Broke my Glock Firing Pin!!?!?!

[wayupnorth]

well this was a first for me!

i was out at the range today getting ready to test out my new CAA MCK Chassis for my G17C.
i got all loaded up and got ready to fire and *CLICK*....... nothing
tap rack
*CLICK*...... nothing
rinse repeat.

pick up the bullets and look at them, no primer strike.
take my pistol out of the chassis and take it down, notice the end of the firing pin looked strange.
load up and came home.
just went online and looked up the firing pin, yup, she broke!

anyone ever break one?
this is off my Gen3 G17C.
i can honestly say ive never broken a firing pin before.
can honestly say im not impressed either.

now i gotta spend $80 and wait a week to get a new one, by then ill be back at work, so 2 weeks before i can get out and try the new Chassis on my glock.

grrrrrrrrrr!

 

[rogair]

Can't say I've heard about that happening often. How many rounds on that firing pin?

 

[Sinasta]

Broke one on a first gen M&P but that striker assembly had been heavily revised since the first gen.

 

[scuba_cowboy]

I've seen a few of them out of a few hundred work Glocks, usually get a chip out of the tip of the firing pin first, then the rest of the tip breaks off. Saw more of this type of thing when using the Winchester Lead-free primmer ammo a few years back. All firing pin tips will fail eventually when constantly hitting hard primers. That Sumbro ammo being sold a few years ago had extremely hard primers for submachine gun use, I personally would never feed that crap through any of my firearms.
Sometimes it is just a faulty or worn part, but most of the time it is the ammo...

 

[scuba_cowboy]

PS. make sure you order the correct firing pin for your Gen3, the Gen5 type you have in the picture will not work for you.

http://www.nordicmarksman.com/OEM-factory-Firing-Pin-fits-9MM-380-models.html

GLOCK OEM factory Firing Pin fits 9MM & .380 models.
WILL NOT WORK FOR GLOCK MODELS 42, 43 and GEN5's.
Item Nr.: 135-SP00049

 

[wayupnorth]

PS. make sure you order the correct firing pin for your Gen3, the Gen5 type you have in the picture will not work for you.

http://www.nordicmarksman.com/OEM-factory-Firing-Pin-fits-9MM-380-models.html

GLOCK OEM factory Firing Pin fits 9MM & .380 models.
WILL NOT WORK FOR GLOCK MODELS 42, 43 and GEN5's.
Item Nr.: 135-SP00049

ohhh its $10 cheaper there!
oh wait, then shipping....

ya i just used that pic to see what the end of the firing pin should look like, found a couple of the 9mm/380 ones at Black Box in Calgary, gonna see if a co-worker can pick one up for me before he heads up North.

 

[wayupnorth]

question, should a fella replace the cups while he's replacing the pin?
little plastic buggers, look like thats the kinda thing that might wear out, no?

 

[wayupnorth]

Can't say I've heard about that happening often. How many rounds on that firing pin?

hmmmm, 10k?

 

[Auggie Doggie]

I broke (chipped really) the tip off of a gen 2 model 19 about 20k rounds in. It started piercing primers. The replacement has been going for another 38k rounds or so. I've lost count now. Still using the same cups.

Auggie D.

 

[4n2t0]

question, should a fella replace the cups while he's replacing the pin?
little plastic buggers, look like thats the kinda thing that might wear out, no?

No.

 

[rodregier]

ohhh its $10 cheaper there!
oh wait, then shipping....

ya i just used that pic to see what the end of the firing pin should look like, found a couple of the 9mm/380 ones at Black Box in Calgary, gonna see if a co-worker can pick one up for me before he heads up North.

You're asking your co-worker to violate US export law (ITAR). Penalties if caught can include prison, fines and/or being permanently barred from entering the US.

 

[Tarrantula]

Pretty sure he meant from Calgary...

 

[gewehr76]

That broken fp looks pretty dry, If it was lubed or greased it would have still be ok.

 

[4n2t0]

That broken fp looks pretty dry, If it was lubed or greased it would have still be ok.

From the manual:

▲ WARNING

Do not put cleaner-lubricant-preservative or gun oil inside the firing pin channel. Make sure that the magazine (inside and out) and breech face are wiped dry before reassembling your GLOCK pistol. Leaving lubricant in these areas could cause contamination of primers and failure to fire.

 

[easyrider604]

hmmmm, 10k?

I think it’s dry firing that is detrimental to firing pins.
Have you been dry firing a lot?

 

[4n2t0]

I think it’s dry firing that is detrimental to firing pins.
Have you been dry firing a lot?

$hit happens is detrimental to firing pins, not dry fire.

 

[Ganderite]

I do a lot of shooting. Somewhere north of a million rounds, so far. I have broken 3 firing pins. One rifle, one carbine and 1 pistol.

 

[scuba_cowboy]

question, should a fella replace the cups while he's replacing the pin?
little plastic buggers, look like thats the kinda thing that might wear out, no?

Probably don't need to be replaced, but still not a bad idea if you are replacing firing pin anyways. The spring cups are cheap compared to the rest...….

 

[gewehr76]

From the manual:

▲ WARNING

Do not put cleaner-lubricant-preservative or gun oil inside the firing pin channel. Make sure that the magazine (inside and out) and breech face are wiped dry before reassembling your GLOCK pistol. Leaving lubricant in these areas could cause contamination of primers and failure to fire.

That manual is going to tell you that you only have to use factory ammunition, if you fire reloaded ammo you are going to damage your glock. Let me know how non lubed fp's fair against reloads in glocks across Canada. Try not to correct yourself this time.

 

[BooSSted]

You're asking your co-worker to violate US export law (ITAR). Penalties if caught can include prison, fines and/or being permanently barred from entering the US.

For buying a firing pin in Calgary? Geesh, that's a steep penalty