hello.. i need some help! my glock 19 gen 5 jammed with the slide slightly back. cant move the slide at all. looking up in through the mag well i can see what appears to be a broken trigger mechanism. at least that is what i believe that is. and yes, that is a live round in there. any ideas aside from taking it to a gunsmith? any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!
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.
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!
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!
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...🤞
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.
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.
If you shoot enough, sooner or later you'll probably run into this. You should clear the gun before leaving an environment where it can be safely discharged. Unless it can be easily put back into battery by a light blow to the back of the slide, I think it's a lot safer to go the other direction.
Brace the front of the slide against some immovable object (like wooden table or wall corner). Again, make sure it's not pointing at something you want to put a hole in. Angle it so the slide can move with respect to the barrel.
Can't you just treat it as any other type4 failure to extract at this point and smack it loose with your hands? Firm overhand hold with support hand and slam the your open firing hand web into the backstrap.
I'm no expert... but when that happened to me ( due to bulged case ).. I would use a small flat tip screw driver and pry the slide backwards and that would free up the slide for me... again, for me.... just sharing my experience... and this was done at the range....
Yup, definitely the round. a bit embarrassed as I thought the ejector was bent out of shape or broke off. my gen 5 g19 looks so much different than my other glocks (pic). even my previous g19 gens... i think..?? hit back into battery, fired and ejected the brass. bad round. thank you for all the help. i really appreciate it!!
It's natural to think of these guns as delicate fine tuned instruments, but they are built to withstand 1/2 million internal explosions. There's only a few ways to damage these things.
Unless , it's a 1911- then you have to be gentle 😂 no needless slamming allowed.
The last thing I think of when I think Glock is "delicate". These things can take some serious abuse. They are not the most beautiful or accurate but they are definitely timex. That said they are more accurate than I am. lol
I would strongly recommend a local gunsmith and back to Glock for a thorough check, keep the ammo and spent casing for evidence to see posible problems either with the ammo or the gun
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