glock 19 slide locked / broken trigger mechanism

BE CAREFUL. IT IS LOADED

First thing I would do is get a rubber mallet and get that slide in battery.
Point in a safe direction (ideally at your local shooting range).
Try firing that round.
I deal with this pretty often at work, usually a bad round.
What you think to be a broken part appears to me to be your ejector.

Welcome to Glock Talk. Be careful!!

Wow! thought that the way it was angled that it might be broken. It looks so different than my other models. I always run 'good' (or what i thought to be good), new ammo and keep it super clean. never experienced a jam like this before. Thank you for the advice! Can't imagine hitting my glock with a mallet! Worried about jamming it more, but i'll give it a try. thanks again!

if that round is 'bad', should i be concerned about shooting it?

bellavite1 said:

First thing I would do is get a rubber mallet and get that slide in battery.
Point in a safe direction (ideally at your local shooting range).
Try firing that round.
I deal with this pretty often at work, usually a bad round.
What you think to be a broken part appears to me to be your ejector.

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first time posting on this forum so I'm not sure if you saw my reply. If it is a 'bad' round, should i be concerned shooting that? thanks again!!

If you are uncomfortable then take it to a local gun smith. One way or the other you need to get that round out safely.

agreed. thanks again!

How far out of battery is it? Your ejector looks fine.

only slightly but I was just able to 'bump' it back into place. Still cannot rack the slide. guess i'm headed back to the range to shoot this bullet. still wondering if it is a bad bullet, should I be concerned shooting it? thanks!

Welcome to gt and hopefully it's not your last post.

lol, me too! It looks to be back in battery so i'll give it a try.

If you can get the live round fired I would send it back to Glock. They will replace anything broken to get it apart.

6ptstar said:

If you can get the live round fired I would send it back to Glock. They will replace anything broken to get it apart.

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Thats one way to go. Personally, I would identify (or try to) identify the problem before deciding on a course of action. It could be as simple as a bad round.

Just had the same problem with a hornady critical defense. Case was ever so slightly oversized and my gun was stuck a hair out of battery. Had to point in a safe direction and smack the back side of the gun then fired the bad round.

suspect7 said:

only slightly but I was just able to 'bump' it back into place. Still cannot rack the slide. guess i'm headed back to the range to shoot this bullet. still wondering if it is a bad bullet, should I be concerned shooting it? thanks!

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Well, my understanding is that a glock can safely handle a +P+, so i wouldn't worry about it.
Probably just a poorly sized case.
Obviously I cannot tell for sure, not even if I had your glock in my hands, so it's a risk that you will have to decide wether you want to take...
Wear some thick gloves and good eye protection, JIC.
Maybe shoot it with your weak hand.
Good luck...🤞

I think the problem is as you said it's "super clean". I've never done any more that a field strip to clean any of my guns. You gotta have a little grime in there for a Glock to work properly. lol Seriously though be very careful and if not comfortable take it to a pro.

Shoot it, its fine.