What is the proper way to release the slide? I was recently at a gun dealer looking at a M&P40 VTAC and while holding the handgun in my right hand I used my right hand thumb to pull down the slide lock to release the slide and allow the slide to slide forward without using my opposite hand to brake the slide as it slid forward. After I did this, the dealer asked that I not do that again because it is hard on the gun. Note: There wasn't a magazine in the gun.
1. If this is hard on the gun and it has nothing to do with the magazine not being present, what's difference with what I did vs the slide sliding forward after firing the gun and the slide sliding forward?
2. If this is hard on the gun, does this apply to similar handguns?
1. If this is hard on the gun and it has nothing to do with the magazine not being present, what's difference with what I did vs the slide sliding forward after firing the gun and the slide sliding forward?
2. If this is hard on the gun, does this apply to similar handguns?