Question about position of striker on a Glock

[HOOfan_1]

I detail stripped the slide on my Glock 19 for the first time. After I put it back together and was function testing it I noticed that after pulling the trigger, and then pulling the slide back, I could see the striker pin through the striker pin hole.

I am sad to say that I had not paid attention to whether or not it did this before stripping it.

It seems that if I pull the slide back with the muzzle down, then the striker pin is sticking through the hole, but if I pull the slide back with the muzzle up, it is not. The striker is pulled back to the partial cock position as the slide closes.

Is this normal or have I created some sort of slam fire potential?

 

[Tommygunn]

Well, I retrieved my Glock 19 and tried the same thing. I had a bit of a problem manipulating the gun and seeing what the firing pin position was, but with the slide maybe 1/2 inch back the pin is visibly protruding. That is with the gun "uncocked."
When cocked I would not expect this to happen, and indeed it did not.
If you point the muzzle up gravity will prevent it from protruding in the "uncocked" position.
If I am interpreting your post right I think you're good to go.

 

[HOOfan_1]

When cocked I would not expect this to happen, and indeed it did not.
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Right when I pulled the trigger and released the striker, as if I had fired a round, then with the muzzle tilted down, when I drew back the slide the striker pin was visible. However, if I did not pull the trigger and the striker was at the "partial cock" position and I pulled the slide, back I could not see the striker pin.

I guess the question is: should the striker go in to the partial cock position as the slide is drawn back, or will it only do it as the slide is coming back forward?

I think this diagram shows that it is the latter.

http://www.sniperworld.com/content.aspx?ckey=Sniper_World_Glock_Index


I think after having fired a round, the round will automatically push the striker pin out of the pin hole, the worry I had was if I inserted a magazine with the trigger in the rear position and cycled a round that it may have a slam fire.

 

[Zerodefect]

The connector is in the frame. The only time it can hold the striker to the rear is when the pistol is in battery.

It doesn't matter if the gun was cocked or not.

 

[RLZIII]

I have a Glock 27 Gen4 that I purchased a short while ago as my first Glock, and I have noticed the same thing. At first I had the thought that you had: if I chambered a round, would it fire? But, like others have stated, it's normal for a Glock to do this. The firing pin will go back into the correct position as the slide moves forward again.