[Mfgman]

HELP. Had my Glock for many years. Cleaned my Glock yesterday after watching many You Tube videos - removed all three pins and cleaned and re-assembled . Went to range and after every shot with full magazine the slide stays open. Would have to release slide after every shot. Gun operated normally otherwise. HELP?

[blackbirdzach]

Easy fix. When you reinstalled your slide stop you inserted the bottom pin first instead of the top. This can cause the slide stop spring to ride OVER the top pin instead of under.

To fix; Take the pins out and then the slide stop. Then insert the top pin first. Now put your slide stop in position and slide the bottom pin through it.

[cesaros]

^^^

like he said...you put the slide stop in wrong. needs to have spring tension to work.

[u n v kenny]

Just remove half of the top pin and push the spring back down with the pin on top of it. easy fix

[Mfgman]

I did put the top pin in first and the spring is under the top pin.

[Mfgman]

I did put the top pin in first but in moving the slide stop around to align the hole to place the pin in the spring ended up in the wrong place causing the slide stop to always be in the up position. Thanks for your help - works perfectly now.

[brokenprism]

Originally Posted by Mfgman

HELP. Had my Glock for many years. Cleaned my Glock yesterday after watching many You Tube videos - removed all three pins and cleaned and re-assembled . Went to range and after every shot with full magazine the slide stays open. Would have to release slide after every shot. Gun operated normally otherwise. HELP?

Can I ask how many rounds you shot -- or how long you had been shooting without cleaning -- that led you to consider a strip n' clean?

[Mfgman]

Purchased GLOCK new about 1998-99? Have shot 4-5,000 rounds. After full dis-assembly it did not appear that the cleaning was necessary.