PS Magazine - OCTOBER 1978

PS Magazine - OCTOBER 1978 - Page 8 of 35

RETRACTING SLIDE ASSEMBLY

For instance, the way you Armorers put on the retracting slide assem-

bly MeAns The difereNce in whetHer The slide asseMbly works .±. or

WHether it cracks and has To be replaced±

²He big proBlem is the sHoulder bolts. I³ they're loose or instAlled

wrong,

you've got trouble.

Check here -

should be flush

check the BoLts with the as´

seMBly on your weapon, Push

down hard on the sLide handLeµ

DoN¶t release the handle until you

check the asseMBlY

I³ the slide asseMBLy Won't

stay

¸ush against the side o³ the re¹

ceiver grOup, it Means the shouL¹

der Bolt nuts are looSe, or, Most

commonlº t»e shoulder Bolts are

installed wrong. ¼ou may eveN

have loose ret½ining screws, But

Bet on the s¾ouLder BoLts.

¿hatever, i³ the slide assembLy

moves away Àom the receiver, it's

set up Ár cracks and replaceMent±

¿hat probaBly happened to

Âake it loose is that the shoulder

BolTs' Bevelled edges Were in¹

stÃlled BackwArds .

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