sammy
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I got my New G19 out to the range on Friday and loaded up a full magazine. Round one cycled and fired like normal. I squeezed off another round and felt the slide shift forward a bit and heard the striker fall but no boom. I ejected the offending round and noticed this off center light strike on the primer. It looks like the striker dropped when the gun was not in battery. I fired off another 200 trouble free rounds but checked to make sure it was in battery before firing off any more shots.
After I got the gun home I crept the slide back and saw just how far the gun would drop the striker out of battery. Here is a pict of the furthest back the slide would go and still drop the striker. Is this normal for a Glock? I think I got very lucky the round did not fire and it has me worried. Ammo used is WWB 115g. The round's OAL is 1.163 and the crimp is .374. The round drops right in the chamber in my tight Sig X-Five chamber so I am assuming the round is in spec.
The slide and barrel were lubed before the gun was fired.
Is their a problem here or should I send it back to Glock?
After checking my G34 and G20SF's non of them will fire unless the slide is all the way foward.
I posted this on Glocktalk and most of the posters say it is normal for a Glock to drop the striker out of battery but this just does not seem right. This morning I put in a call to Glock's tech department but have not recieved a call back yet.
After I got the gun home I crept the slide back and saw just how far the gun would drop the striker out of battery. Here is a pict of the furthest back the slide would go and still drop the striker. Is this normal for a Glock? I think I got very lucky the round did not fire and it has me worried. Ammo used is WWB 115g. The round's OAL is 1.163 and the crimp is .374. The round drops right in the chamber in my tight Sig X-Five chamber so I am assuming the round is in spec.
The slide and barrel were lubed before the gun was fired.
Is their a problem here or should I send it back to Glock?
After checking my G34 and G20SF's non of them will fire unless the slide is all the way foward.
I posted this on Glocktalk and most of the posters say it is normal for a Glock to drop the striker out of battery but this just does not seem right. This morning I put in a call to Glock's tech department but have not recieved a call back yet.
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