Newguy Posted June 8, 2003 Share Posted June 8, 2003 The gun is a Briley linkless barrel in .40 and up until today it worked fine. Suddenly, the slide started jumping the slide stop leaving the gun is cocked without a round in the chamber. I've tried 6 different slide stops and 2 different mags. Same problem. If I manually cycle the gun it catches fine and the slide is locked back--only a problem with live fire. I'm thinking it might be a bad mag catch (not lifting the mag up high enough), but I'm not sure. Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshua Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 Are you sure you're having full slide travel? Did you change your loads or recoil spring? Did you install any shock buffs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBF Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 Ditto. What has changed between the time it worked and now? Travis F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolan Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 I would suspect the mag springs before I would suspect the mag catch. Unless it's a plastic mag catch it would take a lot of use to wear the mag catch ledge down enough to cause feeding or slide stop problems. Take a look at your mag followers and mag springs. If this is a single stack with the metal follower you might be able to adjust the slide stop notch/finger in the follower up a little bit to activate the slide stop. Try a new spring first though. Is your weak hand thumb anywhere near the slide stop while you're shooting? You might be touching the slide stop and preventing it from moving completely into the slide notch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny hill Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 never had a gun that the slide stop worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshua Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 I would agree with Benny Hill with competition guns, I never needed the slide stop except to hold the barrel in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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