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In my infinite wisdom, I decided to put some trijicon night sights on my new sw9ve...wait for it...wait for it...MYSELF! It wouldn't have been so bad if I had not made the mother of all errors, not using proper tools. Long story short, I decide to take a deadblow hammer and persuade the rear sight into position. 1 mis**** and I am now the owner of a brand new gun with a cracked rail on the slide. Yes...I know...I am an idiot. This post is not asking to ridicule my heroic efforts to improve my sights but rather some guidance on where to go from here. Does this gun appear to be safe to fire? I know any damage to a slide is not a good thing but after looking through the whole workings of the slide, it doesn't seem to be in a particularly load bearing area. Will I kill myself if I fire it? It does not rub on the polymer frame at all. There is zero binding in the racking of the slide.
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Holy smokes! How hard did you hit that thing..... poor gun :(

I'm no gunsmith but I wouldn't fire it nor carry it until the slide is fixed.
 
I know it sucks but it's new slide time.Why take the chance?I highly suggest you don't take the chance but if you do......Please don't do it around anyone else.
 
O man!! Sorry that happen to ya. not going to preach about it am sure youve beat yourself over it plenty. I would not fire it anymore till you get a new slide, but incase you do id wear a face shield, who knows that slide could (not likely, but you never know) come flying at your face. Best of luck.
 
On another forum people keep trying to get me to work on my trigger group myself. I keep tellin' em I could mess things up like no one else could. This convinces me I'm right. Sorry, man, tough break. Lookin' for a new slide on ebay sounds like a good idea to me.
 
I enjoy buying tools as much as guns. Cruise through a hardware store. You might enjoy it. First investment, a nylon hammer. Sorry that happened. I've screwed plenty of things up. Call it a learning experience. If it makes you feel any better, I shot a brand new woolrich coat this winter. The coat costs just a little less than the sigma 40 I shot it with. It will never be the same.
 
If I had a dollar for everytime I had made a mishap w/ a firearm I'd own a lot more than I do now! However,since the frame and trigger assembly constitute as the pistol,you can probably order a slide from S&W. It will cost a little but like myself,just chalk it up to trial by error. Good Luck...
 
I agree that I shouldn't shoot it but the crack is in the rail and not the meat. It is just tempting.
 
I am no expert but it doesn;t seem like that would hurt anything when firing- just maybe one round at a time, the back end of the slide may break apart on recoil...? Maybe?
 
The end of the slide may not be binding now, under manual operation, but it does appear to be canted down toward the frame. During the flex which occurs under recoil, it may well impact the frame, with some damage to the frame, or even more importantly, to you. I would NOT chance firing a damaged pistol.

Buy a new slide, and chalk it up to a lesson learned: use the proper tools, or have a gunsmith do it. I don't mean that to sound catty or harsh, just advice...and one big reason I don't try to work on my own pistols: I have neither the tools, nor the ability, to do anything other than to convert a functional gun to a repair job for a gunsmith. :o
 
Ouch sorry to see that man. I personally would'nt shoot a compromised firearm. Risking you'r life isn't worth the price of just getting another slide for $100. Get the new slide and use this messed up one to practice installing the rear site a few times and get good at it. Once you have the learning pains done on the broken slide, use what you found out to install it perfectly on the new one. ;)
 
Had a local gunsmith look at it and said we shouldn't shoot it but because of where the crack is nothing bad should result. We test fired and all was good. Then we put 50rds down range with no ill effects. That crack did not grow. I will put it away and begin looking for a new slide but am glad I got to at least use the new sights once.
 
.....golly....
The risk is when you have a case head separation or a burst case or a slug stuck in the bore or an inadvertant overlaod, or an OOB ignition....... really any condition that might exert additional stress on the internals instead of the chamber where it should be. It would redefine the expression 'hand grenade'. At best. Or it could get someone killed or worse.
Hey, what are the odds, right?
They make new ones every day, and there are salvage ones readily available.
You did good to present this issue to the group. A lot of guys wouldn't take responsibility for such a thing. Everbody can learn from your experience. Belive me, you are not alone. Not by a long shot.
I will encourage everyone to speak up when a self inflicted loss presents a potential safety problem.
It might just prevent someone from making 2 errors insted of just 1.
 
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