Slide not locking back on .22. Problem?

[808@515]

Okay I had to pull my Buckmark out of the safe. You must have some big hands to somehow hold the slide lock down. I can ride the safety like normal but cannot reach the slide lock.

[Mystery_Milk]

Although Browning recommends against dry-firing your Buckmark, some have a well-tuned enough firing pin where it's okay. Unload your gun, take a piece of paper, put it against the chamber with the firing pin back and slide forward, and dry fire. If it doesn't leave a mark, you're probably not going to damage the gun dry-firing a few times. I wouldn't go around dry-fire practicing with it without a snap cap though. If it does leave a mark, I'd just consistently keep a snap cap as the 10th round in the magazine.

Remember that even though repeated dry-firing is bad, it's bound to happen sometimes. I've never had a 22 that didn't fail to pick up a round from time to time. Usually it's the ammo's fault.

[rlewpolar]

Okay I had to pull my Buckmark out of the safe. You must have some big hands to somehow hold the slide lock down. I can ride the safety like normal but cannot reach the slide lock.

It's the Contour 5.5 model so not sure the slide lock is the same on all Buckmarks but....I tend to use a a very high, thumb forwards grip and my support hand section of my palm (area below my thumb) tends to just butt up against the bottom of the slide lock. Think I am just consciously going to grip the gun lower on the frame with my support hand and it will take care of the problem.


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