Do you like an extended slide release or a waste of money?

I am thinking about putting an extended slide release on my G17 Gen 4. What is your opinion of them and is there a certain type / manufacturer to use

Waste IMO. I swapped to An extended one years ago on my g19 and recently switched back. Now I don't hold it down as often so my slide will lock back.

If you want one that is easier to engage, but isn't really large the vickers tactical one is pretty nice.

I had problems in my G26 with my thumb activating it while shooting. Might try it in my G19 but I really don't see the point.

Awesome upgrade for my G19s and G17. I have short thumbs, never an issue with any of holsters either. Try shooting a buddies equipped first.

Like mine a lot

Vickers slide stop and mag release are worth every penny.

the original is merely a suggestion. get the extended one.

I really think it depends on your grip, as well as whether or not you use the power stroke method or utilize the slide release for reloads.

IMO I think they are a waste I never use it unless I am pulling the slide back open. I feel you should never used them when reloading and releasing the slide to put one in the chamber. My reasoning is that under a stressful situation you lose some of you're fine motor skills and I feel its better to rack the slide over the top with you're hand which would be much easier in a life or death situation. At least that is what I was taught in the LEO academy, and it works great for me.

How do you drop a mag, line up the sights or press the trigger under stress?

Combine with an extended mag release and you will be unstoppable.

Glock factory extended slide release - it is a little bit longer making it easier to lock the slide back or release it

I don't think that you completely understood what I was trying to say it would be one more fine motor skill to worry about obviously loading and unloading a firearm under stress isn't easy and this just cuts out one of the smaller things on the glock just grab and rip the slide back. in my opinion and extended slide release is useless. While others may like them this is my opinion and I don't expect everyone to feel the same as me.

Vickers slide stop and mag release are worth every penny.

I'm just pointing out that every aspect of operating a firearm effectively requires fine motor skills. It's an old and tired argument and not surprising that it was taught at an LEO academy. I think economy of motion. I want to be back on that front sight ASAP. Using the slide stop is the fastest and most efficent way of getting that gun back up. Using an extended stop makes this process better. Far from useless.

With the extended slide release my hand tends to ride up on it and lock the slide back prematurely. I filed the bump off the one on my G35. It's perfect now.

LEO Academy teaches to the lowest common denominator.

Any shooter who wants to be fast and accurate uses the slide release to drop the slide. Go to any match and see. Plenty of videos of Sevigney, Goloski, Leatham, Koenig, etc.

Or operate GPS or switch radio freq's/hopsets in the middle of a fight?

Thats a valid point. OP< is the gun a range toy or fighting pistol? I'd be more inclined to have it on a range toy. I use the grip it and rip method personally, but I see both sides of the equation. I just prefer the more positive feel of grabbing the slide Slower, yes, but I'm more likely to send the slide forward with gloved hands.

Useless.

I don't like the extended slide stop. With my grip, I'd find I was prematurely locking the slide back.


Anymore I don't use it anyway. I just slingshot the slide.

I don't get premature slide lock or slide in battery on empty issues when I run an extended slide stop. If I did I would reconsider its use. Since I don't, I run an extended slide stop on all my Glocks.

Unless you're playing the shoot'em-up games, then they're worthless; actually, less-than-worthless. If you're playing the shoot'em-up games, they're invaluable.

I'm a sling shotter.

It's not a "slide release."

It's a "slide stop."

Waste of money.

I have them on my Glocks, they should come from the factory like that. Wondered why I waited so long. Especially on my G30. I don't bother with the grabbing the slide to release it; I always use the lever. It's wasted effort and time not to, IMO.

Uh, they're of the same use either way.

It's cheap so it's not a waist of money.

I took mine off for fear of locking the slide back while shooting. I didn't lock it back all of the time but I could feel it while shooting and holding the gun and it did lock back when someone else was shooting it. I have been thinking about selling the take off for a good price.
Dustin

it depends on your manipulation technique how big your hand is etc. I don't know anyone who has big enough hands that they don't have to shift grip to hit mag catch and slide release in the conventional (using the right hand thumb) manner. Rather than shift my grip (which means you are really re-acquiring a proper firing grip after the reload) my technigue is to hit the mag release with my support hand thumb as it is moving past the release to go for the spare mag. this way I don't have to shift my grip and if a mag gets stuck in the well I can rip it out the rest of the way as my support hand goes past. After the new mag is inserted my support hand thumb is right at the catch so I hit it with the support thumb. no grip shift and not any slower than the traditional method. And since I am in NY and am limited to full capacity mags in pre ban only, most of my mags are non-full metal lined which do tend to hang up in the well if the mag change is with a partially loaded mag

I got one on a trade gun that I picked up. After using it recently, it seemed odd that the rest didn't have it, so I put it on all of mine. I also like the extended take down part.

To each his own...........

I never felt that the stock slide release was a big deal until I bought a G34 that had the extended release. Now I've replaced all of them. Put in a Vickers extended mag release while you're at it.

I actually started a thread on here stating how awesome they are...None of my Glock's have them anymore.

I really liked them for locking the slide open, until I started locking the slide open unintentionally. Every 3 rounds I was locking the slide back from my grip.

Useless and unneeded. I feel like it is solving a problem that never existed. As does most doodads.

I am a lefty so it is a must.

I'm actually considering cutting my slide release shorter.

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I have to cut the height of all Glock slide stops in half in order to prevent my hand from edging up the stop. With that being said, I'm a huge fan of the factory and Vickers extended slide stops.

I don't have much meat on my hands so it doesn't get in the way of the extended slide release, so I love it.

YMMV

A Glock OEM extended slide lock/release is always the 1st thing I replace on my pistols; I love it.

I have them on all my Glocks

It's the only "upgrade" that I'll do.

What's the difference between the Vickers slide stop and a Glock or lone wolf piece??
Thanks

Vikers is essentially modeled after the stop on an M&P. It doesn't come back any further than the standard stop, but does create a ledge where the standard sits flat. I recall LAV stating that a lefty would benifit more from the OEM extended and a righty would be better off with his. I'll see if I can grab some pics.

Where can you buy them?

Net-tac

I'm a lefty, and I find it to be completely useless. I wouldn't install one if it was free because it isn't worth the 10 seconds it takes to install it.

After running one for a while I say it's not worth it for me. But it does have it's role for folks with hands different than mine. My GFloves hers on the G19. It doesn't help me at all, but it definitely helps her reloading.

-JC

They're useless to me, I'm a lefty that uses the slingshot method.

A must have for leftys. Sweep up with trigger finger to lock slide back, makes it much easier.

I bought a gen4 34 and swapped the release out after my first match with it. I was used to shooting a CZ and my thumb would ride the slide release on the Glock preventing the slide from locking back. Very rarely will that happen with the standard one. I also use the slide release when I reload. Just hit it with your left thumb as you are sliding your hand back into place.

This is a poor attempt to show you all a vickers slide stop/release. This is a view from the back of the gun to show you how it sticks out.





No matter what kind of stop I use I have issues holding it down...so in reality it doesn't matter what kind I use. I had a glock extended one in my g19 and ended up removing it in hopes that I would be able to get consistent lock back... Didn't help that much. The vickers is a LOT easier to find and engage/disengage over a standard stock glock release.

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