Posted: 2/14/2005 8:01:41 AM EDT
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I am getting a glock 19 soon. I am interested in adding an extended slide release. I have never done it but I think I can without a problem. I have had a few other gun smithing ventures and various things of that nature. Where do I get one? I checked the above links and couldn't find one anywhere. Maybe I wasn't looking under the right section? Could someone give me a link to a decent slide extention? |
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let the guy run the gun the way he wants to. One day he may be in a life or death situation and have his weak hand disabled he may have to run the gun dry and move to cover to reload. He can hit the slide release tuck the pistol in his belt and load a mag and hit the slide with his thumb. Sure he may be able to do the belt rear sight trick but maybe not. An extended slide stop is just another tool. If it’s not their then it can’t help to save your life and it won’t be any more or less reliable than any other quality part. |
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I would suggest the factory item only, and only after you have tested it on your gun with your loads and you shooting it. Don't let my experience or anyone else's make that decision for you. You might find as some have that their grip makes the slide stop engage prior to the mag being empty. And as a Glock Instructor and Armorer, I agree with Lumpy, it's a slide stop, not a slide release. 
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+1 I don't think it adds much length to the slide lock to begin with and I've attended a few firearms classes and none of them advocated using the slide lock to release the slide after a mag change. |
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I use the "four fingers over the slide" method, but can attest that installing a slide STOP lever takes about five seconds. You only need to move the trigger pin left-to-right, while jiggling the slide stop lever fore-and-aft just enough to remove the old lever. Install the new lever, while again jiggling the new lever fore-and-aft, while pushing the pin right-to-left. If you do decide to remove both the locking block and trigger pins, be sure and remove and replace the locking block pin first. |
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I use the extended slide release from Aro-Tek for both of my Glocks (G17 & G26). I tried the factory ext. release and I just did not like the feel of the raised wing. ARO-TEK |
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