Posted: 8/29/2012 2:30:00 PM EDT
As I got back from the range, I field stripped my G19, cleaned it and put it all back together and I noticed that the slide wasn't aligned with the frame and each time I field strip it, the spring is always out of place. What could be causing this? Or is it supposed to be like that? I don't remember it being unaligned like so.
This is what it's supposed to look like originally right? The slide lines up with the frame. http://i48.tinypic.com/a09j12.jpg This is what the spring supposed to look like when I field strip it? Inside it's little place there sitting perfectly inside the crevice. http://i49.tinypic.com/i5dekk.jpg But when I put it back together, this is what the final product looks like everytime. The slide hangs a little farther back than the slide. http://i45.tinypic.com/2ppn4h0.jpg Then everytime I field strip it, the spring is raised and out of place. http://i48.tinypic.com/k4t7ux.jpg You can even tell that the G19 on my left, the chamber sits lower than my G23 on my right. http://i47.tinypic.com/2cpufrq.jpg This doesn't seem right... 
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The recoil spring should be in the half-moon cut on the barrel during assembly. The slide rails should be properly mated with the frame rails. Looks like the rails aren't dovetailed, to me. If not, something else is wrong. Yeah, exactly. That's what I was thinking. After I break it down, the spring should be sitting inside that half-moon pocket right there, but every time I disassemble, the spring is found out of place. Every time I rack the slide back it falls out of place. It looks like the rails are alright. What else do you guys expect could be the problem? |
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Nothing in these pictures looks abnormal.
1) The rear of the slide often does not sit perfectly flush with rear of the frame. Completely normal. Most of my Glocks are like this. 2) The recoil spring will often pop out of place when the slide is removed. Completely normal. 3) The chamber is NOT sitting lower on your Glock 19. There is a bevel on the forward edge of the barrel hood on all Glock 19s made after about 1995. This is why the forward edge of the barrel hood is not flush with the slide. Completely normal. The Glock 23 does not have this bevel, so the leading edge of the barrel hood on your Glock 23 is more flush with the slide. |
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Nothing in these pictures looks abnormal. 1) The rear of the slide often does not sit perfectly flush with rear of the frame. Completely normal. Most of my Glocks are like this. 2) The recoil spring will often pop out of place when the slide is removed. Completely normal. 3) The chamber is NOT sitting lower on your Glock 19. There is a bevel on the forward edge of the barrel hood on all Glock 19s made after about 1995. This is why the forward edge of the barrel hood is not flush with the slide. Completely normal. The Glock 23 does not have this bevel, so the leading edge of the barrel hood on your Glock 23 is more flush with the slide. +1 All of that looks normal. I've had Glocks where the slide does not sit perfectly flush with the back of the frame, no problem. Every single time I field strip a Glock, the recoil spring is in that popped up position when it comes off, I've never had a slide come off and the recoil spring was still in its half-moon cutout. The side by side of the 19 compared to the 23 is exactly right. As described above, the 19's barrel hood is different. How does your 19 shoot? Looks like it's all good to me. |
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Nothing in these pictures looks abnormal. 1) The rear of the slide often does not sit perfectly flush with rear of the frame. Completely normal. Most of my Glocks are like this. 2) The recoil spring will often pop out of place when the slide is removed. Completely normal. 3) The chamber is NOT sitting lower on your Glock 19. There is a bevel on the forward edge of the barrel hood on all Glock 19s made after about 1995. This is why the forward edge of the barrel hood is not flush with the slide. Completely normal. The Glock 23 does not have this bevel, so the leading edge of the barrel hood on your Glock 23 is more flush with the slide. +1 All of that looks normal. I've had Glocks where the slide does not sit perfectly flush with the back of the frame, no problem. Every single time I field strip a Glock, the recoil spring is in that popped up position when it comes off, I've never had a slide come off and the recoil spring was still in its half-moon cutout. The side by side of the 19 compared to the 23 is exactly right. As described above, the 19's barrel hood is different. How does your 19 shoot? Looks like it's all good to me. Well prior to this discovery, it shoots crazy accurate. I can shoot a clothes pin off my target from 10 yards on one try. It shoots real well. I just couldn't recall if my slide and barrel always sat like that or not. I'm just real nit picky about these kinds of things. But thanks a lot man! Quoted:
3) The chamber is NOT sitting lower on your Glock 19. There is a bevel on the forward edge of the barrel hood on all Glock 19s made after about 1995. This is why the forward edge of the barrel hood is not flush with the slide. Completely normal. The Glock 23 does not have this bevel, so the leading edge of the barrel hood on your Glock 23 is more flush with the slide. I never knew that there was that difference between the two guns. Thanks for that information! I wonder why they did it to just the 19s. I know that the 23s loaded chamber indicator is different compared to the 19 but I didn't know the hood also differed. |
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The recoil spring should be in the half-moon cut on the barrel during assembly. The slide rails should be properly mated with the frame rails. Looks like the rails aren't dovetailed, to me. If not, something else is wrong. Yeah, exactly. That's what I was thinking. After I break it down, the spring should be sitting inside that half-moon pocket right there, but every time I disassemble, the spring is found out of place. Every time I rack the slide back it falls out of place. It looks like the rails are alright. What else do you guys expect could be the problem? That's not what I said. When you "break it down," the guide rod is NOT supposed to be in the half-moon cut. IT's only supposed to be there for assembly purposes. |