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I need some help figuring out why the slide is not locking back on the last round on my Sig P226.
Maybe 1 of 10 mags it will.
I have tried 6 mags and there is no correlation. The same 6 mags in my other Sig (P226 Legion) locks back every time.
I have tried different ammo too....different weights and brands.
 
Are you a right handed shooter? If you're gripping the gun properly, odds are that your thumb is resting on the slide lock. The reason it's not happening with your legion is the low profile controls. Shoot it single handed with your off hand and see what happens
 
I have a nasty habit of getting my right-hand thumb over that slide lock on my 226 and have to make a concious effort to float it off to the side a little.
 
I don't think I am riding the slide release but could be.
I'll try one round in each magazine and shoot one handed to see.
My Legion is SAO so I know my thumb rests on the safety not the slide release.
 
My NP-22, p226 copy, always locks the slide back. Your sig must be broken - lets trade!

I agree with the above though, if it is inconsistent then you may be touching the slide release with your thumb.
 
Still alive said:
What exactly is that device called?
I've always said slide stop or slide release. Jory and Trini call it a slide lock.
Anyone know what it's really called? For my own edification.
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Sig Sauer actually labels the part as a Slide Catch Lever in one exploded view and Slide Release Lever in another diagram.

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Still alive said:
Thanks Trini!
So you can call it whatever you like, I guess?
OP,
I've seen the same issue with other SIG P series and, as I said, Glocks. Pretty sure you're riding the "Slide Release Lever".
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Pretty much the way it seems depending on which firearm manufacturer you go by. Slide lock, slide catch, slide release, slide stop... :p
 
I think we're all on the same page here. It used to happen to me all the time with my p226 extreme. Switched to shooting a legion and it went away. I think it's just part of shooting a sig when you're a righty
 
Logically, if the fault is mechanical in nature, and I think it is, the fault causing a failure to hold the slide back on an empty magazine should be in either the magazine spring or follower (which I think we can rule out due to how many different magazines you have tried), the slide itself (have a look at where the slide catch engages the slide and see if it is rounded over), or in the slide catch itself.
My money is on the slide catch. since you have a second 226, that simplifies your life with regards to troubleshooting. Drop in the slide catch from your other 226 and see if the fault persists. If the slide holds open when you fire your last shot, bingo! order up a new slide catch and throw the defective one in the garbage. If your problem persists, then like they said in the movie inception "we have to go deeper"
 
jory said:
I think we're all on the same page here. It used to happen to me all the time with my p226 extreme. Switched to shooting a legion and it went away. I think it's just part of shooting a sig when you're a righty
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yeah I don't think it's apart of shooting a sig. it's more so incorrect grip by a "novice" shooter. I've never had that type of issue on the 3 sigs I owned. 2 226's and a 220 without ever having any malfunctions like that.
 
If you don't get the same issue with the mags on your other gun then it's the gun. It may be that the recoil spring is a touch on the heavy side of the tolerance within the spring range. Or it may be that your gun has a friction point at some point in the slide movement. Either situation will prevent the slide from traveling far enough.

A good way to judge this is by how far this gun ejects spent brass compared to your other Sig. If it's got a lazy ejection then it points to a slide that is moving less than optimally and might be a sign that the slide isn't moving back far enough to catch the slide catch.

As for naming the part I do like the idea of a "slide catch" lever. It neatly avoids the whole idea of it being a slide release or a slide lock. And since it has to do both functions in pretty much equal measures the more neutral "slide catch" name just makes a bit more sense.... but in the end as long as we all know what it is we are talking about does it really matter?
 
Still alive said:
What exactly is that device called?
I've always said slide stop or slide release. Jory and Trini call it a slide lock.
Anyone know what it's really called? For my own edification.
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Any of the above can be used interchangeably.
 
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