I had field stripped my pistol and had just put it back together. I popped a loaded magazine in and pulled back the slide to chamber the round- forgetting to put the take down lever back- and then this happened... (attached)
I can't pull the slide back and I cannot for the life of me push that take down lever back into fully horizontal position.
And yeah, there's a loaded round in it.
Any useful tips? It looks like I may have mis-threaded the slide when putting it back on, but now I can't move it.