[Ferndale]

Hi. Was cleaning my gen3 block 23 and dropped the slide on my concrete basement floor.

The cut that fits to the frame rail was bent in and the slide had to be forced on (I know, bad idea). Without damaging the frame, I eased the slide back off. After a string of bad words directed at my butter fingers and gravity, I set the slide into a towel and vice, and straightened the bent corner. The slide now rides fine without any audible/visible scraping, but I haven't yet been able to get to the range.

question has to do with hardness of the steel used in the glock slide and the propensity for it to crack under stress versus the finish cracking (see attached pic). If the steel has cracked, is there a fix, hack, etc.? I can't afford a new slide right now and need a reliable pistol.

Any input would be appreciated. Lesson learned about cleaning over a soft surface versus standing at my bench.