New Glock 17 problem

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Hello all, I recently picked up my first glock! always wanted one. I took it out first day no problems , second day no problems , third day i had one failure to fire , light stiker hit , when i arrived at home i stripped cleaned and oiled. went out yesterday right off the bat i had 2 same failures from one mag , then t gradually became worse . next one had 3 fails and the next had 5 fails, all the same!
frustrating as i bought one of these because they were really reliable . Its been the same ammo through it all LCW stuff.

thanks for any input as i really want to keep this thing!
 
Is the gun new or previously owned? If previously owned, is it possible the previous owner did some mods such as trigger spring/connector to reduce trigger pull.
Those who do this often do it incorrectly, resulting in light strikes and unreliability. If it was new you may also have some residual grease remaining in the striker channel. Dont forget to clean that part as well.
Good luck
dB
 
Thanks for the reply ! Its a brand new stock glock 17 gen 4 . I will take it apart again to see if there is any factory grease , i was thorough before but ill do it again.
 
Hopefully that will be the problem, but I still wouldnt rule out the LCW stuff.. Buy a box of brand name and see if the results are the same.
Good luck
dB
 
I have had some issues with the LCW stuff in my G17 Gen 4 as well. Not to the extreme you describe, but those primers are hard. I find the Glock does not like oil (particularly frog lube) anywhere near the firing pin channel. The lube slows the pin travel equating to light strikes, couple that with ammo that has hard primers, eh voila...5 FTF in a mag.

LCW may be fine for range plinking, but I wouldn't rest my life on the stuff. Strip and clean your glock, try a box of different ammo and you're off to the races.
 
First of all, don't make any assumptions or conclusions until you've tried other ammo in it.

The trigger spring and disconnector will not cause light strikes....a reduced power firing pin spring will. Alternatively, completely disassemble the upper and see if there is damage to the firing pin.

If not, report back and we can look at other things.
 
The trigger spring and disconnector will not cause light strikes
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agreed, not on their own, but usually as part of a combination of goodies added, such as the RP firing pin spring. The wrong combination will result in unreliability.
As mentioned, try different ammo first before worrying more about it.
dB
 
if new, i would look into the striker channel for the red cosmoline preventing the striker to exit full speed. then,if the channel is clean, there' s always the possibility of a weak striker spring,since it's a BNI gun, it's unlikely that.

since it's a gen 4, i would look closely at the slide when you get the LS.is it completely in batterie? the dual RS's may cause the slide to close with just a tiny gap remaining then inducing the LS .

otherwise, either a dirty striker channel,weak striker spring, or the dual RS . you might also want to look at a broken striker tip-chipped, but again it would be off norms for a glock lol.
 
But, but .... Glock: Perfection

I mean, it's their motto. A really arrogant, conceited motto, but there you are. :)

Sorry. Glocks are fine, but choosing that as their corporate slogan really bugs me.
 
EdGCNM said:
But, but .... Glock: Perfection

I mean, it's their motto. A really arrogant, conceited motto, but there you are. :)

Sorry. Glocks are fine, but choosing that as their corporate slogan really bugs me.
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Did you ever think for a second that "perfection" is what they strive for, not what they claim to have achieved? Regardless, it makes no difference, its a brand name slogan, so what. The issue the OP is having is likely the piss poor ammo. Until he tries new manufactured ammo from a reputable company and confirms there is no damage to his pistol, refrain from ignorant comments.

TDC
 
what is wrong with you man? Need a hug or something?



TDC said:
Did you ever think for a second that "perfection" is what they strive for, not what they claim to have achieved? Regardless, it makes no difference, its a brand name slogan, so what. The issue the OP is having is likely the piss poor ammo. Until he tries new manufactured ammo from a reputable company and confirms there is no damage to his pistol, refrain from ignorant comments.

TDC
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Carefully have a look at the firing pin. There is a collett that keeps a spring on it, by compressing that spring, you can remove the spring... DON'T do this unless you look at the firing pin & can see it needs to be replaced...

It is possible that something, like a piece of a primer, got jammed into where the firing pin protrudes?

Cheers
Jay
 
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