Posted: 3/26/2010 8:13:27 PM EDT
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Ok, so I've owned my 22 RTF2 for about a year now. I've put ~ 700 - 800 rounds down range now, and loved every shot. Amazingly I've only had 2 stove pipes, and those happened on the very first clip ever shot. Smooth as butter since. (well except 1 small incident with steel cased Wolf ammo, but I'm not going there in this conversation.)
Anyways, I've always noticed something that made me feel somewhat uneasy when I disassembled the gun for cleaning. To-date I've only used the stock Glock barrel, and plastic guide rod. I recently purchased a Lone Wolf steel guide rod, and swapped it out with the factory unit. Upon doing so, I'm seeing it do the same thing as the factory plastic rod. Here's the gun with the slide, and guide rod removed. 
Here's what I see when disassembled. Where the guide rod connects to the barrel, the rod seems to offset by about 1/16th of an inch. It does this both with the factory plastic rod, and with the Wolf SS rod. (pic with the SS rod installed, and slide just removed from the frame.) 
It's still somewhat resting in the "U" channel meant for the guide rod, and not the next "step" up that's a no-no for rod placement. Like I said, I've never had any problems with the firing/cycling of the weapon. It's just that it seems teh guide rod is not fully seating against/into the barrel groove. (sorry, don't know the exact term for that "u" step/channel) The other thing I've noticed is that even after re-assembly that 1/16th play seems to still be there, as I can push down on the guide rod with the slide back, and it will shift down that distance to a distinct "click" stopping point. 
Is this considered normal factory "slop/play" in the weapon, or something I should be concerned about?  
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| This is absolutely 100% completely normal. EVERY and I mean EVERY Glock I have ever seen does this when the gun is taken down. That little shelf that the spring kind of "locks" into when you are reassembling the gun has nothing to do with where the spring pressure rests when the slide is on the frame and the gun is in battery. Basically the first time you cycle the gun after it is reassembled the rear of the guide rod drops down that little bit so that it sits in the shoulder designed for it in the frame. Nothing to worry about. |
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The guide rod only interlocks with the barrel for easy assembly. When the action cycles the base of the guide rod is pressed against the polymer in front of the takedown lever. Remember the barrel slides back into the locking block causing it to tilt upward.
That is also one of the reasons I keep the polymer rod installed. |
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The guide rod only interlocks with the barrel for easy assembly. When the action cycles the base of the guide rod is pressed against the polymer in front of the takedown lever. That is also one of the reasons I keep the polymer rod installed. Ok, now that's an aspect that I've never understood between the interaction of the metal upper slide, and polymer lower.. (or researched....yes, I know, RTFM!) I didn't realize the guide rod is resting/impacting the polymer frame. I was thinking that it was only contacting the barrel. That being said, I'll assume there's a FAQ posted about plastic/metal guide rod?
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The recoil spring assembly does not stay in the assembly notch on the barrel when it is installed on the frame. When you put the slide on the frame it slides into the recoil spring tunnel on the frame. When you take the slide off, the guide rod head catches on the slide lock notch of the barrel. Whenever you take the slide off be sure to push the guide rod back into the assembly notch, or the guide rod head can snag on the slide lock and break. |
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Quoted: Ok, so I've owned my 22 RTF2 for about a year now. I've put ~ 700 - 800 rounds down range now, and loved every shot. Amazingly I've only had 2 stove pipes, and those happened on the very first clip mag ever shot. Smooth as butter since. (well except 1 small incident with steel cased Wolf ammo, but I'm not going there in this conversation.) Anyways, I've always noticed something that made me feel somewhat uneasy when I disassembled the gun for cleaning. To-date I've only used the stock Glock barrel, and plastic guide rod. I recently purchased a Lone Wolf steel guide rod, and swapped it out with the factory unit. Upon doing so, I'm seeing it do the same thing as the factory plastic rod. Here's the gun with the slide, and guide rod removed. http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f98/spdr8cer/P1030761.jpg Here's what I see when disassembled. Where the guide rod connects to the barrel, the rod seems to offset by about 1/16th of an inch. It does this both with the factory plastic rod, and with the Wolf SS rod. (pic with the SS rod installed, and slide just removed from the frame.) http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f98/spdr8cer/P1030763.jpg It's still somewhat resting in the "U" channel meant for the guide rod, and not the next "step" up that's a no-no for rod placement. Like I said, I've never had any problems with the firing/cycling of the weapon. It's just that it seems teh guide rod is not fully seating against/into the barrel groove. (sorry, don't know the exact term for that "u" step/channel) The other thing I've noticed is that even after re-assembly that 1/16th play seems to still be there, as I can push down on the guide rod with the slide back, and it will shift down that distance to a distinct "click" stopping point. http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f98/spdr8cer/P1030766.jpg Is this considered normal factory "slop/play" in the weapon, or something I should be concerned about? fixed something for ya  |
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Ok, so I've owned my 22 RTF2 for about a year now. I've put ~ 700 - 800 rounds down range now, and loved every shot. Amazingly I've only had 2 stove pipes, and those happened on the very first clip mag ever shot. Smooth as butter since. (well except 1 small incident with steel cased Wolf ammo, but I'm not going there in this conversation.) Anyways, I've always noticed something that made me feel somewhat uneasy when I disassembled the gun for cleaning. To-date I've only used the stock Glock barrel, and plastic guide rod. I recently purchased a Lone Wolf steel guide rod, and swapped it out with the factory unit. Upon doing so, I'm seeing it do the same thing as the factory plastic rod. Here's the gun with the slide, and guide rod removed. http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f98/spdr8cer/P1030761.jpg Here's what I see when disassembled. Where the guide rod connects to the barrel, the rod seems to offset by about 1/16th of an inch. It does this both with the factory plastic rod, and with the Wolf SS rod. (pic with the SS rod installed, and slide just removed from the frame.) http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f98/spdr8cer/P1030763.jpg It's still somewhat resting in the "U" channel meant for the guide rod, and not the next "step" up that's a no-no for rod placement. Like I said, I've never had any problems with the firing/cycling of the weapon. It's just that it seems teh guide rod is not fully seating against/into the barrel groove. (sorry, don't know the exact term for that "u" step/channel) The other thing I've noticed is that even after re-assembly that 1/16th play seems to still be there, as I can push down on the guide rod with the slide back, and it will shift down that distance to a distinct "click" stopping point. http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f98/spdr8cer/P1030766.jpg Is this considered normal factory "slop/play" in the weapon, or something I should be concerned about? fixed something for ya
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I was gonna respond, but the other posts nailed it. But, learn the difference between "clip" and "mag". Thanks. 
Yeah, I meant to use magazine. Sometimes proper grammar can slip when typing late at night.  
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