Extended Slide Release for the Nighthawk T3

Sorry for being MIA the past 3 months. I've just been really lazy and preoccupied with other things. Anyways, just consider it a summer hiatus and that I'm now back for the Fall prime time season.

I recently purchased a new item to "upgrade" my Nighthawk Custom T3. It's a Wilson Combat Extended Slide Release.

My hands are on the medium to small side. Because of that, I found it really difficult to manipulate the slide release on the T3 with my right hand. Yes, I realize that I should be using my left hand to work the slide release with a 1911; however, I've grown so accustomed to using my strong hand with my Walther P99 that I wanted to find someway to do the same with the T3. The extended slide release is perfect for what I wanted.

As you can see from the picture above, the extended length of the slide release was just what I needed. I can now use my right thumb to either release the slide or lock back the slide.

It also helped that the slide release matched the fit of the T3 perfectly! All this for only $20 as I had purchased the extended slide release slightly used from a member of Calguns.net.

I cannot wait to hit the range to work on refining my technique with the new slide release...especially now that I have some ammo. Check out what I was able to procure from a non-Los Angeles county Walmart. Check this out!

Could it be that the ammo shortage in California is coming to an end?!?! The Walmart where I bought this from had shelves that were nearly full of handgun (9mm, .40 cal, .45 acp, .380, and .22lr) ammo. I certainly hope so as I need to spend some serious range time to get proficient with my firearms.