I took my new 9mm PC Shield to the range today and had the same issue twice in the first 15rds. The slide was locked back solid and I was very perplexed because the slide lock was not engaged and the cartridge was not jammed.


The first time this happened and I couldn't get the slide to go forward, I held the pistol in my right hand and rotated the takedown lever slightly down and then back up. Immediately when I started rotating the takedown lever back up, the slide cut loose. Unfortunately, part of my palm got caught in the ejection port when it closed.


Oh man did it hurt. I'm not talking about the pain and blood. I'm talking about the thought of this pistol not running 100%. The same thing happened one other time (minus my palm getting caught) and it didn't happen again. However, I was only able to shoot 50rds total. I'll put some more through it later this week.