Hi Guys
I bought a new Glock 26, never shoot it yet. I opened it up to take pictures about the extractor holding cases and all that yesterday for another thread here. At the process, I notice something strange. When I pull the slide back and lock it open with the slide stop. I notice the firing pin stuck out as shown in this picture:
This is closer up:
It is not spring loaded, I can use a small stick and just push it back in and it will stay below the breech surface. It is just floating loose!!!
The symptom is if I point the gun down, rack and lock the slide, the firing pin will come out almost all the time. BUT, if I point the gun up and rack and lock the slide, it doesn't happen that often if any.
I wrote to Glock and cc to the gun store, the store said it's normal and gave me a link to another forum that someone complained about the same thing and people there said it's normal.
But I want to run it by you guys. Can yo do me a favor if you have a Glock, please do what I did and see whether your firing pin stick out, that you can easily push it back in( no spring tension) with finger or a little stick. That is:
1) point the gun to the floor, rack and lock the slide open and look at the firing pin.
2) point the gun to the sky/ceiling, rack and lock the slide open and look at the firing pin.
Tell me what you see.
Thanks so much.
I bought a new Glock 26, never shoot it yet. I opened it up to take pictures about the extractor holding cases and all that yesterday for another thread here. At the process, I notice something strange. When I pull the slide back and lock it open with the slide stop. I notice the firing pin stuck out as shown in this picture:
This is closer up:
It is not spring loaded, I can use a small stick and just push it back in and it will stay below the breech surface. It is just floating loose!!!
The symptom is if I point the gun down, rack and lock the slide, the firing pin will come out almost all the time. BUT, if I point the gun up and rack and lock the slide, it doesn't happen that often if any.
I wrote to Glock and cc to the gun store, the store said it's normal and gave me a link to another forum that someone complained about the same thing and people there said it's normal.
But I want to run it by you guys. Can yo do me a favor if you have a Glock, please do what I did and see whether your firing pin stick out, that you can easily push it back in( no spring tension) with finger or a little stick. That is:
1) point the gun to the floor, rack and lock the slide open and look at the firing pin.
2) point the gun to the sky/ceiling, rack and lock the slide open and look at the firing pin.
Tell me what you see.
Thanks so much.