Posted: 7/17/2009 11:28:55 AM EDT
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I'm hanging out with a buddy who has a Model 35 I think. It is the compact .45 not sure if I got the number right. Anyway we were plinking yesterday and I was checking out his Glock. It is missing the twin levers that sit below the slide just ahead to the trigger guard. As I'm sure as you are all aware when depressed they allow the slide to be removed for cleaning or whatever. He can remove the slide by just pulling the trigger and removing the slide. He does not remember it ever having these levers, I'm guessing he lost the part when cleaning it, who know? He shoots it and it seems to work fine, but clearly it should be fixed. My question is is he taking a chance of injuring himself shooting the thing, he has probably been shooting it like that for God knows how long I just saw this thing yesterday.
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I'm hanging out with a buddy who has a Model 35 I think. It is the compact .45 not sure if I got the number right. Anyway we were plinking yesterday and I was checking out his Glock. It is missing the twin levers that sit below the slide just ahead to the trigger guard. As I'm sure as you are all aware when depressed they allow the slide to be removed for cleaning or whatever. He can remove the slide by just pulling the trigger and removing the slide. He does not remember it ever having these levers, I'm guessing he lost the part when cleaning it, who know? He shoots it and it seems to work fine, but clearly it should be fixed. My question is is he taking a chance of injuring himself shooting the thing, he has probably been shooting it like that for God knows how long I just saw this thing yesterday. What do you guys think? For a short while Glock tried a lightened slide catch spring. Those then would randomly break, and the disassemble catch would fall out. That is what most likely happened to your buddies glock. He needs to get these parts: http://glockmeister.com/product_info.php?cPath=10_17&products_id=267 http://glockmeister.com/product_info.php?cPath=10_17&products_id=268 If he sends his pistol back to Glock, they will fix it, but it would be cheaper and easier just to order the $6 worth of replacement parts. |
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I'm hanging out with a buddy who has a Model 35 I think. It is the compact .45 not sure if I got the number right. Anyway we were plinking yesterday and I was checking out his Glock. It is missing the twin levers that sit below the slide just ahead to the trigger guard. As I'm sure as you are all aware when depressed they allow the slide to be removed for cleaning or whatever. He can remove the slide by just pulling the trigger and removing the slide. He does not remember it ever having these levers, I'm guessing he lost the part when cleaning it, who know? He shoots it and it seems to work fine, but clearly it should be fixed. My question is is he taking a chance of injuring himself shooting the thing, he has probably been shooting it like that for God knows how long I just saw this thing yesterday. What do you guys think? For a short while Glock tried a lightened slide catch spring. Those then would randomly break, and the disassemble catch would fall out. That is what most likely happened to your buddies glock. He needs to get these parts: http://glockmeister.com/product_info.php?cPath=10_17&products_id=267 http://glockmeister.com/product_info.php?cPath=10_17&products_id=268 If he sends his pistol back to Glock, they will fix it, but it would be cheaper and easier just to order the $6 worth of replacement parts. Cool, thanks for the help guys I will pass this info on. He just said he was going to take it in to be fixed but I'll pass on those sites. |
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There is nothing that sounds right about that. Yeah, I agree. I don't see how it's functioning like that. Generally, if the Slide Lock Spring breaks, and the Slide Lock comes out, or out of place, the pistol may fire, but the slide/barrel/recoil spring assembly should pop off of the pistol. Wierd that it can function without a Slide Lock. As said above, it's an easy fix. If this is what's going on, it's a few bucks worth of parts, and 5 minutes to put them in. |