Which auto can be field stripped with ONE hand?

TxFlyFish · July 14, 2012, 10:38 PM

Just for kicks name some that you have successfully field stripped with one hand. I want to try practicing on a couple on my spare time.

so far I've managed the Beretta 92FS

Gats Italian · July 14, 2012, 10:40 PM

Beretta PX4. Pull down tabs, tap rear of slide with the knee, pull off the slide with the hand that no longer needs to pull the tabs.

dogtown tom · July 14, 2012, 10:41 PM

FN/Browning Hi Powers with the SFS system.

jjyergler · July 14, 2012, 10:42 PM

if your name is Jet Li.

CDR_Glock · July 14, 2012, 11:01 PM

Beretta 92FS or PX4
Springfield XD

loose_holster_dan · July 14, 2012, 11:06 PM

beretta 92 or clones very easily

**Tom Servo** · July 14, 2012, 11:12 PM

If you've got the hand strength to lock the slide back, the Sig Sauer P-series guns can be done one-handed.

I've had students with disabilities for whom this is a very real concern.

dsk · July 15, 2012, 01:14 AM

Definitely not the 3rd generation Smiths. They need two hands to field strip, and three to reassemble!

PSP · July 15, 2012, 05:20 AM

Anyone can do this with a Beretta 92 series. I've done it with my Kahr T9 but it's considerably harder to do that the Beretta.

HKs have a very simple and easy take-down system. I'm sure they can be done one handed.

Kreyzhorse · July 15, 2012, 07:11 AM

I've not tried, but I'm sure the Walther PPS could be done with one hand.

lee n. field · July 15, 2012, 07:21 AM

Bersa Ultra Carry. You don't even have to rack the slide. Drop the magazine, rotate the takedown lever 90 degrees, and pull the slide off from the front.

Spring, guide rod and barrel come out of the slide in the usual way.

FrankenMauser · July 15, 2012, 09:30 AM

Surprisingly... most (or all?) of the Taurus PT-series.

And, if you use your teeth to remove and install the slide stop / disassembly pin, most of the Ruger P-series.

Merad · July 15, 2012, 11:32 AM

A Glock can be done with one hand, but it's not particularly easy.

Webleymkv · July 15, 2012, 11:41 AM

A Walther P38 could theoretically be stripped with one hand, but I wouldn't reccomend it. Lock the slide open, rotate the diassembly latch, and release the slide (the slide and barrel assembly would probably go flying off the frame). A gun with a tip-up barrel like a Beretta Tomcat or Jetfire would make sense for someone with only one hand as there wouldn't be much need to field strip it or rack the slide; simply tip the barrel up, clean it, and push it back down.

Grant D · July 15, 2012, 11:53 AM

My Walther 1962 Model P-38 (P-01) by pushing on the barrel and rotating the disassembly latch, lets the slide and barrel slip off easily.

But like Webleymkv said, I would'nt try it on my Walther AC Model 1941 though.The earlier model you have to lock the slide back to rotate the lever.

Webleymkv · July 15, 2012, 11:56 AM

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My Walther 1962 Model P-38 (P-01) by pushing on the barrel and rotating the disassembly latch, lets the slide and barrel slip off easily.

But like Webleymkv said, I would'nt try it on my Walther AC Model 1941 though.The earlier model you have to lock the slide back to rotate the lever.

Upon thinking about it a bit more, I suppose you could theoretically catch the rear sight on the edge of a table or something and ease the slide/barrel assembly off the frame (my younger brother's post-war P38 has a fairly prominent rear sight for a semi-auto of that vintage), but it would still be much easier and less awkward to use two hands.

Grant D · July 15, 2012, 12:03 PM

On the post war P-38 you can push the barrel back just a little and turn the lever, so there is no tension on the springs and it simply slides off.Unlike the earlier models.

Sparks1957 · July 15, 2012, 12:04 PM

The Bersa Ultra Carry pistols are about as easy as they come. It might be a challenge getting it back together quickly one-handed, but takedown is simple.

rottieman33 · July 15, 2012, 12:19 PM

My Sig Sauer P220 Equinox can be done with 1 hand

James K · July 15, 2012, 12:27 PM

Hmmm. Just trying to think of a situation where that might be needed.

Maybe in the middle of a gunfight, Pete Goodfellow decides to clean his gun, but Joe Badguy has shot Pete's left arm off and .....

Nah.

Jim

Leejack · July 15, 2012, 12:30 PM

Ruger Mark Series .22 autos.

That's one hand, two feet, a hammer and a buldozer.

j/k

Webleymkv · July 15, 2012, 12:33 PM

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Just trying to think of a situation where that might be needed.

Perhaps for someone who only has one useable hand due to injury or deformity (I've known a few one-armed people in my life).

James K · July 15, 2012, 12:38 PM

I also have known several folks who have lost a hand or arm. They usually have ways worked out for doing what they have to do, and part of that involves not buying things that require two hands to operate. I only knew one who was a shooter, and he used an S&W revolver.

Jim

mavracer · July 15, 2012, 01:58 PM

Right off the top of my head I can't think of any I couldn't field strip one handed. Just tried two 1911s one with a FLGR and one with a GI set up. I even did one with each hand.

A Walther PP or any of the type might take a couple tries to get back together.

lee n. field · July 15, 2012, 02:37 PM

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The Bersa Ultra Carry .... It might be a challenge getting it back together quickly one-handed,....

I actually tried reassembly one handed. Not too difficult.

July 14, 2012, 10:38 PM	#1
TxFlyFish Senior Member Join Date: October 18, 2011 Posts: 1,246	Which auto can be field stripped with ONE hand? Just for kicks name some that you have successfully field stripped with one hand. I want to try practicing on a couple on my spare time. so far I've managed the Beretta 92FS

July 14, 2012, 10:40 PM	#2
Gats Italian Senior Member Join Date: November 12, 2008 Posts: 451	Beretta PX4. Pull down tabs, tap rear of slide with the knee, pull off the slide with the hand that no longer needs to pull the tabs. __________________ Leave the gun, take the cannoli.

July 14, 2012, 10:41 PM	#3
dogtown tom Senior Member Join Date: January 23, 2006 Location: Plano, Texas Posts: 3,089	FN/Browning Hi Powers with the SFS system. __________________ Need a FFL in Dallas/Plano/Allen/Frisco/McKinney ? Just EMAIL me. $20 transfers ($10 for CHL, active military,police,fire or schoolteachers) Plano, Texas...........the Gun Nut Capitol of Gun Culture, USA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pELwCqz2JfE

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July 14, 2012, 11:06 PM	#6
loose_holster_dan Senior Member Join Date: April 5, 2011 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 2,461	beretta 92 or clones very easily __________________ Favorite range gun for the money - CZ 75B or STI Spartan V 9mm Go-to carry setup - Walther PPS or PPQ in FIST kydex holster 1AK Favorite semi-auto design - HK P7 "A Sig is like a lightsaber - not as clumsy or random as a Glock."

July 14, 2012, 11:01 PM	#5
CDR_Glock Senior Member Join Date: September 30, 2010 Posts: 704	Beretta 92FS or PX4 Springfield XD

July 14, 2012, 11:12 PM	#7
Tom Servo Staff Join Date: September 27, 2008 Location: Foothills of the Appalachians Posts: 13,059	If you've got the hand strength to lock the slide back, the Sig Sauer P-series guns can be done one-handed. I've had students with disabilities for whom this is a very real concern. __________________ Sometimes it’s nice not to destroy the world for a change. --Randall Munroe

July 15, 2012, 01:14 AM	#8
dsk Senior Member Join Date: June 19, 2001 Posts: 1,603	Definitely not the 3rd generation Smiths. They need two hands to field strip, and three to reassemble!

July 15, 2012, 05:20 AM	#9
PSP Senior Member Join Date: June 2, 2006 Location: Bowling Green Virginia Posts: 4,487	Anyone can do this with a Beretta 92 series. I've done it with my Kahr T9 but it's considerably harder to do that the Beretta. HKs have a very simple and easy take-down system. I'm sure they can be done one handed.

July 15, 2012, 07:11 AM	#10
Kreyzhorse Senior Member Join Date: April 12, 2006 Location: NKY Posts: 12,463	I've not tried, but I'm sure the Walther PPS could be done with one hand. __________________ "He who laughs last, laughs dead." Homer Simpson

July 15, 2012, 07:21 AM	#11
lee n. field Senior Member Join Date: October 12, 2002 Location: The same state as Mordor. Posts: 5,569	Bersa Ultra Carry. You don't even have to rack the slide. Drop the magazine, rotate the takedown lever 90 degrees, and pull the slide off from the front. Spring, guide rod and barrel come out of the slide in the usual way. __________________ "As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, so also are those who are of heaven. Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven. "

July 15, 2012, 09:30 AM	#12
FrankenMauser Senior Member Join Date: August 25, 2008 Location: In the valley above the plain Posts: 13,424	Surprisingly... most (or all?) of the Taurus PT-series. And, if you use your teeth to remove and install the slide stop / disassembly pin, most of the Ruger P-series. __________________ Don't even try it. It's even worse than the internet would lead you to believe.

July 15, 2012, 11:32 AM	#13
Merad Senior Member Join Date: October 5, 2011 Posts: 350	A Glock can be done with one hand, but it's not particularly easy.

July 15, 2012, 11:41 AM	#14
Webleymkv Senior Member Join Date: July 20, 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 10,446	A Walther P38 could theoretically be stripped with one hand, but I wouldn't reccomend it. Lock the slide open, rotate the diassembly latch, and release the slide (the slide and barrel assembly would probably go flying off the frame). A gun with a tip-up barrel like a Beretta Tomcat or Jetfire would make sense for someone with only one hand as there wouldn't be much need to field strip it or rack the slide; simply tip the barrel up, clean it, and push it back down.

July 15, 2012, 11:53 AM	#15
Grant D Senior Member Join Date: August 14, 2011 Location: Brazos County, Texas Posts: 1,038	My Walther 1962 Model P-38 (P-01) by pushing on the barrel and rotating the disassembly latch, lets the slide and barrel slip off easily. But like Webleymkv said, I would'nt try it on my Walther AC Model 1941 though.The earlier model you have to lock the slide back to rotate the lever.

July 15, 2012, 12:03 PM	#17
Grant D Senior Member Join Date: August 14, 2011 Location: Brazos County, Texas Posts: 1,038	On the post war P-38 you can push the barrel back just a little and turn the lever, so there is no tension on the springs and it simply slides off.Unlike the earlier models.

July 15, 2012, 12:04 PM	#18
Sparks1957 Senior Member Join Date: September 4, 2011 Location: Vermont Posts: 1,552	The Bersa Ultra Carry pistols are about as easy as they come. It might be a challenge getting it back together quickly one-handed, but takedown is simple.

July 15, 2012, 12:19 PM	#19
rottieman33 Senior Member Join Date: September 27, 2009 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 223	My Sig Sauer P220 Equinox can be done with 1 hand

July 15, 2012, 12:27 PM	#20
James K Member In Memoriam Join Date: March 17, 1999 Posts: 24,383	Hmmm. Just trying to think of a situation where that might be needed. Maybe in the middle of a gunfight, Pete Goodfellow decides to clean his gun, but Joe Badguy has shot Pete's left arm off and ..... Nah. Jim

July 15, 2012, 12:30 PM	#21
Leejack Senior Member Join Date: November 15, 2007 Location: The Alamo! Posts: 2,056	Ruger Mark Series .22 autos. That's one hand, two feet, a hammer and a buldozer. j/k

July 15, 2012, 12:38 PM	#23
James K Member In Memoriam Join Date: March 17, 1999 Posts: 24,383	I also have known several folks who have lost a hand or arm. They usually have ways worked out for doing what they have to do, and part of that involves not buying things that require two hands to operate. I only knew one who was a shooter, and he used an S&W revolver. Jim