Cant get slide off my Sig 226. Help please!

[alpha6164]

I have had a Lasermax installed on my Sig 226 which has worked great. This is the setup where the stock guide rod is replaced by the Lasermax guide rod and spring and the laser is activated by the new take down lever which has an internal button.

Something had gone wrong with the take down lever and i had sent it back to Lasermax to get fixed and i put the gun back together with the Lasermax rod, spring and i slid it on the frame but with NO take down lever. Now that the take down lever is back from Lasermax, i cant take the slide off the frame anymore. I should have never installed the slide back on the frame without the take down lever, but at this time i need to know how i can get it off. It almost feels like that the guide rod has slipped off its notch on the barrel and preventing the slide from coming off. Also when i rack the slide back and lock it, it does not lock back when i hit the slide release, it slowly closes and gets hung up half way. All inputs appreciated. Here is a pic:

 

[ROBBY.1911]

shorten your waiting time, call Bruce Gray Guns. you will be glad you did.

 

[9mmepiphany]

It sounds like you have a displaced locking block...it is retained by the take-down lever...from when you rammed the barrel into it by retracting the slide. The block likely displaced upward and is tying up the forward movement of the slide, the problem is that the Laser Max and it's spring is putting rearward pressure on the block and not allowing it to return back to it's original position to allow the slide to come off.

If that is the rear of the laser shown in your picture, it is way too far into the gun and I can't even imagine where your locking block went

I don't know a fix for it. It does sound like a job for Bruce Gray or the factory...either will like require that the gun be sent in and is unlikely to be covered under warranty

 

[rugerman]

In the past when I had a problem with my sig I went to sigforum and they have a sig guru that will try to talk you thru problems, its worth a shot.

 

[9mmepiphany]

they have a sig guru

That's who Bruce Gray is