Did not know those existed though, so thanks Gunny.

A couple pics of how it works with my S&W EZ (9mm).

There's really only 2 sizes (not counting Barretta types). The width of the slots that fit over the slides are slightly different on each end to accomodate a range of slide widths, as shown in the pic below. The wide slot works on my Ruger, the narrow slot for the compacts. They are not intended to fit tightly around the slide, and the sight slot is large and deep enough to accomodate most any front sight. The size you pick if you intend to buy one depends on the width of the slides you're going to use it on. This is all explained on the website ( handiracker.com ).



Before racking:



Slide fully racked: