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Ivan · April 13, 2011, 08:35 PM

The slide stop is what takes the shock of the closing action. Typically the slide stop is very hard steel (hard enough to dull a file if it is a GI Part). The lug on the bottom of the barrel can get beat to heck.

- Ivan.

April 13, 2011, 08:35 PM	#16
Ivan Senior Member Join Date: October 14, 2009 Posts: 141	The slide stop is what takes the shock of the closing action. Typically the slide stop is very hard steel (hard enough to dull a file if it is a GI Part). The lug on the bottom of the barrel can get beat to heck. - Ivan.