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Old 06-10-2016, 12:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Coop de Ville View Post
I will reread the entire thread.

I was always under the impression that the compressed spring/ guide rod was what stopped slide movement.... by design. I don't see any parts of the slide that stop travel. ie: the fully compressed spring butts the muzzle tab and stops travel..
Maybe a test will help:

Pull the slide back and mark (or observe) where it stops. Then remove the recoil spring and barrel* and put the slide back on, pull it back and see where it stops. Same place? Yes.

Then look through the hole where the guide rod goes and inspect where the hang-down U of the slide hits. Strange, it is hitting the U in the polymer frame. The recoil spring and guide rod don't normally play a part in stopping the slide.

*(Use care and remove the barrel as well as the spring assembly. If you don't you will have to manage some special steps to get the slide back off)
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