In combat shooting they reach you NOT to use the SLIDE STOP to release the slide into battery. You should grab the slide with four fingers and your palm (not thumb and pointer finger) over the top of the slide, pull back hard and release ( letting only the spring pull the slide forward, not following the slide forward with your hand), and continue the fight.

Typically, fine motor skills like manipulating the SLIDE STOP with your thumb are lost during stress.

Last edited by TAGLARRY; 02/01/16.