Glock problem, or not?

[Lone_Gunman]

I was cleaning my Glock 34 tonight and noticed that when I dry fire it, and retract the slide slowly by hand, and look at the breech face, the firing pin protrudes from its hole just a a little bit, maybe 1 or 2 millimeters. This happens about half the time. When it happens, it continues to stick out the whole time I retract the slide. Then as I let the slide move forward, the firing pin retracts back into the slide when the slide is about a quarter of an inch from making contact with the barrel and being fully back into battery. A soft but audible click is heard as the firing pin retracts back into the slide at this point.

The same thing happens with a Glock 19 I was comparing it to.

I thought maybe the firing pin was sticking somewhere, so I pulled the firing pin out and cleaned it and its channel and the same thing happens.

Neither the 34 nor the 19 have ever jammed or fired out of battery. They both work normally.

Is this some peculiarity to Glocks or do my two have some kind of problem?

 

[Navy joe]

Normal, after firing nothing is holding the striker back, the striker spring is fully extended. It retracts when you move the slide back forward because it engages the trigger bar.

[Redneck answer] Thatthar is dangerious. Marks it that stuck out witt a sharpei marker and dremule it off![/]

 

[CountGlockula]

Very normal.

 

[silversport]

Yup...my G21 did this...I thought there might be a problem and let a GLOCK armorer look into it...he detail stripped it and checked the channel for the striker thinking there was schmutz (very technical term ) and found none...put it back together and it never failed...I called GLOCK a while later and was told, perfectly normal...enjoy...tank or all pistols...
Bill

 

[hagar]

A Glock does not really have a firing pin, it has a striker. A firing pin works by getting a blow from the hammer, which forces it forwards into the primer. A striker works by being drawn back against spring tension, and when released, slams forward into the primer. When not under tension, it just kinda flops around. Firing pins may or may not have a spring which retracts it into the bolt face. Semi autos normally do not have a firing pin spring.

 

[fattsgalore]

Yes this is normal sometimes it sticks out sometime it doesnt. Has to do with no tension on the striker.

For the dude getting all technical it's a spring loaded firing pin come on now. It's no different from calling plastic; polymer.
Don't be that dude.