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Originally Posted by speedgod^s13
If I decide to keep it, that's what I was going to do. I just don't understand, why they would design the slide lock like that.
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Well the current thinking is that you shouldn't release the slide with the slide lock as it will wear over time and eventually not do what it was designed for: catching the slide and locking it open on the last shot. Several manufacturer's have come out over the last few years and said that the slide should only be dropped by racking it. If you notice the grip grooves on the slide lock lever are facing up, meaning that your thumb is supposed to grip them with upward force (like when you were locking the slide open to hand the pistol to someone else)