locked .40VE slide on a Glock 23 frame

kurtb232 · Apr 27, 2015

by mistake after shooting my Glock 23 and my VE.40 i put the VE slide with barrel and recoil on the glock 23 lower. Stupid mistake not looking at what i was doing. the slide will not come off the frame. it does move some. can anyone help.

thank you,
Kurt

colt3374 · May 1, 2015

Try moving the slide forward a bit and pull the trigger back, it may release.

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S&W Rover · May 1, 2015

It may be held in place by the striker. One solution might be to take the end plate off the slide and remove the striker...

ou1954 · May 1, 2015

Wrong slide on gun

kurtb232 said:
by mistake after shooting my Glock 23 and my VE.40 i put the VE slide with barrel and recoil on the glock 23 lower. Stupid mistake not looking at what i was doing. the slide will not come off the frame. it does move some. can anyone help.

thank you,
Kurt

I think you should consider selling both guns.

Ole Joe Clark · May 1, 2015

Make sure the weapon is unloaded and pointed in a safe direction.

If you have a long, narrow, thin piece of shim stock, try inserting it from the rear and depressing the striker. A strong LED light will help greatly.

Joe

USAF385 · May 1, 2015

C'mon... It was on purpose, admit it.

MyDads38 · May 2, 2015

My mom always told me "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all". She will be so proud of me!

MSG Glenn · May 2, 2015

Oops. I think this is a lesson we all have to follow. Check, double check & check once more before doing anything with a firearm. Concentrate on what you're doing & don't let your attention be diverted while doing it.

I have a hard & set rule - work on one firearm at a time. Once the first one is completely reassembled & function checked THEN work on the other.

I hope you get that slide off & installed on the right pistol.

Let us know what you did to correct the situation.

Smith61 · May 3, 2015

+1 How did you make out!?

JWH321 · May 5, 2015

MyDads38 said:
My mom always told me "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all". She will be so proud of me!

I was going to say something like, "you are an idiot" but then I read this post and decided to say nothing at all.

ATF · May 5, 2015

Look on the bright side

You won't do it again

scattershot · May 5, 2015

I'd like to know how he made out, too, but with only one post, I doubt if we'll ever know.

MOONDAWG · May 5, 2015

ATF said:
Look on the bright side You won't do it again

Like a bug on a windshield...

ou1954 · May 5, 2015

I still think he should sell all his guns but that's not likely to happen.

It would be nice to get a final report, however.

John R · May 5, 2015

Did you get it apart yet?

ou1954 · May 5, 2015

Looks like another of those one-time posts that everyone tries to help but the OP disappears. Hate when that happens.

Penna Shooter · May 8, 2015

Keeping my ears open.......

locked .40VE slide on a Glock 23 frame

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