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SD9VE TAKE DOWN LEVER---MY NEW TRICK
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how do i purchase a galloway extended lever
Valorian
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The link is in post #11.
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dlombard
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Didn't want to mess with having pieces of my gun swapped out so I learned how to do this trick that the OP posted and it is NICE. The trick is to make sure to have the slide moved forth as far as it can go along the rack so that the side of the takedown switch you pushed down stays down. By the time you're pressing the slide against the "stop," you can reach down to the other side, push it down and the slide comes off just like the OP said. It's great!
kenny brooks
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Well my two cents I'm order the part see what happens always change it back.my hands not like they used to be after two surgery's.. Smith could have made it a tad bigger
AnthemBassMan
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I put the Galloway extended take down plate in my SD40VE a couple months ago. All I can say is WOW! I don't know why I waited a couple years to do this. The only minor issue I have is that it scrapes some of the leather inside my holster. But I honestly don't care one bit. The ease of field stripping this pistol far outweighs that little issue. If you get one, you'll be a happy camper.
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Matt
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The only change to my SD9VE is to put in an NDZ bar. Incredible difference from stock when I had to use cloth on my fingers!
Now the surprising thing is that the NDZ bar is only .92 mm longer than stock! I don't have a holster but I would guess that the .92 mm wouldn't bother most holsters.
The only change to my SD9VE is to put in an NDZ bar. Incredible difference from stock when I had to use cloth on my fingers!
Now the surprising thing is that the NDZ bar is only .92 mm longer than stock! I don't have a holster but I would guess that the .92 mm wouldn't bother most holsters.
martybee
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I use the recommended procedure for take down, but I use my finger nails on the groves in the take-down lever. Easy, and never fails!
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I don't think my fingernails would last long but if it works then why not?
After a couple of years with the NDZ bar I lean towards the notion that it's really a matter of technique. If you find the best way to move the slide back, and then quickly move the "lever/bar/barrel stop" down, and quickly release the slide, it's really a nominal process.
I think that in the early days I was not moving the slide far enough back, or was spending too much effort on moving it too far back, all the while holding the bar/lever/slide stop with my fingers. I could easily go back to the stock piece but like the stainless showing and the fact that the piece is machined instead of stamped.
My superb skill, training, and experience are such that it takes about 1-2 seconds for the whole process and my fingers don't complain at all. The fact is that my skill in taking my SD9VE down far exceeds my pistol shooting skill.
[I just had a look at my original measurements and see that the NDZ bar is .98 mm longer than stock. I may have reported different numbers in prior posts.]
I don't think my fingernails would last long but if it works then why not?
After a couple of years with the NDZ bar I lean towards the notion that it's really a matter of technique. If you find the best way to move the slide back, and then quickly move the "lever/bar/barrel stop" down, and quickly release the slide, it's really a nominal process.
I think that in the early days I was not moving the slide far enough back, or was spending too much effort on moving it too far back, all the while holding the bar/lever/slide stop with my fingers. I could easily go back to the stock piece but like the stainless showing and the fact that the piece is machined instead of stamped.
My superb skill, training, and experience are such that it takes about 1-2 seconds for the whole process and my fingers don't complain at all. The fact is that my skill in taking my SD9VE down far exceeds my pistol shooting skill.
[I just had a look at my original measurements and see that the NDZ bar is .98 mm longer than stock. I may have reported different numbers in prior posts.]
AnthemBassMan
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I will mic mine later this morning. I will post the measurements of the stock take down lever and the Galloway one.
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Matt
kenny brooks
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Someone post pics of one and the factory to compare..
AnthemBassMan
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-My pics are uploading right now. Sorry, I couldn't mic the measurements. My mic is only a 1" mic and I thought these were slightly smaller. So next best thing was the good ol' 6" steel rule. The Galloway lever is 1/16" longer than stock.
L8R,
Matt
L8R,
Matt
Looks like your Galloway is pretty close to 1.58-1.59mm longer than the stock.
I re-measured my stock piece at 28.52mm using my great digital caliper given to me by an old friend some 6 years ago. [Same number I got 2 years ago, even after a recent battery replacement.]
I also re-measured the NDZ piece, in situ, and got 29.50 mm.
The final answer seems to be that the Galloway is ~1.58mm longer than stock and the NDZ is .98mm longer.
I did select the Stainless NDZ version because it gave a little bling, very little, to the frame. I like the NDZ because it is Laser cut and machined instead of stamped, and while long enough to do the job, is not long enough to bother a holster, if I ever get a holster.
(My measurements can be "jiggered" about .01mm depending on how I hold my tongue but they are pretty consistent within that range.)
I re-measured my stock piece at 28.52mm using my great digital caliper given to me by an old friend some 6 years ago. [Same number I got 2 years ago, even after a recent battery replacement.]
I also re-measured the NDZ piece, in situ, and got 29.50 mm.
The final answer seems to be that the Galloway is ~1.58mm longer than stock and the NDZ is .98mm longer.
I did select the Stainless NDZ version because it gave a little bling, very little, to the frame. I like the NDZ because it is Laser cut and machined instead of stamped, and while long enough to do the job, is not long enough to bother a holster, if I ever get a holster.
(My measurements can be "jiggered" about .01mm depending on how I hold my tongue but they are pretty consistent within that range.)
A final observation. The Galloway "Extended Slide Lock Lever" has slanted ends while the stock piece and the NDZ piece have straight ends, meaning that the "ripples" are all in a row, at right angles to the long dimension of the piece.
I use the term "Extended Slide Lock Lever" (which is on the NDZ package) but we have seen, throughout these posts, the terms "Take down lever" and "Barrel stop", which is the term I like because that is it's primary function in my opinion.
I don't like the term "Lever" because it doesn't perform any leverage function. Whatever . . . I'm flexible, even after all these years. (I'm long retired after some 54+ years in scientific and technical businesses, but haven't been a pistol person for very long. I will happily defer to anyone on gun nomenclature.)
I use the term "Extended Slide Lock Lever" (which is on the NDZ package) but we have seen, throughout these posts, the terms "Take down lever" and "Barrel stop", which is the term I like because that is it's primary function in my opinion.
I don't like the term "Lever" because it doesn't perform any leverage function. Whatever . . . I'm flexible, even after all these years. (I'm long retired after some 54+ years in scientific and technical businesses, but haven't been a pistol person for very long. I will happily defer to anyone on gun nomenclature.)
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AnthemBassMan
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The Galloway lever does bite into the leather on my holster just a little. But it's only on one side as the other side is kydex and doesn't touch that area of the pistol. Doesn't affect the draw of the pistol either. Galloway or NDZ, either one is far better than the stock piece. But then again, if S&W left that part of the frame indented like the older Sigma, then there wouldn't be a market for the extended levers to begin with. On another note, now it's time to clean my grip frame to put on my Talon Grip wrap.
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Matt
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Matt
martybee
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Tacky!
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AnthemBassMan
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That they are! So far I'm liking the way they feel on the grip. Hopefully I'll be at the range in the next day or two to really test them out.
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Matt
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