a glock quest.

[TimT]

I am a new glock owner and happy at that! I have found that when I have a full mag(15 rnds.) inserted into the mag well without a round chambered I get a rattle-my guess it is the firing pin. With a round chambered and 14 in the mag-no rattle.
what is the norm for the Glock? The rattle? When the sidearm becomes my carry it will of course have one in battery so......normal or not?

 

[Setzer77]

Normal, it's the rounds in the magazine behaving differently with more pressure on top with a certain number in the magazine. My FNP9-M mas do the same with a certain # of rounds. I typically just smack the floorplate a few times with a reasonable amount of force and it stops.

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

I have found that when I have a full mag(15 rnds.) inserted into the mag well without a round chambered I get a rattle-my guess it is the firing pin. With a round chambered and 14 in the mag-no rattle.

So don't do that.

I took mine out of the safe and checked it. With a full magazine, chamber empty and "uncocked" (trigger to the rear), there is a small rattle if I shake it very vigorously. It seems to make little difference if the mag is downloaded to 14. It could be a magazine rattle (sometimes rounds in a double-stack magazine like this will rattle with odd or even numbers of rounds in them), slide-to-frame play, or even the firing pin moving back and forth in its channel, which I understand some Glocks will do when "uncocked." I've owned it for nine years, it shoots fine, and I am confident yours will too.

That chamber should be loaded when you actually carry it anyway.