CZ-82 slide stuck closed (forward)

Howdy all. Brand new forum member. Sorry to jump straight in with a request for help, but here goes...

I have a 9x18 CZ-82 that I really like. It's performed well for me for a number of years. Some time ago, my dad had it out on the range and it failed to eject. Now the slide is stuck closed. I can move it back almost a quarter inch with great effort. Then it sticks solid.

I've confirmed that the round was indeed fired - only the casing remains. I thought perhaps the casing was stuck. No such luck. I can slide the casing fore and aft after manually releasing it from the extractor.

I have an exploded view and a nice disassembly video for reference. Naturally, the disassembly video begins with pulling the slide back and dropping the trigger guard...

It seems very much like the ejector maybe the automatic safety is wedging the slide stuck. After shoving the slide back that 1/4 inch, then moving it back forward, I can see (grips have been removed) a line inside the slide where the ejector appears to dig into the slide.

I've found somewhat similar problems in my frantic googling, even a thread here from a couple years ago, but am no closer to a solution.

Please guide me oh wise ones....

 

Sorry I disappeared folks. I appreciate the rapid responses. I'll see if I can make sense to you.
One of my first thoughts was a ruptured case or a barrel bulge. I am convinced that neither affliction is the cause of my current troubles. I can move the case and am certain I could actually extract it if the slide would go back far enough. I can also 'feel' the opposition to the slide at the rear and not the front where I would expect a bulged barrel.
I'll try to get some pics and maybe a vid of what I have going on here.

 

In the meantime... @ajole
The extractor is flat and movable. After getting the slide back that 1/4 inch or so, I can actually press the back end of the extractor and work the it free of the case still in there. This is how I know the case will move.

I can pull the trigger guard down about 1/4 inch as I always could, but it has no bearing whatsoever on the slide movement.

The safety is a bit weird... I can move it up and down (with some effort - it's a bit gritty and difficult to (dis)engage) - and it will block the hammer from falling (and the trigger) when up. When down, I can pull the trigger and drop the hammer no problem. Also I can dry fire all day long in double action. That said, I can't help the feeling that something directly under the slide and associated with the safety and/or ejector is not moving out of the way as it should. (Please forgive my difficulty articulating this) When I work the safety up and down, nothing 'inside' as in up toward the slide is moving at all. The ejector does not appear to me to be deformed.

 

My gut feeling here is a sticking safety (pin is good) and/or ejector. Again, there is evidence of the ejector (part #20 on my exploded view) or perhaps the automatic safety (#21) digging into the slide as I try to rack it. The angle I have of the exploded view makes me a little unsure of exactly how these bits go together in there. Neither love nor money seems to be able to get the damn thing racked. Not even liberal amounts of teeth grinding and cussing is working.

I get the feeling that I should be able to use a pick or a small screwdriver to pop something over or up or out of the way, but I'm not having any luck getting ANYTHING inside to budge.

Am I making any sense at all here?

 

A few pics

09-slide forward, looking under from the grip area. Note the 'wear' line going across the bottom of the slide.


11- the 'guts'. Nothing in here moves with the safety lever. I think maybe something should...


13 - Slide back as far as I can get it


16 - after manually releasing the extractor and pushing the spent case forward


17 - slide back as far as she'll go right now


18 - slide forward - note the 'wear' or 'rub' line


19 - a clearer shot of the 'rub' line that I think shows where my problem is


Appreciate further guidance...

 

Yay Bastrop! Spent 10+ happy years in Austin. Not the same place I left 13 years ago though.... No sir, not at all.

I think we're thinking the same thing, but part of my difficulty is determining (visualizing) which way the 'safety latch' should move... It doesn't seem to want to move at all - apparently wedged in there.
Should it rotate forward and down? Like to give the slide room to move? I'll dig in there some more. Maybe I can hook it with a, well, hook and pull it down.

Like you said, the thing is pretty simple. That's why I'm flummoxed. But it's damn sure stuck.

 

Also - I can only flip the safety up and down if the hammer is cocked back. Flipping it up is not much trouble. If I pull on the trigger a little with the safety engaged (up), then getting it pulled back down is somewhat difficult.

Does this help point me in a direction?

 

Howdy @Cz82frustration !
I'm afraid I've not made any more progress since posting here. I fiddled with it for awhile and then SQUIRREL. And life.

I am not giving up though (character flaw) and will pick it up again soon. Likely at some point I'll either fix it, or fix it so no one else can. When I do, I will update this post so the other poor SOBs that run into this will have something to start with.
Likewise, if you get it figured out first, I'd appreciate you sharing what you did and found.

FWIW, I'm having a tough time visualizing a broken spring doing this - I have been horribly wrong before though! Either way - what to do about it? A total break down as suggested would be great except that I can't get the blessed slide off which is sorta step one. Not sure I'm ready to start popping pins out and removing main spring and such at random. yet.

GOOD LUCK and Have an awesome day!