Originally Posted by
wrfabus
To get the slide stop out easier:
1. Make sure the pistol is clear of ammunition
2.Take an empty magazine and push it into the magazine well until you feel it just touch the slide stop..Don't go any further with the magazine.
3.Hold the pistol in your right hand in a firing grip with your trigger finger pressing on the protruding slide stop pin on the right side of the pistol.
4. While keeping pressure on the slide stop pin with your trigger finger, pull the slide back to align the marks on the slide while using your chest/belly to press the magazine up into the mag well until the slide stop pin just pops out.
5. Remember to remove the magazine BEFORE attempting to take the slide off of the frame to disassemble.
It may take a try or 2 and you will get a feel for how much pressure you need to use to press with your trigger finger on the pin, but it pops out pretty easily. This method saves the four handed method and plastic mallets flattening fingers.
Bill
I keep forgetting to try this method. I'm anxious to see if it works.
I don't have any trouble, I just hold the slide lined up in my left hand and give the pin a light tap with my plastic faced ''small" hammer. Once it pops just a tiny bit your home free.
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