Posted: 7/5/2011 7:25:51 AM EDT
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I was reading another thread on the site today and the poster had suffered slide lock.
Anyhow, this is something I have not experienced, but how is it corrected for the pistol to return to battery? |
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More context would be helpful. For example I "suffer" "slide lock" every time the gun is empty and locks back on an empty mag. Inserting a new mag and sling shotting the slide clears it right up.
"Slide lock" as a malfunction would probably entail either a mechanical failure with a piece blocking slide movement, or a three point type jam or a double feed where the jammed cartridge(s) prevent the slide from moving fore or aft. Knowing the context including type of weapon would help a lot. |
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More context would be helpful. For example I "suffer" "slide lock" every time the gun is empty and locks back on an empty mag. Inserting a new mag and sling shotting the slide clears it right up. "Slide lock" as a malfunction would probably entail either a mechanical failure with a piece blocking slide movement, or a three point type jam or a double feed where the jammed cartridge(s) prevent the slide from moving fore or aft. Knowing the context including type of weapon would help a lot. OK, sorry to be so vague. I assumed the remedial action would be the same regardless of cause. He was shooting a 9mm pocket pistol and everytime he fired 147gr bullets it would happen. |
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Still not completely descriptive. If it's a G26/G27 pocket pistol it could have been put back together incorrectly, there is a spring on the slide lock that if put back together will cause the slide to lock on almost every shot.
If another type of smaller pocket pistol, two possibilities exist: 1) the recoil is causing his hand to shift and hit the slide lock button under recoil 2) the actual recoil is overpowering the tension or spring that is holding the slide lock down and causing it to pop up Can you link to the thread? |
| Read up on the Over Hand method. It may be a tiny bit slower then hitting the slide stop lever but it gives you gains in sending the slide home because it is more reliable and works in more cases then using the slide stop as a release. Some pistols don't have a slide stop lever to hit. Over Hand works on all pistols. |
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I saw you ask in the other thread.
The weapon was a Walther PPS. Probably one of the early ones that had issues with retention of the slide stop spring. Some of them would pop the spring out of it's retainer on the slide stop and it would lock the slide and disassembly of the firearm would be necessary. The design of the spring retainer on the slide stop has been changed. |