Good afternoon gentlemen, looking for some input and suggestions on an issue ive been having with my wife's new-to-us PPK/s... Sometimes when racking the slide to chamber a round, the 'hammer release' will protrude (as designed) up into a recess in the slide. Issue is, when racking from full battery, depending on the angle, tthis piece will protrude up and bind against the safety mechanism, preventing the slide from coming back more than an eighth of an inch. Now if you rack it straight up and down the hammer release will fall into the receiver body and not cause any issue, but if racked at an angle, it catches. Attached are pics of both the hammer release protruding, and the safety block inside the slide.
There appears to be several potential causes. Is there a spring missing on the hammer release or is it designed to float? Or is it an incorrect size and protrudes too far? Or is it that the block should not have that lip? or is the block at a slightly wrong angle?
All i know it, if that hammer release falls into the wrong position at firing i have no idea what may happen, and if this jams at a critical time, the gun is useless... Do any of you guys have any experience with this? Have had a similar issue?