"Air racking" handgun?

[Rookie]

I imagine it's got a weak spring, but is there any reason this would be beneficial? I'm not talking "tacti-cool", but in a competition gun?

 

[printcraft]

To be featured in the next John Wick movie...

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

Or the next Darwin awards.

 

[KellyinAvon]

Um...no.

 

[Mgderf]

Didn't watch
Don't have to
Bad idea

 

[shootersix]

If I could ask one question it would be

“WHY???”

 

[Noble Sniper]

That is so….. NOT IMPRESSIVE!!!!

 

[MCgrease08]

Ugh, I just watched a Tik Tok. I need a shower now.

 

[ECS686]

Now let’s see him do it with the hammer down!!!! In seriousness I just don’t get the point with these.

 

[patience0830]

I've seen it done from a locked back slide but from a closed slide it requires more hand speed than I have. Could prove useful if the off hand is disabled and you happen to be nekkid.

 

[freekforge]

I could do it with a beat up tokarev but It wasnt consistent. I imagine the red dot helped a bit. Completely useless but kinda fun.

 

[led4thehed2]

Holy crap! Not something I'd be comfortable with but yeah, it'd probably look cool in a movie.

 

[bw210]

Staccato XC and XL come stock with 7# recoil springs. P and C2 are 10# I believe. Most 2011's are lightly sprung by design. Most air rack videos are 2011 guns. My comped C2 runs 7# spring.

 

[littletommy]

We had a S+W EZ at the range that would do that, but we never did it with live rounds.

 

[Dean C.]

^^^

They are ALL 2011's I cannot get my P to do it with the stick spring but had an old STI Recoil Master that was actually pretty easy to do this.

 

[mhs]

2009 Youtube "ninja style", been around a long time.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Beneficial? Sure, if you have lost function in one hand that way you don't have to use your belt, thigh, ribcage, etc.

Of course . . . I have always used my belt, heel, ribcage, thigh, etc.

 

[russc2542]

I've seen it in person with a glock. Rob Vogel ain't normal folks though. Low weight recoil spring allows use of light ammo resulting in less recoil/muzzle flip and faster shooting. That's why minimum power factor's a thing in most games.

 

[MrSmitty]

I have Kel Tec P11, that I could do that with said NO ONE EVER!

 

[deingy]

Toy only application.