Slide Stop on S&W 39-2 is still stuck

[Matt King]

The Slide Stop on S&W 39-2 is still stuck. In in earlier thread I asked for advice. I have tried everything that people told me to do, and it is still stuck.

1. A liberal dose of Break Free CLP did not work.

2. Using the end of a screw driver to exert more force did not work.

3. Jiggling the recoil rod did not work.

Help! I don't know what to do. Before I take it in to gunsmith to have it looked at, is there anything else I can try?

 

[Lonestar49]

Just a guess here

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If you can protect the finish of the gun, and put it tight in a vice, you might try a piece of 2 by 4 wood, say 12" long, and put end on slide. while holding it, and give it a good whack or 3, with a hammer, hopefully the wood will force the slide back, and not damage the slide in any way.

Make sure magazine (owners manual) is out or in, as some guns have no slide release, other than pulling back the slide (racking it) once the gun fires its last round, the slide stays open until another mag is inserted with, or without, ammo, and then the manual racking of the slide to return it..

Does the barrel tilt up for cambering? Or does the barrel stay straight? Is there any free movement of the slide, pulling back on it?

Luck,


LS


PS.. may have read this wrong, is the slide release lever not letting the slide return, and it's the return lever that seems stuck, holding the slide open?

If so, same deal, vice, wood, hammer, whack down, on slide release lever, and hopefully. If this works, then inspect lever for movement, lubricate if needed, but if it remains stiff, not free, easy movement, then off to the gunsmith.

Otherwise, bright light, magazine out, look up on the left side and you should be able to see slide release area,


PSS.. one last "desperate approach".. when I used to build Ultralights aircraft, on one make and model, you, I had to put the front wheel rod, in the freezer over night, to shrink it, so it would go thru. Cold will shrink metal, and may release the metal stress holding whatever it is. Again, all just a guess.

 

[Matt King]

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f you can protect the finish of the gun, and put it tight in a vice, you might try a piece of 2 by 4 wood, say 12" long, and put end on slide. while holding it, and give it a good whack or 3, with a hammer, hopefully the wood will force the slide back, and not damage the slide in any way.


Luck,


LS

Thanks for the advice. I have already tried pounding on the slide stop with the butt end of a screw driver, so I doubt that doing it with a hammer would work.

Thanks anyway.

 

[saltydog452]

I can't speak for someone else, but I got the impression that the previous poster was talking about making the frame stationary and, using some sort of block to cushion the blows, trying to move the slide back with force from the business end of the pistol.

salty.

 

[Matt King]

Any S&W gurus have any ideas?

 

[isp2605]

Do you have the notch on the left side of the slide lined up with the front of the slide release? The slide has to be pulled back about 1/2" before the pin will come out.

 

[Lonestar49]

Correct

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I can't speak for someone else, but I got the impression that the previous poster was talking about making the frame stationary and, using some sort of block to cushion the blows, trying to move the slide back with force from the business end of the pistol.

salty.
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Yes Salty, either way, to open it, or shut the slide. And hitting something with the blunt end of a screwdriver puts "little" force on anything. The wood lets you "whack" hard with a hammer, to the wood, which the wood then pushes on whatever, but will not dent or scratch metal, the slide, or the slide stop lever.

Try some wood, with a secured, held gun, in a vice and see if that doesn't "break-free" the holdup. Can't hurt.


LS