Glock 23 Gen 4 Accidental Discharge??!! - Page 26

JAS104 · 12-25-2012, 20:56

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Originally Posted by whitey4311

My stupid glock goes off every time the trigger is pulled. Is it broken, should I send it back?

Me too! What should we do about this... Send it to Smyrna !

dosei · 01-07-2013, 08:19

Any word yet on how things went with the retailer once they were informed that they sold a firearm that had been tampered with as "new"?

jdr43 · 01-07-2013, 08:36

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Originally Posted by dosei

any word yet on how things went with the retailer once they were informed that they sold a firearm that had been tampered with as "new"?

+1 on that ?

Bill Lumberg · 01-07-2013, 10:16

Zero issues with Serpas making guns fire. It's just BS. Some issues have been reported resulting from unskilled shooters pulling the trigger, which is away from the properly indexed area required to actuate the relase on the holster. First clue to problem was trigger job. No flaw in the holster design means if it wasn't someone tinkering with the gun, or pulling the trigger, debris in the holster would be the third look. All anecdotal some 600 replies after the initial post.

1canvas · 01-07-2013, 10:44

after reading some of this thread I went and bought one of those orange back slide plates so I can view the contact of parts to make sure I have the proper contact area.

Dave.1 · 01-07-2013, 10:50

Good idea, 1canvas.

Glocks are so easy to modify, and so many people do, that I wish Glock would include one along with the cleaning brush and speed loader. I guess that would cause some sort of liability issue though.

I got one within months of getting my first Glock.

Dave

Christopher67 · 01-07-2013, 10:53

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Originally Posted by 1canvas

after reading some of this thread I went and bought one of those orange back slide plates so I can view the contact of parts to make sure I have the proper contact area.

orange back slide plates?

This part? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Glock-OEM-To...9492%26ps%3D54

Whats the purpose?

Dave.1 · 01-07-2013, 10:57

He meant an Armorer's Slide Cover Plate.
http://glockparts.com/Detail.aspx?PR...0cover%20plate

So you can see the engagement of the striker and the cruciform.

Dave

Christopher67 · 01-07-2013, 11:10

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Originally Posted by Dave.1

He meant an Armorer's Slide Cover Plate.
http://glockparts.com/Detail.aspx?PR...0cover%20plate

So you can see the engagement of the striker and the cruciform.

Dave

Do you leave it on there? Is it just after installing a new trigger & you put this on to see if everything is functioning properly? Any pictures? Sorry for all of the questions.

Dave.1 · 01-07-2013, 11:22

Sorry I don't have any pictures right now.

You take the stock cover plate off and put the orange one on. It's shorter so once you put the slide back on you can check the engagement of the lug on the striker and the end of the cruciform on the trigger bar. You should have 2/3s of the cruciform covered.

Once you've done that you replace the stock cover plate.

Scroll down here on Steve's Pages to the 2009 Glock Armorer's manual. It will show how this works.
http://stevespages.com/page7b.htm

Dave

Christopher67 · 01-07-2013, 11:24

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Originally Posted by Dave.1

Sorry I don't have any pictures right now.

You take the stock cover plate off and put the orange one on. It's shorter so once you put the slide back on you can check the engagement of the lug on the striker and the end of the cruciform on the trigger bar. You should have 2/3s of the cruciform covered.

Once you've done that you replace the stock cover plate.

Scroll down here on Steve's Pages to the 2009 Glock Armorer's manual. It will show how this works.
http://stevespages.com/page7b.htm

Dave

Aaah ok, thank you very much.

dkf · 01-07-2013, 11:25

Those orange inspection plates look like a standard black plate that is shorter. I think I will just take a black one I have, put it on the mill and shorten it.

Dave.1 · 01-07-2013, 11:28

That will work just as well.

One of the few times a Dremel Tool (with cut off wheel) comes into play with Glocks.

Dave

dosei · 01-07-2013, 11:29

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Originally Posted by dkf

Those orange inspection plates look like a standard black plate that is shorter. I think I will just take a black one I have, put it on the mill and shorten it.

And then what...leave that area wide open to collect lint? Or buy a new plate to replace the one you hacked? Or do you have extra/excess back plates?

Sgt127 · 01-07-2013, 17:56

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Originally Posted by Dave.1

That will work just as well.

One of the few times a Dremel Tool (with cut off wheel) comes into play with Glocks.

Dave

Thats what I did. Locked it in a vise, found a file the right width and just filed it out until it formed a window at the bottom. Used car touch up paint to turn it white on the back.

dkf · 01-07-2013, 18:35

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Originally Posted by dosei

And then what...leave that area wide open to collect lint? Or buy a new plate to replace the one you hacked? Or do you have extra/excess back plates?

Yeah I would do it on an extra plate. I figured that was obvious.

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That will work just as well.

One of the few times a Dremel Tool (with cut off wheel) comes into play with Glocks.

Dave

Sounds good.

INEEDMILK · 01-08-2013, 14:35

Notice the OP has been suspiciously absent from this thread since I called his story bull****.

1canvas · 01-09-2013, 11:12

often when someone accidently taps off a round its always the gun just went bang on it own. with Glocks reliability something is usually added like ''I dropped it'' or was ''I chambering a round and it just fired''.

njl · 01-09-2013, 11:47

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Originally Posted by 1canvas

often when someone accidently taps off a round its always the gun just went bang on it own. ... ''I chambering a round and it just fired''.

That's actually happened, though the only credible reports I've read of it (excluding guns with bad trigger jobs) were with Gen1 Glocks. The story I'm thinking of, IIRC, nobody believed the cop it happened to until the department's armorer witnessed it.

conpro · 01-09-2013, 12:07

Thats why i dont keep a round in the chamber,,,,ya never know, mine isnt chambered until i need it. And i hope i never do.

INEEDMILK · 01-18-2013, 13:30

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Originally Posted by INEEDMILK

Notice the OP has been suspiciously absent from this thread since I called his story bull****.

Remember this thread?

This guy seemed to have dropped off the face of the earth since his story had a bunch of holes poked in it.

I suppose the lesson here is: just because it's on the internet doesn't mean it's true.

SARDG · 01-18-2013, 13:37

Maybe it spontaneously discharged again and he was shot and you're bad-mouthing the poor guy... You have to consider all eventualities...

INEEDMILK · 01-18-2013, 17:00

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Originally Posted by SARDG

Maybe it spontaneously discharged again and he was shot and you're bad-mouthing the poor guy... You have to consider all eventualities...

SARDG · 01-18-2013, 17:10

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Originally Posted by INEEDMILK

SCmasterblaster · 01-18-2013, 17:11

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Originally Posted by 00Gl***

I do not have pics of it yet, will take some later today though! Here is the link to the exact holster I have though.

http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/product/49651

OK, I have looked at the image, and a question comes to mind - what is the lever-looking device on the holster in the trigger area?