What I am trying to understand that others cant seem to answer is this : What keeps the slide locked onto the frame rails ? When the gun is taken apart , the striker is removed and then the slide comes off. There is no SLIDE LOCK like the slide lock on other pistols. To me it seems that the little "tang" on the striker along with the rear slide cover is what keeps the slide on the frame. If that is so , it is definitely a new style thing. Time will tell if it's a high mileage design. I sure hope so . What are you guy's thoughts on what keeps the slide on ?
Mossberg pistol : What keeps the slide on the frame rail ?
- Thread starter tercel89
- Start date
- Status
I haven't held one . That is why I am asking this question. I have went out looking for one to find out the answer to my question. Other than that , it seems like a good machine.
zaitcev
Member
- Joined
- Oct 14, 2016
- Messages
- 1,256
Glock 46 is exactly the same. If this is good for Glock, I don't see why not Mossberg.
https://modernfirearms.net/en/handguns/handguns-en/austria-semi-automatic-pistols/glock-46-2/
Sistema1927
Member
It's actually the same as the Beretta Pico. Look at the large screw on the starboard (right) side. Turn that it 1/4 turn and the locking lug drops down.
shoobe01
Member
We've gotten used to it, but takedown tabs and levers forward of the trigger are also pretty subtle-seeming things if you look close. Since they are the same place as the takedown pin in the old days, it seems solid but it's not more robust than the little tabs on the back of the Mossberg, or other guns listed.
There's not remotely the force forward when returning to battery that rearward movement has, so a fairly small steel thingy seems to be plenty. Never myself heard of one even wearing must less breaking.
There's not remotely the force forward when returning to battery that rearward movement has, so a fairly small steel thingy seems to be plenty. Never myself heard of one even wearing must less breaking.
The 46 is still new and not tested with high mileage.
Are you talking about the Mossberg being the same as the Pico ? The Mossberg doesn't have a piece in the middle like the Pico that locks the slide onto the frame as far as I can tell.
Sistema1927
Member
My bad. I was thinking of the Taurus Spectrum, not the Mossberg, which copied the Pico.
(It is hard to keep up sometimes.
)
Sovblocgunfan
Member
- Joined
- Jan 24, 2014
- Messages
- 1,483
Here’s the owners manual.
https://www.mossberg.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/105189-Pistol-Owners-Manual.pdf
Other than the removal of the striker assembly there is nothing new here.
Open the gun, lock slide to rear. Remove assembly. Unlock the gun by giving a pull all the way back and then remove the slide to the front of the gun.
I don’t see the issue, nor do I see the frame/slide lockup as any “new-style thing”.
https://www.mossberg.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/105189-Pistol-Owners-Manual.pdf
Other than the removal of the striker assembly there is nothing new here.
Open the gun, lock slide to rear. Remove assembly. Unlock the gun by giving a pull all the way back and then remove the slide to the front of the gun.
I don’t see the issue, nor do I see the frame/slide lockup as any “new-style thing”.
I just handled the Mossberg pistol today. The striker lug and back plate is what keeps the slide locked on the frame rails. It doesn't have a slide lock like a Glock or a rotating locking pin like a S. A. XD or a Beretta 92. I have never handled a pistol like this before. It's very simple and I hope time will prove it reliable. It felt great and the trigger pull and reset were good.
- Status
