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[omgwtfbbq]

No real wrong answer here. Use the slide release or use a different slide release technique. Do what works for you.

[Cnynrat]

I generally grab the slide and pull it back rather than using the slide release. Not really sure why, just a habit I've developed. As someone else mentioned, it probably does help build muscle memory for dealing with FTF/FTE events, so that may be a minor benefit to that approach.

That said, the slide release on my P226 .40 has always worked when I wanted it to. I've also not found any ammo that would not feed reliably in that gun, but I've never tried any reloads in it.

[QXSOUP]

Slingshot is my preferred method.

The reason why you are having a problem is because of the recoil spring. put 500 rounds thru the pistol and it will be easier to use. the 226/40 uses a really strong recoil spring as well.

[jben]

Why do so many people wonder why a slide stop (catch, lock) doesn't make a good slide release?

[steve91104]

Maybe your recoil spring is too strong, and the pressure against the catch is too much?

[MrSam]

I don't use mine as often on the Glock. I find it easier and quicker to slingshot it.

[slayer61]

Slingshotter here.

[Escobar]

Why do so many people wonder why a slide stop (catch, lock) doesn't make a good slide release?

It says in the manual that is the alternative way to doing it. And being from the manual, I would like that feature to be working at least.

Im not saying I use the slide release button everytime I change a mag, but sometimes I do.

[Escobar]

Slingshot is my preferred method.

The reason why you are having a problem is because of the recoil spring. put 500 rounds thru the pistol and it will be easier to use. the 226/40 uses a really strong recoil spring as well.

This is what I was hoping, maybe I just need to break in the two surfaces that rub, and like you said, break in with the spring.

And someone asked if the slide not working because of the empty mag. With an empty mag in there, it is VERY hard.

This is correct. it is not designed to work on an empty mag. It must have a full mag, or at least some rounds in it I guess.

So you guys think this issue could fix with break in?

And like someone mentioned about the ammo, my brother just told me the same thing about the reloads. Even though they are good, since this gun is a higher end gun, a small group of powder missing could mean the difference of the slide locking back or not. The tolerances are much tighter, and designed only to use new premium ammo per say

[Dannicus]

So I received a Sig Sauer p226 X-Five Tactical in .40

And the slide release is nearly impossible to make function. So bad that you have to use 2 thumbs to press it down.

Friends and family are telling me your supposed to grab the slide and release the pressure. "Thats what everybody does".

And my argument is that I'm supposed to be able to function this pistol with one hand no problems.

So do competition shooters just drop the slide, or do they take the time to use the other hand and release the pressure first?

in combat, what if you have to load a new mag one handed, your supposed to be able to insert new mag and drop the slide using the intended button?

To me this pistol is defective and needs to go back.

What do you guys think?

ALSO, this thing has been failing to lock the slide open on the last round on many mags. Shouldn't this thing be able to eat up any ammo? I mean, their reloads from a reputable source(Bulletman). and I have never ever had a single issue with the ammo in mutiple different guns. NO PROBLEMS


thanks

It sounds like you might not have noticed that the slide stop/release is designed to disengage when you pull the slide back from a locked position. The slide lock drops out, or is ramped out of its notch in the slide when the slide is retracted.

That is, if you have removed the empty magazine and/or replaced it with a full one.

[Bob Hostetter]

Use the slide release lever, that's what it was designed for, locking the slide to the rear and releasing it forward into battery.

[TheExiled]

I train to rack the slide, and do so in a manner that feels the same mechanically as hitting the charging handle on an AR. I really only use the slide release on handguns when locking it back, or doing single hand reloads and dont use my belt or holster lip to rack the slide

[sonofeugene]

I consider it a slide catch or lock, first and foremost. I grab the slide, pull back until the catch releases, and the let the slide go.

On many older pistols the catch did not retract under its own spring power and they often required 180 degrees of rotation to disengage them which was often very difficult to do completely with your thumb. Again it's a slide catch, not a release.

[QXSOUP]

one other thing... 90% of the time the slide not locking back on a Sig is because you are riding the slide stop. Be sure to watch your thumbs. And if you haven't already take the mags apart and give them a good cleaning.

What kind of grease are you using on the rails?

[Best sale]

Slingshot or power stroke when loading up, drop slide release in tactical reload and type 1.... end of the day do what works for yah