Slide went on wrong and can't remove! Help!

[RYJ]

So guys just cleaned my S&W sd40ve and when putting slide back on I apparently messed up and only the rear frame guides aligned and I cannot remove slide now and gun is in operable. Any ideas!? I feel like such an idiot

 

[bbarer]

Hammer? Pictures would help, but if its jammed could be tough to remove without damage.....Not sure how it could happen as once the slide is through the front rails it pretty much self aligns. You did push it on from the front right?

 

[grinch6388]

Lets see a picture.......

 

[RYJ]

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Trying not to put a great deal of force on it

 

[ToddDubya]

Rubber mallet? A little tap-taperoo?

 

[bbarer]

Oh jeez....I think I would very carefully tap it back towards the rear with piece of hardwood.......Not a high probability of success without damaging either the rails or worse the slide....

 

[Deutsche_Dog]

If you don't have a rubber or nylon mallet, try tapping the back of the slide lightly with a small piece of wood or the wooden handle of a hammer.

 

[RYJ]

Hammer? Pictures would help, but if its jammed could be tough to remove without damage.....Not sure how it could happen as once the slide is through the front rails it pretty much self aligns. You did push it on from the front right?

Done it a million times and apparently this time i missed the front rails and it went on....

 

[180 GRAIN FMJ]

I've had this happen to me. Push down near the rear sight and pull the slide forward (while holding the slide release tabs down). It may take a few tries.

Good luck.

 

[ColdDayInHell]

No idea how the SD works, but did you **** up seating the recoil spring in the slot?

 

[RYJ]

I've had this happen to me. Push down near the rear sight and pull the slide forward. It may take a few tries.

Good luck.

Thanks man!! that worked after a few hard pulls lol !! jesus i was sweating!

 

[greencobra]

I feel like such an idiot

Don't, the majority of us here have done much worse bone head things, anyone says they havent, they're lying.

 

[NorthShore]

I've had this happen to me. Push down near the rear sight and pull the slide forward (while holding the slide release tabs down). It may take a few tries.

Good luck.

Nice Save!

 

[browncoat]

Don't, the majority of us here have done much worse bone head things, anyone says they havent, they're lying.

I wish this wasn't true

 

[warwickben]

No idea how the SD works, but did you **** up seating the recoil spring in the slot?

Just like a glock.
I made a recoil guid rod for a gun shop that had one brought in I got paid in .22 lol

 

[ColdDayInHell]

Just like a glock.
I made a recoil guid rod for a gun shop that had one brought in I got paid in .22 lol

Oh yeah. That's the gun that SW has to pay $10 to Glock for copying their patent. Fail.

I wish this wasn't true

True. My SKS bolt loves to rape Ben's thumb

And yeah. We should start a gun owner **** up thread. I remember one time I forgot to put my recoil spring back in my TZ-75 slide and thought it was stuck. You feel like shit... And your heart stops.

 

[warwickben]

Oh yeah. That's the gun that SW has to pay $10 to Glock for copying their patent. Fail.

Nope sigma , this gun came after they made enough changes to not piss off glock .


My thumb is so messed up today. I was turning bar stock to make a holder so I could hold one inch tools in my mill. My chip breaker moved so I grabbed the rats near of metal. I pulled like a dumbass and the curled up burning hot metal took a chunk of my thumb with it .

 

[Jenny]

Glad it came off.

Another option - assuming it works like an M&P, which it looks like - is to drive out the rollpin in the "beavertail" area of the grip.
The sear block can be worked free (might need a little wiggling to come off the trigger) -- then the slide will just pop right off the block.

 

[180 GRAIN FMJ]

Thanks man!! that worked after a few hard pulls lol !! jesus i was sweating!

Haha, I was too! I thought the gun was trashed.

 

[CRSIII]

Don't, the majority of us here have done much worse bone head things, anyone says they havent, they're lying.

What? Like putting my g27 back together sans barrel and spring?

 

[ISOTOX]

I've had this happen to me. Push down near the rear sight and pull the slide forward (while holding the slide release tabs down). It may take a few tries.

Good luck.

Rep's coming your way....nice save.

 

[the_shootist]

Great!!!

 

[oldguy47]

So guys just cleaned my S&W sd40ve and when putting slide back on I apparently messed up and only the rear frame guides aligned and I cannot remove slide now and gun is in operable. Any ideas!? I feel like such an idiot

You're not an idiot. I've done that and many of us have (and we and our firearms have survived)!

 

[Glockster30]

What? Like putting my g27 back together sans barrel and spring?

Makes it a lot lighter though...

 

[badgb21]

Ahhhh.......I love a happy ending!

 

[CRSIII]

Makes it a lot lighter though...

Eliminates that pesky recoil too.

 

[boscru]

Don't, the majority of us here have done much worse bone head things, anyone says they havent, they're lying.

i have done it, but i won't admit to it on a public forum.

editops

 

[DispositionMatrix]

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Trying not to put a great deal of force on it

I had to add this to my firearm hilarity album.