Extended slide stop

[Swingpress]

It's hard to believe this hasn't been covered, but I searched for the answer to this question using both the search feature and google with no luck.

Allow me to preface this question by saying that, at this point, I refuse to have a gun only for matches. I frequently carry my match revolvers to the city or the field. I expect to do likewise with my new government sized 1911 though I may carry it more since it seems to hide pretty well on me.

It seems that some shun the extended slide stop on the 1911 as a potential source of stoppages. Is that the general consensus here? I'm not really worried about the ability to release the slide so much as the ability to easily catch the slide open while showing clear or servicing the gun. Thoughts?

Thanks.

[ParaGunner]

I tried one once and didn't like it. I ride the thumb safety all the time on my 1911s and with the extended slide stop installed my thumb actually reached the extended SS and prevented the slide from locking back when empty whe I was shooting Single stack. Needless to say I just got rid of it. Also ,I just hold the slide open manually during unload and show clear instead of locking it open. YMMV

[G-ManBart]

It's hard to believe this hasn't been covered, but I searched for the answer to this question using both the search feature and google with no luck.

It has been covered

All I did was type "extended slide stop" (without the quotes) in the search window and found a whole bunch, but these three are this exact question:

http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=93467&view=findpost&p=1071491

http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=81339&view=findpost&p=941181

http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=41247&view=findpost&p=469224

[Aircooled6racer]

Hello: I use the Wilson extended one but cut the tang off that extends back. That way it does not get in the way but can be used easier than a standard slide stop. I match the radius on my Ed Brown Ambi wide thumb safety. Thanks, Eric

Edited February 6, 2011 by Aircooled6racer

[Swingpress]

It's hard to believe this hasn't been covered, but I searched for the answer to this question using both the search feature and google with no luck.

It has been covered

All I did was type "extended slide stop" (without the quotes) in the search window and found a whole bunch, but these three are this exact question:

http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=93467&view=findpost&p=1071491

http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=81339&view=findpost&p=941181

http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=41247&view=findpost&p=469224

I guess I botched it by searching "1911 extended slide stop" not "extended slide stop" in the 1911 forum. Thanks for digging those up.

I guess also that I realized that to some extent because my google search was: http://www.google.com/search?q=brianenos.com+extended&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Thanks for the reading list.

[G-ManBart]

I guess I botched it by searching "1911 extended slide stop" not "extended slide stop" in the 1911 forum. Thanks for digging those up.

No worries, I've got lot of practice at it

[Mike21STI]

don't bother with the extended slide stop. I've found it is not worth the time to work on them to get them to function properly in your gun. I had a Wilson one in my old Kimber and it consistently wouldn't lock the slide back (not from me riding the safety). I replaced it with the factory one and the problem went away. This year they made it legal for ESP to have extended slide stops so i figured i'd take my chances with another brand for my STI (found it on ebay) and had an issue where the slide locked back after every round. I was mad at this point because I had invested my time to refinish the part (it was supposedly stainless steel, but definitely didn't look it until filed and sanded at it for a while). I decided that it was not worth the aggrevation when my gun was functioning flawlessly without it. so I'm back to the stock slide stop and haven't looked back. Just my opinion. Hope you have better luck with it than I did.

Mike