Posted: 8/17/2007 11:21:38 PM EDT
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About six months ago I started having an issue with my 2nd gen G23. After firing, the slide would stop about 1/4" out of battery. I performed the recoil spring check and decided I had finally worn it out. Ordered a new one, dropped it in and everything seemed to be GTG. After getting a few hundred rounds through with no issues I started having the problem again. Just for giggles I borrowed the recoil assembly from my G19 and performed the recoil spring check - failed again. Now I'm confused so I put the G19 slide assembly on the G23 lower and check - also fails, but when I put the G23 slide on the G19 lower it works. So both slides function fine on the G19 receiver (recoil spring test) and both fail on the G23 receiver so the problem must be in the lower. I figure its a long shot, but I did have a 3.5# connector and a smooth trigger installed last year. Fortunately I still have the original parts. First I replace the original trigger & trigger bar....seems a little better but still hanging out of battery when I perform the recoil spring test. Seems completely unlikely but next I swapped out the 3.5# connector for the original and IT WORKS! I then replaced the new (smooth) trigger and trigger bar and performed the recoil spring check and it still passed so it was definitely the connector. I got the part and had the work done by what I thought was a reputable Glock armorer / dealer... Could it be cheap/out of spec parts? How would the connector prevent the slide from going into battery? |
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The little hook on the connector is pressed inside by the slide moving backward, allowing the sear to come up. On the way back into battery the firing pin, or striker, can now rest on the sear but the raised spot inside of the slide has to move past the hook of the connector again. This can cause a bit of friction. If the connector is improperly bent and/ or the tension is off, it can lead to failures. A stronger recoill spring will compensate for the friction - at least to some extent. Like mentioned before, LWD had some problems with one of their first batches of connectors. If I remember, that was about two years ago but time passes too fast  .... |