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The correct name is the takedown lever. It is on the left rear of the frame, and moves the stop lug down out of the way so the slide can be removed to the rear.
The normal takedown procedure is to pull the slide back all the way, then hold it while you push down on the little button on the top of the slide. Holding that button down, push the slide forward (the spring tension is off).
With the slide forward, turn the takedown lever forward and down and hold it down while pulling the slide to the rear and off the frame.
If you have to disassemble the slide, you will have to re-engage the pickup spring (the flat spring with the "finger") with the recoil spring guide. If the slide is put on without doing that, it will be almost impossible to take back off.
Jim
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