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Gen 5 G19 problem

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#1 ·
Just got a new Gen 5 G19. Went to the range, fired 100 rds. The trigger does not engage half of the time, just goes limp. Rack the slide, the trigger does not engage. Do it again, still nothing. If I just let the slide slam into battery from slide stop, then the trigger may (or may not) engage. The trigger bar has horrible movement, you can wiggle/move the trigger back and forth widely and that does not engage the trigger. Looked at connector, seemed to be OK. When it shoots, 3 inches to the left at 15 yds aiming dead-center. Shot it side-by-side with my Gen 4 G19, it just like day and night. Will be calling Glock warranty next week. How Glock's QC let it through I wonder.
 
#2 ·
Just got a new Gen 5 G19. Went to the range, fired 100 rds. The trigger does not engage half of the time, just goes limp. Rack the slide, the trigger does not engage. Do it again, still nothing. If I just let the slide slam into battery from slide stop, then the trigger may (or may not) engage. The trigger bar has horrible movement, you can wiggle/move the trigger back and forth widely and that does not engage the trigger. Looked at connector, seemed to be OK. When it shoots, 3 inches to the left at 15 yds aiming dead-center. Shot it side-by-side with my Gen 4 G19, it just like day and night. Will be calling Glock warranty next week.
Okay.

Good luck.
 
#92 ·
every dog has it's day.
no matter how good, sometimes a lemon escapes QC.
they WILL make it right.
frustrating, too bad.
best of luck!
Indeed. My first Glock was a 17L, that was an utter piece of junk. After a couple trips back to the store I bought it from, I exchanged it for a Glock 17 Gen 4 that truly has been "Glock Perfection." I haven't had so much as a hiccup from it, and it shoots beautifully every time.
 
#7 ·
I suspect you have taken it apart and failed to re-assemble the trigger bar correctly by not making sure the front arm of the cruciform goes UNDER the front metal hook on top of the trigger spring assembly as noted in the photograph:
 
#14 ·
I'm betting on not setting the trigger bar in the spring hook as well. I have seen similar malfunctions on 43 and 42 when the trigger wasn't seated correctly.

If possible remove the slide and compare it to the image above. If the trigger isn't seated like that, there is your problem. Reinstall correctly, and problem should be resolved.

If it something else, I would be interested to know as well, since I haven't heard of this in the 5th gens yet. May be something actually broken.

TXPO
 
#28 ·
Irrelev

Irrelevant in this case as the G17/19 gen 5 have different trigger springs
 
#37 ·
Let us not overlook the possibility that some staff member at the store messed with it before it was sold?
 
#39 ·
My performance center So&W 629 came with a loose front sight. During my first outing with it, I started noticing horizontal stringing, getting worse as I shot with it. It was almost halfway out when it dawned on me that the front sight looked odd.

Folks, it can happen to anyone. Even the best.

OP, glad it's finally fixed!

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#94 ·
My S&W 329 Nightguard had light primer strikes. S&W sent me a return label and I sent it back for free. Got it returned in about a week. Something goobled-up with the California compliance drop test setting. Now it is 100% reliable. You definitely want to TEST a gun before betting your life on it. ;)
 
#40 ·
Let us not overlook the possibility that some staff member at the store messed with it before it was sold?
Really? Have you ever worked in a gun store? You actually think that store employees are going around detail stripping new guns and putting them back together wrong in order to make Glock look bad???

Seriously??

Because that is what you actually implied, that some gun store employee had the time to pick some random common Glock out of the stack of a dozen of them, detail stripped it, then assembled it incorrectly.

You must live in an interesting version of reality. Fascinating.
 
#43 ·
Alex Jones said aliens are infiltrating LGS and intentionally disabling Gen5 pistols because Gaston is really a shape-shifter with a really bad gambling habit. It seems Gaston owes Jaba 100,000 credits and he won’t pay.
Or you could just accept the fact that Glock is, like all others far from perfection. Turds happen.
 
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