Alright, you convinced me, I took them off. Embarrassed to say, I've never worked a day of manual labor in my life, my hands are slippery and dry like a baby's bottom. So I just use grit tape for many things, just out of paranoia. Now that I took it off, it's pretty easy to rack. I've put tape on my other dozens handguns as well, I should've bought stock in Talon.
how hard do you need to grip the slide?