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Originally Posted by Kavinsky
wait a minute, pre 39 slide? is there a length difference between the two?
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What we're talking about is just the length of the curved cutout toward the muzzle. For clarification, I've attached a picture of the shorter style of this characteristic. From my examination of various examples of Model 39 slides, I think there is actually a short, intermediate, and long cut, and that there are slight variations for the length in each of those categories. In fact, on my very early pre-39, the cut on one side is noticeably longer than on the other, so I'm not sure of how it ought to be classified! That said, there can be no doubt that as Model 39 production progressed, the trend was toward a longer cut.