OP slide, slide stop situation, if you would be so kind as to help.....

[ABPOS]

I think my slide stop is wrong. According to this pic:



The slide stop I have looks like the older one, that shows having a pin and the spring in there differently than how it was in mine. I have always wondered about this slide stop, because it doesn't really move freely. It either wants to stay up or down, so I always just avoided using it and hoped it would stay in the up position. But now looking at this picture in Canfield's book, I think I have the wrong one in there. I bought it that way FWIW. What do you guys think?





And would that negatively affect function? It doesn't seem like there is really any where on the receiver from it dragging, but I have always scratched my head about this thing.

Also, what kind of op slide do I have? I read in his book there are 6 different types, and I can't really tell, from his description, what mine is. It seems to have some older style characteristics, like the part that is on an angle over the top of the receiver, but where it glides underneath the barrel is flat. So that seems like it makes it a later style. AND, I don't see it marked anywhere. Is that bad?








It doesn't look like it's been dragging, but who knows?

I would think this could be maybe a part of the problem with my function, but I don't know. But I think it's the wrong one. My carbine has no hole for a "pin stop" like that drawing shows, and the slide stop definitely looks like the type that needs it.

So, if I do need a new one, where is a good place to get one?

I know I need a new recoil spring, possibly a mag catch spring, and now possibly this slide stop. Brownells has a Wolff spring tune up kit, but I doubt they have any of these slides stops.

Anyways..... Thanks for your help!!!!

Information

Warning: This is a relatively older thread This discussion is older than 360 days. Some information contained in it may no longer be current.