Just Bought a new Glock 19...

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3006loader

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I just bought a new Glock 19 at my local gun store. Well it was supposed to be new, but upon close inspection after I brought it home I found unburned powder, brass marks and slight carbon buildup on and/or around the breech face. So I know it has been fired before, but my question is, is this Glock factory test firing, (I figured not because wouldn't they clean it before packing it up and sending it off?) or is it a used gun being passed off as new?
 
Unless your LGS has an indoor range attached and allows folks to "test fire" before buying, I would say it's just from factory test firing. Both the Glocks and Rugers that I recently bought new showed obvious signs of being fired like you described.

Jim
 
None of my Glocks ever showed that - first one I bought was a Gen2 way back and the latest was a Gen 3 less than a year ago.
 
Every new pistol I bought has been test fired at the factory. I clean them before I shoot them and they all had carbon residue in the barrels and traces on the breech face.

As far as I know, all new pistols are test fired, and they are not cleaned afterward.
 
Don't think I ever bought a new gun that had a clean barrel. Only a couple that had obviously been fired (powder residue, brass shavings on the breechface, etc.), but I'm pretty sure all the barrels needed a bit of cleaning right out of the box. Always assumed they were dirty because they'd been test-fired at the factory.
 
pblanc said:
Every new pistol I bought has been test fired at the factory. I clean them before I shoot them and they all had carbon residue in the barrels and traces on the breech face.

As far as I know, all new pistols are test fired, and they are not cleaned afterward.
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Same here. In fact I can't recall ever purchasing any new firearm that had not shown some signs of being fired. Proof load.
 
I can't recall any arm I've bought new with indications of being fired. Haven't bought/received new in about 12 years. I have no idea what is the norm today.
 
If I’m paying the price for a new Glock 19 boxed set at an LGS, I don’t accept the one sitting in the case, I insist on a sealed box set from their inventory, and I watch them break the seal on the box before I sign the paperwork. So unless you saw them break the seal on the Glock box when you bought it, there is really no way to know for sure if your “new” 19 was actually “used” before you got it, there will usually be some copper grease residue underneath the slide when it’s brand new, but since you bought it to shoot the h@ll out of it at the range anyway, I’d call this a non-issue.
 
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Who cares, clean it and take it out and shoot it. It did not seem to be a problem when you were shopping for the gun so why is it a problem now. Just go enjoy your new gun and be happy with it, the factory does not clean them after test firing them.
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The customer is always right. Go back and demand a second Glock 19, in case the first dirty one ever has problems :D

Congrats on the gun. I tested out a G19 Gen 5 recently, great gun. Runs like a Glock!
 
Normal. In fact, one of my guns had a card that said how many rounds had been test fired through it without issue. I think another one even came with 2-3 empty rounds that were fired through it.
 
3006loader said:
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I'll bet the "brass marks" the OP is referring to is the copper grease Glock puts on all their guns. I've sold many Glocks over the years and I've had more that one customer mistake that grease for everything from brass marks to rust.

I even had one customer get mad, he assumed i was trying to scam him by selling him a used gun. I had to take out a bunch of other brand-new Glocks and show him the copper grease before he started to believe me.

If the OP is referring to the marks on the inside bottom of the slide, that's from where the top round in the mag contacts the slide. If the gun had been loaded and fired once that mark will be there, so that mark is on all new Glocks that come from the factory. Check out the long rectangular piece at the bottom of this photo:

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Some states used to require manufacturers to include one or more fired test cases with new handguns, but no longer do.

Most NIB pistols no longer come with fired test cases. Glocks have not come with one for some years now.
 
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