Well, the first known interwebz "Mall Ninja" was the legendary "Gecko45". Heres a sampling of his work:

A large sampling of Gecko45's body of work can be found here.

That's where the term Mall Ninja originates.

lol

lol pure gold

He's a retired Air Force Lt. Col. currently in the reserves, isn't he?

I dunno. I just know his videos go on and on and on.

I think the initial classroom portion of Introduction to Glock I took in the academy wasn't as long or in depth as his YouTube vids on GLOCK.

i totally disagree about nutnfancy. when i was in college and was basically eating the throwaway free donuts from D&D to save money, i absolutely loved being able to hear his every thought on a possible $600 purchase I was thinking about making.

i also like that he has a method to his reviews, you can tell even when he's a fanboy (eg Glock) he still gives a pretty unbiased review.

Yeah, he was an AF pilot. Do you have to be at least active duty Special Forces to not be called a mall ninja nowadays? He does go on and on and on though.

Nutnfancy does have those occasional "I'm gonna run to the mountains at TEOTWAWKI" tendencies though so I see where the mall ninja characterization comes from. Having "nut" in his handle doesn't help.

Was watching the movie, The Town. There's a scene where a bad guy gets shot by the FBI sniper. They then cut to the sniper chambering the next round. Standard? Maybe in a bolt-action gun. But he was clearly using an AR-15 and using the charging handle. Don't get why the director didn't just have the guy use a bolt-action rifle instead of doing something you would normally not don on a semi-auto rifle.

some sub sonic type rounds have to be manually chambered

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probably just a mistake by the director.

i shoot a single stack STI, have above average sized hands and can barely reach the slide release so instead of racking the locked slide with my left hand on a reload i catch the slide release with my left thumb as i'm putting it back on the gun to take my grip. just seems more fluid and natural to me but maybe thats because i grew up shooting handguns where i could release the slide with my right thumb, i'd have to really train my self to make racking a locked back slide natural and i don't see any downside to my method (maybe others do, idk)

Your method can actually be faster.

The downsides are both minute, but still worth noting. By pulling the slide back and putting the gun into battery that way, you slightly decrease your likelihood of feed malfunctions vs hitting the slide release with your thumb, because the slide is moving into battery slightly faster.

The other downside is you could be doing slight damage to your slide release, which again isn't a big deal as its neither particularly expensive or difficult to replace, but still, those are the downsides.

What's a "chest slap"?

When the slide locks to the rear you pull back on the slide hard enough to slap yourself in the chest when you pull it and release it into battery after reloading a fresh magazine.

BTW, here's my gun:



Way too big for EDC, but I hope to start competing with it this Fall.

i really want an xdm but the high cap mags would be illegal

There's a big sticker on the side of the case that came with the XDm, "Not Legal for Sale in California." Guess it's a good thing I left there.

Whats up all. Ventured into the politics forum for the hell of it and this thread stuck out. Just started to open carry (Good ole' Colorado). I have a Springfield 1911 and I might own a XD 9mm SubCompact in the next day or so. Still working on that deal. I'll check in from
time to time and say howdy to everyone. If I get around to it I'll post the video of my friend's 9yr old shooting the 870 Tactical the other day. Pretty good stuff.

The XDM SC is really nice. Shoots almost the same as the 5.25 that I have. But unlike many sub compacts, there's enough room to put your whole hand on the grip. I'll probably get one when I decide I want to start carrying regularly.

You know, after being adamantly against OC for quite some time, a few recent events have brought me around onto the OC bandwagon.

Good deal. I've always wanted an XD. My friend has a .45 and 9mm XD. Love shooting them. Hopefully this deal goes through.

Fwiw I open carry my 1911 in a Blackhawk Serpa holster. Love that holster! Such a great investment.

I would get my CCW but a couple of things are holding me back from it (no legal problems or anything). One of them is that the state is working on a Constitutional Carry bill. If that passes then GG, no need for a permit. I like CC because its a tactical advantage, but OC'ing is cool as long as you are aware of whats going on around you. I think it opens peoples eyes up to our rights also. In CO it's kind of like carrying a cell phone on your side, it's just meh. Still like it though. Makes me feel patriotic as weird as that sounds. I don't go crazy with it though like some of these youtubers who go looking for trouble. I keep it respectful.

wat? wtf happened to make you change your mind?

Care to share the events? What state are you in and what are the laws like there. I can walk around with one in the chamber and the hammer back if I wanted to.

Story in Atlanta, 18 year old black kid gets gunned down by APD for open carrying a shotgun, he's committing no crime, there's no media coverage because "He had a gun"

Really made me reconsider my stance on my feelings that OCers were just being douchy to the police. Well, that's not true, I still think that, just now I think it's a necessity.

I plan on harassing APD tomorrow at a burger king downtown. Hopefully NeBlis will be there as well. TR to follow.