WheelMan
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I've actually posted about this before, but got distracted by other projects. I've done some more snooping and I want to see if anyone has any recommendations. The problem is that sometime the slide fails to lock back on an empty mag. So far the slide always locks when pulled by hand but fails ~25% of the time when actually firing. If you look at the attached pictures I think you can see what's going on:
Upper right: This is how the slide stop should look, pressed up by the mag follower
Upper left: This is what it looks like when it fails to lock back. Due to a bit of wiggle between the mag body and well and the follower and mag body it is possible for the follower to slip around the right side of the stop.
Lower left: You can also see it in the other pictures, but notice the gap between the slide lock and the outside of the frame, I'm not sure if this is intentional to allow free movement or if mine is bent, but if it laid flat against the frame it might protrude farther into the gun enough to fix it.
Lower right: This is a mec-gar 12 round .40 cal mag which I believe is advertised as "witness/baby eagle/maybe another one" as you can see the "shelf" on the black follower is not large enough to engage the lock no matter which way it wiggles. I've noticed mags for the original Jerico 941 have the same follower. This leads me to believe there must be a slide stop that protrudes farther into the gun. I think swapping out for one of those is what I need.
The length of the tab that extends from the inside face of the stop into the gun is .275 on my gun. I'm curious if witness/baby eagle/CZ owners have one that is longer?
I've so far tried two Mag. Research 10 round factory mags. 3 Jerico mags (with red followers) and the above Mec-gar (again with a red follower) and all show similar behavior so I don't think I'm in a bad mag(s) situation.
Obviously the other way to attack this would be to reduce the mag-well wiggle or the follower-mag wiggle. I've tried the former and anything that tightens it up also acts as a mag-break, which I don't like. I'm reluctant to try the later as I don't want to cause the follower to bind on the way up.
So, to recap in a nutshell, if anyone knows a thing or three about C(lone)Z slide stops please chime in, I'd like to get this otherwise very sweet little gun running 100%
Thanks
Upper right: This is how the slide stop should look, pressed up by the mag follower
Upper left: This is what it looks like when it fails to lock back. Due to a bit of wiggle between the mag body and well and the follower and mag body it is possible for the follower to slip around the right side of the stop.
Lower left: You can also see it in the other pictures, but notice the gap between the slide lock and the outside of the frame, I'm not sure if this is intentional to allow free movement or if mine is bent, but if it laid flat against the frame it might protrude farther into the gun enough to fix it.
Lower right: This is a mec-gar 12 round .40 cal mag which I believe is advertised as "witness/baby eagle/maybe another one" as you can see the "shelf" on the black follower is not large enough to engage the lock no matter which way it wiggles. I've noticed mags for the original Jerico 941 have the same follower. This leads me to believe there must be a slide stop that protrudes farther into the gun. I think swapping out for one of those is what I need.
The length of the tab that extends from the inside face of the stop into the gun is .275 on my gun. I'm curious if witness/baby eagle/CZ owners have one that is longer?
I've so far tried two Mag. Research 10 round factory mags. 3 Jerico mags (with red followers) and the above Mec-gar (again with a red follower) and all show similar behavior so I don't think I'm in a bad mag(s) situation.
Obviously the other way to attack this would be to reduce the mag-well wiggle or the follower-mag wiggle. I've tried the former and anything that tightens it up also acts as a mag-break, which I don't like. I'm reluctant to try the later as I don't want to cause the follower to bind on the way up.
So, to recap in a nutshell, if anyone knows a thing or three about C(lone)Z slide stops please chime in, I'd like to get this otherwise very sweet little gun running 100%
Thanks
