Fighting The Slide Stop....(1911 Rant)

[MikeBjerum]

It took me a few times to get the knack, but now I have no issues.  The first item to learn was how to position the link when you start sliding the slide on; second was where to push the slide back to so the slide lock would clear the notch; and the final step in making this easy was that my guns are here to be used - carried and shot often.  I don't worry about what some call the "idiot scratch."  That small scratch, on the guns with it, is the least of the patina that my 1911's carry.

Much like the replies I received when I posted my Mark III photo with comment on FB, once you get used to working on the gun it is easy.

[tombogan03884]

Alf, I never lost the Forward takedown pin detent .
It was the bolt release detent that almost took out my eye
That was when I decided on assembling in a large clear plastic bag.
For the others I held the detent down with a putty knife blade while I assembled it.