Normal on a 3rd gen Glcok?

[DJ E.]

Sorry for the silly question, but this caught my attention last night. After dry firing the gun, the firing pin falls and stays potruded until I rack the slide and doesn't retract until the slide is almost closed again. Also, after dry firing and removing the slide, the firing pin will stay potruded. Some one told me the striker spring is dirty, needs to be cleaned/broken in. This is on a Glock 17 with 200rds through it. Thanks for any input.


DJ

 

[Taurus 617 CCW]

I have a glock 27 (.40sw) and I know for sure mine is in good wroking order. It's had 500+ rounds through it but it's been worked over by a glock armorer and very clean. Your first problem with the firing pin sticking until the slide is almost forward again is not normal (according to my pistol's function). The second thing with the firing pin sticking out after you remove the slide is normal. You can see if the firing pin is sticking by moving the firing pin extension back and forth. It should move fairly easily and should lock when pulled all the way back. It's located at the rearmost point of the slide, just before the rear slide cover. It's the little silver thingy sticking out of the middle of your slide in back.

If that doesn't help answer your questions I suggest you take a trip to your local glock dealer and have them take a look at it.

 

[k8ysv]

The firing pin protruding from the hole after dry-firing a Glock is 100 percent NORMAL. In a normal firing, the cycling of the slide will reset the the firing pin back into the proper position in it's channel.

There is also no danger of a "slam fire" or anything like that. The reason it does this is since the slide did not cycle back, the trigger mechanism and it's associated components did not reset.

With and EMPTY pistol and no mag in, cycle the slide fully by hand and reset the trigger as would be done under actual firing conitions. Now check the firing pin. It is now retracted back into it's hole and does not protrude.

Don't sweat it!

 

[treeprof]

Don't sweat it!

Indeed.

Make sure to keep oil out of the striker channel esp., and the firing pin hole on the breechface, and you'll be fine. You can jet it with Gun Scrubber, or Powderblast or similar and dry out the channel if need be.

 

[DJ E.]

Alright, thanks guys. I figured it was normal, but the instructor teaching our firearms class said it wasn't. He wanted us to soak our slides where the striker is in cleaner, and if it didn't work then he'd 'fix' it.

 

[..]

I would find a different instructor.

 

[Graystar]

Just confirming what others have said. Both characteristics are normal. Indeed, if you understand the way a Glock works you'll see that it must behave in this fashion. Don't worry about it, and PLEASE don't let anyone "fix" it!

 

[DJ E.]

I would find a different instructor.

Nah, no need. Great guy and instructor, maybe just a little mistaken on how the Glock works.

Thanks for the info guys.


DJ