You have to continue to finesse it to get the slide back off, inspect the spring, rotate it, and try again. Mine did the same thing and thats what I had to do. Make sure the sear arm is down.
If you take the slid off and remove the spring and barrel and then put the slide back on you'll see it...
Slide not locking
Read this, I just posted it this afternoon...........
"CHECK THE RECOIL SPRING AND ROTATE IT"
I just purchased my new S&W shield 9mm today Sunday 3/17/13.
(Happy St. Patrick’s day)
I took the gun home to clean it before I took it to the range and while reassembling it
I...
I just purchased my new S&W shield 9mm today Sunday 3/17/13.
(Happy St. Patrick’s day)
I took the gun home to clean it before I took it to the range and while reassembling it
I couldn’t get the slide to go all the way back to latch the lock. After breaking down the
Gun several times, I final...
It's entirely up to you, what your budget can withstand, it will get expensive depending on the look and functionally you want, but it's fun.
This is what I did to mine, changed everything but the upper and lower receiver and barrel.
Kineti-Tech is the only way to go..... in my humble opinion.
You can actually customize your own or purchase one listed, many styles to choose from
Take a look below..........
KinetiTech.....They are shroud's not suppressors, you can customize your own if you want. The one you see below is from them. enjoy.....
http://www.kineti-tech.com