This is a picture of mine for reference I am not sure you are missing something but your slide cover does look a little off. Might be the picture though. For reference mine is an M9A1.
My L9 would have a little bit of striker drag. If your M9 is the gen1 model without the accessory rail could it be that the striker is of different length than the newer models?
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