G17 light strike

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Not sure exactly what the problem is,
at least 1 of 10-15 rds will ftf.
I wonder if its the primer I'm using win small pistol primers. The primers are new.

When I look at an ftf round compared to a spent cartridge, I can't really tell the difference on the deepness of the indentation.

I have assembled and dissambled the same way each and everytime for cleaning, but this just started to happen at the last two range trips.

I wonder if its time for replacement springs? firing pin?
 
I assume you're experiencing this problem with reloads?

Are you sure the primer is seated deep enough? If it's not, the anvil doesn't get pushed in close enough to the priming compound to ensure ignition. Do the rounds go off if you try to shoot them again?

Could any oil be getting in your primers?
 
I had that issue on my gen1 Glock 17 a couple of years ago. I ended up buying a heavier striker spring and putting it in. It has zero issues now and the trigger is only marginaly heavier. I would first follow the other guys' advice and ensure that the firing pin/striker and its channel is dry and clean. If all else fails go for the heavier spring.
 
we have a guy at our club we call the dirty GLOCK man. He has had it for about a year and shoots 100 to 200 rounds per week. He has never cleaned it. He is going to let it go until he has first jam.
 
I've tried with factory loads, the few I put in their cycle flawlessly. But I only put a few downrange, then I tried the reloads, and it didn't seem to cycle properly. Same issue.
Casing will eject, new round cycled in, but the trigger doesn't reset.
I wonder if its because my reloads may have a slight buldge? When I dropped a factory round into the barrel, it sits flush, but if I put one of my reloads in, it sticks out the barrel a few mm's

Today will try all teh factory rounds, before I make up my mind what to do. If it is indeed my reloads...then I have like 500 rds to redo.

Again, the issue is when the slide cycles, the case is ejected, a new round goes into the chamber, but the trigger doesn't reset.

Thanks for the advice. will post after the range today.
 
have you checked and made sure your trigger spring is not broken ?? seems simple and I know you probably did check it while cleaning, but it is one of the things that could happen.

if not I would say your reloads are goofy, a glock has a very generous chamber and if factory drop in but your reloads do not then the blame is on your ammo, not the gun.

another common thing is that a brass shaving may have gotten into your striker channel, remove the firing pin and make sure thier is nothing in there and then run a dry patch on a slotted tip up and out to dry things out and just to double check.
 
I had the exact same issue with my Glock. The problem is with lubrication around the connector area on the right-hand side of the frame with the pistol pointed away from you. A couple of drops of CLP or the like will do the trick. I took my pistol apart and changed almost all of the internals to no avail and the answer was found in the Glock armouer's manual located at biggerhammer.net. After doing this there have been no problems with the trigger reseting.
 
Thanks will check the firing pin channel. any body figure out a way to get that plastic sheathing out too? i'll do the lubing with the clp. I'm using the militec, same #### different pile.

I will check the trigger spring anyway...friggin.
 
I have picked up quite a bit of once fired 9mm brass with glock firing pin inprints, I noted that many are quite light.
 
With reloads, you may want to make sure that your primers are seated properly.

I reload and use Winchester primers and am not having any problems with my Glock 17.
 
OK solution found. Wait for it....OAL needed to be shorter, as the bullet was not seated deep enough into the casing. After I readjusted seating depth, to a level where the round drops freely into the barrel like a factory round, I was 5/5.

Plus I flushed out the firing pin channel, and wiped it dry of any debris.
So it could actually be any combo of things.

I guess I should of mentioned, it did not occur to me, that I am using a barsto barrel and have never shot reloads out of it, I usually shoot reloads out the oem. The tolerances are a little different on it, in that reloads drop in nicely into the barrel of the oem, but not of the barsto. So I had to seat the bullet deeper into the case. That was all.

Thanks for all your advice people of CGN. I was beginning to think that I needed to do all my spring replacements.

My components are as follows: win primers, various casings, 115gr SA Frontier or Curese FMJ, and HS6 7.5gn. Pretty normal load I think.
 
So are you saying your handloads were causing an out of battery condition?
You are lucky they didn't fire. What is the OAL for the rounds going into the Barsto barrel? Any reason you aren't using the factory barrel?
 
I am going under the assumption that it was my reloads. even though I cleaned thoroughly the firing pin channel, lubed up the metal on metal contacts.
my oal for my bullets going into the stainless barrel is 27.5mm whereas my original reloads were 29.5mm which is just about the same as the factory onces, so I just assumed if the OAL was the same it would work.
 
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