Drive the mag home.... slide released?

[PA86]

Newb here, so this may be a simple question, but I was shooting a Sig P250c the other day and I drove the mag in with some force... and the slide which was locked back released itself into battery.

What gives?

[GRIZ]

Worn slide release? I've seen this happen with Glocks.

[Steve_NEPhila]

Take it back to the shop you bought it from if they have a Sig Armorer. The shop may be able to replace the springs and remedy the problem.

Every year or so I take my autos to get the springs changed (all of them) to insure functional excellence. The spring kits are very cheap and easy to purchase.

http://www.sigsauer.com/SigStore/Sho...9&productid=31

However, I could not find one for the 250 on sigs website, yet I am sure an armorer could get one.

[PAfarmboy]

Normal. It is called a "slam load" to those who shoot under stress. On a Glock Ive always had it load a round. Always. Alot of training out there has you automatically cycle the weapon if you have a slam load. Ive had my Beretta not cycle a round on a slam. Not a position you want to be in.

But you do not need to have your gun looked at. It just happens when you drive a mag home hard.

[Lycanthrope]

Wish all my guns did that.


Lycanbonus!thrope

[glockmaster]

Wish all my guns did that.


Lycanbonus!thrope

yeah, my glock does it sometimes, wasn't aware that it was a problem, kind of cool actually.

[Spishack357]

Yea I'd kind of like that too actually...I don't like a slide release that takes too much pressure to work anyhow...

[kpw]

A lot of pistols do that. It's only a concern if it doesn't chamber a round. Most will. Almost every 92 I've shot will do it fairly easy. A couple of the Glocks I've owned would with a good slam.

[Grumpa72]

Does it do it if you insert the mag with "driving it home"? If a normal mag insertion doesn't do this, then I wouldn't worry about it. Not sure why you did it with force (too much TV watching cop shows?) but it should be inserted comfortably but not forcefully.

[bogey1]

Worn slide release? I've seen this happen with Glocks.

my glock 19 does it too, but its new