I can't believe I put the slide in wrong after all of these years.The slide is to far back and the retaining pin has been installed,I don't know what to do?Do I force the pin out or ? I really don't have the money to take it in to a Gun Smith
I can't believe I put the slide in wrong after all of these years.The slide is to far back and the retaining pin has been installed,I don't know what to do?Do I force the pin out or ? I really don't have the money to take it in to a Gun Smith
Do you have the stop in front of the barrel lug?
You need to be able to line up the slide stop lug with it's corresponding notch cut in the slide in order to drive the stop out. If you can do this, I'd say hold the slide in the proper position and have someone try tapping out the slide stop with a punch. Can you provide more information as to where the slide is with relationship with the frame and is the slide stop installed? A picture would help.
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SW desert rat
I had one brought to me not long ago with this same issue.
At Gregs suggestion I stuck a screwdriver up the mag well and gently pried the slide enough to move.
I took the back of the slide apart trying to get it loose which accomplished nothing.
It gets kind of wedged and the screwdriver broke it loose enough I could get the pin out. Then I had to pry just a bit before it popped loose to where I could get it all off and start over.
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Dad: Say something nice to your cousin Shirley
Dietrich: For a fat girl you sure don't sweat much.
Cue sound of Head slap.
RIP Muggsy & TMan
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Thank you so much,I tried what you suggested and I finally got it out
All credit to Greg, the man's a legend when it comes to figuring stuff out.
In Memory of Paul "Dietrich" Stines.
Dad: Say something nice to your cousin Shirley
Dietrich: For a fat girl you sure don't sweat much.
Cue sound of Head slap.
RIP Muggsy & TMan
"If you are a warrior legally authorized to carry a weapon and you step outside without that weapon, then you become a sheep, pretending that JOCKO will not come today."
Love to read a story with a happy ending. Good job, Bwanna!
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SW desert rat
You, you, you mean there's two of us that are legends in our own minds?
Seriously after I got that officers gun apart after your screwdriver up the mag well, I was a honest to goodness hero around here.
Heck it must have lasted almost an hour too.
In Memory of Paul "Dietrich" Stines.
Dad: Say something nice to your cousin Shirley
Dietrich: For a fat girl you sure don't sweat much.
Cue sound of Head slap.
RIP Muggsy & TMan
"If you are a warrior legally authorized to carry a weapon and you step outside without that weapon, then you become a sheep, pretending that JOCKO will not come today."