So yesterday I took a friend shooting with me. We brought a few guns including my Gen 3 glock 22. Upon firing the glock it would chamber a round fine upon releasing the slide. You would fire it, it would eject the spent casing fine, but the slide would lock back. It didn't do this all the time though.. it would run fine for a bit, then it would start with the issue again. It was made in 2005, and I've had it probably since 2011 or so. I have taken very good care of it as far as cleaning goes. I clean every time after shooting. I disassembled it right there on the spot, and nothing appeared to be wrong internally. The only thing I could possibly think of would be the magazines. I did buy new magazines for it, and I believe this was the first time using them in this particular glock 22 of mine. (I have used them in my 22 rtf2) any other ideas?
Glock issue...
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I'll check the pin, I thought it was thumb position as well. I personally didn't intend to shoot the glock as I have many years of practice with it. I brought it just to let my friend shoot it as we both intend to go to the police academy together and he wanted practice beforehand. So after I saw him having numerous issues I took over for some rounds, and it happened to me as well. Thank you for the advice and I will be checking that here soon!
bamaranger
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shooter, magazine, ammo
My first thought was shooter induced, as you stated you had a friend along who did all the shooting. I suspect improper grip as the prime culprit, especially with a shooter new to the sport or the system. If it runs fine for you, there ya go.
Regards mags, it's a good idea to number/letter your mags somehow, as the dang things can indeed develop personalities,and you can tell at a glance which of the devils are misbehaving. Put your initials on it and it can also keep you from loosing a mag to another shooter and ending up with his lemon by mistake.
I have seen ammo cause premature slide lock, but not in a Glock. A quick look at one of my Glock mags suggests that it might be remotely possible for an overly long cartridge, with a blunt, wide nose (truncated) to bump the slide lock lever as the cartridge moves by same in the magazine during the firing cycle.
Good luck with your problem.
My first thought was shooter induced, as you stated you had a friend along who did all the shooting. I suspect improper grip as the prime culprit, especially with a shooter new to the sport or the system. If it runs fine for you, there ya go.
Regards mags, it's a good idea to number/letter your mags somehow, as the dang things can indeed develop personalities,and you can tell at a glance which of the devils are misbehaving. Put your initials on it and it can also keep you from loosing a mag to another shooter and ending up with his lemon by mistake.
I have seen ammo cause premature slide lock, but not in a Glock. A quick look at one of my Glock mags suggests that it might be remotely possible for an overly long cartridge, with a blunt, wide nose (truncated) to bump the slide lock lever as the cartridge moves by same in the magazine during the firing cycle.
Good luck with your problem.
Aint necessarily true. I Just taught a handgun class for a cpl local Sheriffs deputies. One of them was getting slidelock about 1 in every 10 rounds. After checking her grip, i stripped the gun and found the spring leg on the wrong side of the pin.
It can be an intermittent problem.
joe-lumber
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Thumbing it
It does sound like you are thumbing it. You only want it to stay open after the last round. If your friend is going to the police academy make sure they practice as much as they can afford because bad actors are making police the targets now with our times.
It does sound like you are thumbing it. You only want it to stay open after the last round. If your friend is going to the police academy make sure they practice as much as they can afford because bad actors are making police the targets now with our times.
Shark, yea, come to think of it, we had a shooter a few months back having intermittent slide lock with his G35 Limited 10 gun and definitely not a thumbing issue. Pulled the top off and the spring was on top of the small pin, and crooked to boot. Got it flat again and under the pin, ran fine for the rest of the match.
I can assure you guys it was not from thumbing it, or how the firearm was held. It may have been that if it was just my friend who shot it. But after I noticed it wasn't his grip causing it I took over shooting for a magazine or two. I have shot glocks for years, and never have had this issue until now.
The trouble with detail stripping, performed by unskilled Police Officers, they do not know the pistol is screwed up, till they press the trigger.
Then it is too late. Case in point, three friends, formed a Gun Company, early 1980's, Toronto Canada.
We purchased 10 Glock 17 pistols, first in Canada, or in North America.
One of the Partners, a Lawyer! Used a large flat bladed screwdriver, to force the back plate off!
After I showed him 4 or 5 times, how to safely take the Glock knife, out of it's case/sheath. A visit to the Emergency room was required, 3 stitches.
A good Lawyer, no Mechanic.
I soon mastered the stripping of said Glock 17 pistol, as you mastered Shark.
And I have taken more than one Glock course. But a mistake with all those wee bits? Could be fatal.
Then it is too late. Case in point, three friends, formed a Gun Company, early 1980's, Toronto Canada.
We purchased 10 Glock 17 pistols, first in Canada, or in North America.
One of the Partners, a Lawyer! Used a large flat bladed screwdriver, to force the back plate off!
After I showed him 4 or 5 times, how to safely take the Glock knife, out of it's case/sheath. A visit to the Emergency room was required, 3 stitches.
A good Lawyer, no Mechanic.
I soon mastered the stripping of said Glock 17 pistol, as you mastered Shark.
And I have taken more than one Glock course. But a mistake with all those wee bits? Could be fatal.
boatdoc173
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it is probably a thumb position issue--my wife doe sit all the time
or you need to replace you magazine spring and maybe the follower
or you need to replace you magazine spring and maybe the follower
IMightBeWrong
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I took apart a 26 I used to have and put it back together incorrectly with the pin below the slide stop. The gun did not lock back every shot, but it would lock back once or twice per magazine. Learned my lesson on that one.
I've never had issues with thumbing the slide stop up, usually if my grip affects the slide locking it's because I'm holding a slide stop down and causing a failure to lock back on empty.
I've never had issues with thumbing the slide stop up, usually if my grip affects the slide locking it's because I'm holding a slide stop down and causing a failure to lock back on empty.