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Originally Posted by ShelledPants
Hitting the slide lock to return the gun to battery, without first manually pulling the slide to the rear, will cause unnecessary wear on the slide lock. This is applicable to real firearms and airsoft. Long term wear will prevent the gun from slide lock on the last round fired.
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And it's also a good way to get just a little bit more pull out of the return spring, too. While you've got problems if your pistol won't return to battery after using the slide lock, racking the slide and then releasing it is a good way to ensure that it returns to battery each time you have to reload on empty.
But yeah, that's what I meant. Should have been more clear. Don't need to use the slide lock to return the pistol into a usable state after a mag change.