Wrong re-assembly of SD40 after field stip and cleaning?

martybee

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After sucessfully field stripping and cleaning my SD40, I put it back together and
everything seemed fine. Tried to rack the slide and the entire assembly went out of battery!
Slide is caught about 25% of the way from closed, and the guide rod is sticking out of the front
of the slide.
I believe when I tried to rack the slide, the striker got cocked and I cant pull the trigger to dry
fire it for disassembly.

I have tried , without sucess to strip the slide assembly from the frame!
It appears as if the guide rod assembly has slipped out of battery.
Anyone able to help this old fool?
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After much thought and manipulations, I tried racking the slide back as far as I could, while depressing the trigger. Success!
The striker dry fired and the slide came right off the frame.

Incidentally, the guide rod and spring assembly were correctly
seated; the problem was with properly installing the slide and barrel assembly. (My Bad)!
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Maybe it's Friday the 13th. or the Full Moon, or both! LOL
 
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