So I've been toying with the idea of getting rid of or shaving down my slide stops. I get very high up on all guns and find that I cause lots of early locks and empty chambers. The obvious answer is to just move my thumbs but it's become comfortable and I can still slingshot the slide or leave myself just enough to be able to activate.

Has anyone tried this or is it just nuts?

ISTM it'd be easier to move ones thumbs than alter the pistols. Better for resale value, too.

To each their own, but I never understood the "thumb(s) high" hold. I've tried it. ISTM to offer less purchase.

Yeah I'm not sold on it mind you but it pops into my mind from time to time. I may just try it on a range trip on a Glock. Slide stops are like $7 for those.

Yes. With great results.

A slide stop is a $20 part at most. Get a replacement and grind away.

I did on my gen 5 Glock 19. Right side only.

Well.... Kinda. The slide stop on the SP2022 is weirdly designed and protrudes way too much on the right side of the gun. It was actually dragging on my holster.
So I dremeled off the protruding part. Still worked fine.

Grind away. It’s a $10-$25 part if you want to return it to stock. I always bump it on the 226, and I’m about to grind mine off as well.

I would never recommend it. Locking the slide to the rear on a empty mag is only part of the job it does.

I would never do it myself. If you do, be sure to leave enough that you can still manually lock the slide open. This is necessary for "showing clear" for the range officers, clearing a failure to extract (double feed) stoppage, and for SIGs, stripping the gun.

Bought a 2011 that had the slide stop disabled and the grip safety was pinned (among other things).

Didn't mind the grip safety being pinned as it wasn't going to be a carry or SD piece, but the slide stop? Lucky for me, the original unmodified slide stop was in the box of parts that it came with.

Yes, on my P226's slide lock lever. Used a small vise , hack saw and a bastard file. I removed the last quarter inch of the outer tab and blended it in with the file. Feels and looks good to me.

Yep, on my P239 .40. Had the problem with unintended slide lock after I changed to G10 grips.

Works fine now. Altered the shape but still is usable to release the slide. I have a new one available if I change my mind or if I had screwed up reshaping it. I use the SSL to release the slide on all my pistols.

I bobbed the slide stop on one of my P220's. I have a tendency for my right thumb (right handed) to rest of the rear of the slide stop. I just used a dremel to cut it down a bit. I can still use the slide stop, just that it's shorter.

Yepper, lest my gigantic paws prematurely lock open my G42. The part now functions as an internal slide lock, such as in the Walther PP series pistols and the SIG P230/232.

Easier to move your thumbs if you don't mind shooting wrong.

Or having a different grip for every gun.


I've ground the off Glocks and S&W M&P's. Maybe a few others. Though the forward set release made for Glocks now did away with my need to remove it.

On SIGs I would heat them and slowly flip them upward out of my way.

I'm probably going to have to on my gen 5 g19, right side.

I blame growing up on a 1911 and doing alot of SAO guns. I think I'm going to shave it on my 19 and see how it goes. I'll start with a smaller tab and if that doesn't work I'll shave til it's pretty close to internal only. Bad comes to worse I'm out $5 plus s&h.

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Give this a try. It doesn't move it a lot, but it worked for me. And I have large hands and shoot most everything thumbs forward.

I tried one on the 26 I had briefly. I liked it so much I bought another and modified it to fit my 36. The change in shape probay has as much to do with it, you can feel it and stay under it as opposed to pressing the factory part without knowing it.

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I have shaved my 226 SAO slide stop but I still hit it now and again. My hands are getting weaker as I get older and the right hands moves on the grip

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Originally posted by Anubismp:
So I've been toying with the idea of getting rid of or shaving down my slide stops. I get very high up on all guns and find that I cause lots of early locks and empty chambers. The obvious answer is to just move my thumbs but it's become comfortable and I can still slingshot the slide or leave myself just enough to be able to activate.

I would change your technique, but that's just me.