Thread: Can this be done? Has it been done?

I know that if an individual had a Ruger Mark II and it was suppressed you can hold the action closed while firing with your thumb. In a related area... on a compact pistol such as a Kahr or Kel-Tec would the pistol fire the single shot with the slide locked (mechanically) in place. What about a 1911 design, would a "lock-up device" allow for a single shot without damage or safety issues?

The problem with a more powerful handgun is that you are stressing the frame in a way it was not designed to be stressed, only firing a great number of rounds, thousands, maybe even tens of thousands would be required to properly see if there was an issue or not. Bill

it has been done on suppressed beretta 92s.

The slide on a 1911 doesn't unlock untill the bullet is leavein' the muzzle....Despite or maybe I should say "in spite of" untold hours spent testin' , thinkin', discussin', debatein', arguein',...., I still can't say if the bullet must be completly out of the barrel for the slide to open but the slide can;t move rearward untill the bullet has lost some or maybe all of its' forward...

You could "probably" lock a slide without immediate damage. The S&W Vietnam SEAL "Hush puppy" Model 59 used a special slide lock to lock the slide shut, but the stop and the notch on the slide were subject to excess wear pretty fast. The 1911 has a rather small stop notch on the slide, and the Kahr isn't all that big either. I think the bottom line is that its possible, but no auto has a slide...