slide stop

chilip

January 11, 2003 21:11

A freind has a Detonics MK VI of which the slide will not lock back on empty magazine. Comparing it with another Detonics the slide stop protrusion (inside the slide)which catches the feedlip of the magazine to hold the slide open appears to be much shorter than the other Detonics stop. I suspect wear, home-gunsmithing, or an inferior replacement part. Can you guys tell me if there is a replacement part out there compatible? Are the slide stops on all 1911 style pistols similar (in dimensions)? I know Detonics are not made anymore and we won't find a replacement part but can we get a slide stop for some other 1911 style pistol and modify it to fit? I think I could modify something sufficiently if it were a little too large in terms of the stop but I am concerned with the dimensions between the pin and the stop itself. Any help?

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  SurfSalvage

  January 12, 2003 15:48

  It appears to me from the info on the website I linked here you could use the 1911.
  
  http://www.biggerhammer.net/detonics/parts.html
  
  
  
  
  
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  JudgeColt

  January 12, 2003 16:04

  Any standard M1911-style slide stop will work. Another contributor to this problem can be a magazine with too short of a slide stop actuator projection. Stack the tolerences of a slide stop with a short projection with a magazine with a short projection and the slide stop will not be actuated by an empty magazine.
  
  One reason the projection on the slide stop may be shortened is because someone was trying to solve the problem of the slide stop being acutated before the magazine is empty. Sometimes the top cartridge may hit the slide stop projection and actuate it, thus locking the slide back before the magazine is empty. While sometimes it can be necessary to shorten the projection, putting a dimple in the slide stop where the plunger rests is usually a better solution.

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