is their ANY body that makes a tad bit longer fatter or extended slide release for my new Shield.. Please spare me the arguments about its not a release ......but a stop... I'm proficient with pistols and want to drop the slide with my offhand thumb like a HK, 1911, Beretta 92 and many others. I have my reasons for not normally 'slingshotting'. Thanks in advance..

I’m not aware of any.

thanks for the reply.. I really Like the Shield. I've gone thru some great EDC pistols to arrive at this choice. EMP, Glock 26, Walther PPS M2 LE, Kahr... The shield is tried and tested. has all the features I wanted. but.....wish the Slide release was just a tad longer , larger. Other than that It should be a perfect fit..

Once you get a few rounds through it, the slide stop will work like you want it to. Ours was very difficult to operate in the beginning. Now no problem.


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It’s a slide stop, not a slide release. Slingshot the slide closed.

Could the slide stop be welded up, reshaped to suit you, and then cold blued?

There are no extended slide stops for the Shield or other M&P pistols. Lots of folks feel your pain. The Shield slide stop is designed for concealed carry and thus is rather small. That apparently is why the manual recommends using a sling shot or overhand method to release it when locked.

However, many of us use the stop as a release successfully even though it is small. Just adjust the friction between the slide stop and it’s coresponding notch in the slide until it releases as easily as you want. This hurts nothing. It’s what competition shooters do with their slides to close it and get on target faster. Custom guns will almost always come with the stop adjusted to be able to be used as a release.

Even faster is auto forwarding.

There are more than a dozen threads on this forum over the last two years discussing this, so do a search. Ignore the half of the posts that can’t deal with making your gun work for you the way you want.

After a couple thousand rounds it should be ok to use it as a slide release. I don't use it as such but, even with these old arthritic paws, I can if I wanted to. Now have over 10K rds and it is very very easy.

What do you do if one of your hands is busy or disabled? I’m not recommending any particular method. But I think it’s important to be able to release the slide with the slide stop should the need arise. Which is possible with a carry gun.


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You can have an extension brazed on by a smith. It shouldn't cost too much.

I defer to my original post. Enjoy this video for education.

I have to agree, I don't use it as such, but I can now quite easily after 8,000+ rounds. It was rather easy to use as a release after not many rounds. I would just use it that way a while and let it loosen up naturally. I prefer to slingshot it myself, but have practiced using it as a release in case it is necessary.

1940 M1911 Manual p. 22 requires releasing the slide by depressing the slide stop lever to close the chamber after inspection. Loading is accomplished by withdrawing the slide and letting it run forward.

M1911 Manual - Page 28

Call it a stop. That term describes half of its functions. If it does not also release the slide, the gun could not work properly.

If a magazine release did not first “stop” the mag the gun would not work properly. Dual function. Single nomenclature.

Functional capability is what is important, not limited terminology.

Making a stiff slide stop perform also as a manual slide release harms nothing, but it greatly enhances function. It is a historically common use of the lever on the oldest fighting pistol. Most pistols are really, actually, truly designed to allow the stop to be used as a release, but they are cheaply manufactured and require tuning of the lever to allow it to be used as a release also. One does not HAVE to use it as a manual release.

What really is the problem here? Why is this so hard?