Pistol slide restraining tool

Abstract

A pistol slide restraining tool has a frame, a first restraint element connected to the frame and configured to engage a lower portion of the downwardly-extending grip, a second restraint element connected to the frame at a level above the first restraint element and configured to engage a rear portion of the downwardly-extending grip at an intermediate position above the lower portion of the downwardly-extending grip, a third restraint element connected to the frame and having a slide engagement facility configured to selectably engage the reciprocating slide, and the third restraint element being connected to the frame by an adjustable element operable to move the reciprocating slide from a forward battery position to a rearward recoil position and to restrain the reciprocating slide in the recoil position. The first restraint element may engage a forward-facing portion of the downwardly-extending grip.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.