Yes, I think I can.
I was thinking of removing tiny bits of metal from the middle of the (underside) of the slidestoppin and doing so, at some point there must be enough room to make it cycle smoothly.
If I cycle the pistol by hand, with the recoil spring assembly removed, it seemd pretty easy to 'feel' if things go smoothly on the inside......
A friend of mine told me to just shoot and this way the parts should 'wear in', but I'm afraid the barrel link is going to break.