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I think the ejection port blocking is avoided by virtue of these pistols being fucking massive - the slide is long enough that even when fully back your hand will still be some distance away from the port.
It still seems awkward though, and I also would feel a bit worried about having my hand right at the muzzle like that. But to be fair, this line of pistols (starting with the M1900, and going through a bunch of models until the M1911 eventually arrives in its final form) is literally among the first to use a slide design, so they were still figuring out how it's supposed to work. Some models had the serrations in the back, others in the front
DAMN! Homey coming in with pics and everything. Props.
I still hate giving Ian views given his arfcom bullshit against Carl, but he's still the best source of this information, unfortunately.
The thing that kind of blows my mind the most though is that for so long of a time the 19xx series was not a tilt-barrel Browning-action. It had a weird drop-barrel action contingent on a cross-bar, and if that bar failed, you were eating slide.
Yeah, the solo pics absolutely don't do justice to how massive those pistols are. Still the hottest part of the slide to grip.
It's wild that the originals were such absolute dogshit. Just terrible pistols. But after 100+ years of refinement they are one of the best pistols in the world (I said it; fight me XD).
Ah fuck, what did gun jesus do? I don't know anything about the FW or inrange community drama
Sorry... late reply (seems to be my MO). There was a fallout a long while ago between Ian (Forgotten Weapons) and Karl (InRange TV). It was a while back so I don't really remember anymore. There was an arfcom thread that was absolutely dragging Karl for being queer inclusive that Ian refused to take part in. That's your friend. You aren't going to stand up for him? Which means he also doesn't give a shit about queer people. Guess it would cost too much money.
Ian is fine, I guess. Not really. But it's his job and all, and we're all fucking mercenaries. He does "apolitical" gun content about historical arms. But he also takes being apolitical to an absolute fault. IDK. The whole thing just sucks.