New Glock 30 Slide Falling Off!

[Dglock30]

So I thought it was broke, fixed it, then it started acting up again so I took it into the gunsmith today. Turns out some glocks were assembled with the wrong size slide lock spring and it was getting wedged when I compressed the spring to field strip the gun. The gunsmith told me he'd just file down the spring so it wouldn't get caught up which I didn't mind, but it turned out he had a replacement. So I got the spring swapped out for free and it's better than new!

I'm just glad I didn't need to depend my life on the glock as the slide fell off.

[El Gato]

Originally Posted by Dglock30

So I thought it was broke, fixed it, then it started acting up again so I took it into the gunsmith today. Turns out some glocks were assembled with the wrong size slide lock spring and it was getting wedged when I compressed the spring to field strip the gun. The gunsmith told me he'd just file down the spring so it wouldn't get caught up which I didn't mind, but it turned out he had a replacement. So I got the spring swapped out for free and it's better than new!

I'm just glad I didn't need to depend my life on the glock as the slide fell off.

As previously stated.. practice what Glock calls "reset" of the trigger and even if the thing breaks.. it will work in an emergency... good luck with the gun.. they are very reliable under normal circumstances...

[Gronk Bronson]

Originally Posted by protectmine

I am sure Glock will stand behind it. have you contacted the shop you bought it at?

protectmine, I may have been unclear and my apologies for that. I have never had a problem with my Glocks. I was just concerned with the Glock 30, since I own one and wanted to keep posted on any problems others may have had with theirs.

I'm glad to see everything worked out for Dglock30!

Thanks for your advise, if I had a problem with any of my Glocks then yes, I would either contact my local gun shop or, ship it back to Glock for repair. I did have a recall many years ago on my Glock 23 and they corrected a trigger problem, and then shipped it back to me in a relatively short period of time!

Glock on!!!

[CCWInstructor]

Originally Posted by Dglock30

I just bought my first handgun 2 weeks ago and I'm already having problems with it! I bought a Glock 30SF and I took it to the range and only put 90 rounds through it. I experienced 1 feed jam and when I tried to load the round into the camber and release the slide stop the slide didn't close all of the way.

DO NOT EVER DO THAT AGAIN!!!!! It came to a stop when the extractor hit the back of the round. ALWAYS feed the round from the magazine so it slides under the extractor and then feeds it into the barrel. That is why it jammed

[akulahawk]

Not only that, it can also break your extractor if you load rounds that way. There may be a few semiauto handguns that you can load that way without hurting them or causing feed jams, but Glocks aren't one of them. Feed them the way CCWInstructor says. Always feed it from the magazine.

[X-ffdo]

Originally Posted by CCWInstructor

DO NOT EVER DO THAT AGAIN!!!!! It came to a stop when the extractor hit the back of the round. ALWAYS feed the round from the magazine so it slides under the extractor and then feeds it into the barrel. That is why it jammed

+1. I hear you can chip or brake the extractor doing that.
Always feed from the magazine as the firearm was designed to do.

[CCWInstructor]

Originally Posted by akulahawk

There may be a few semiauto handguns that you can load that way without hurting them or causing feed jams,

Beretta tilt up barrels only.