Flipping the lever came naturally for me, since I had read the manual through several times while waiting to pick up my pistol, and that was the procedure outlined there. It never occurred to me to use the trigger, and only discovered that it was possible to field strip by pulling the trigger to release the slide when I was told about it by another shooter. I always carry a small screwdriver with a pen clip in my shirt pocket for just this purpose (my fat fingers don't fit into the magwell very easily).

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Bob
NRA, MSI, SAF Member