Broken Trigger on my Glock?

[Veldy]

I was out at the range today and shooting 10 rounds at each target. At about 120 rounds, I noticed that the trigger didn't stop where it normally does [where the last safety disengages]. The trigger simply pulls through with no change in tension and no shot fired. If I dry fire the gun, it appears to work properly, but not with ammunition loaded. All the rounds were 1.275" in overall length. I got a Magtech (blue box) round from the guy next to me and tried to fire a .45 ACP 230 FMC(or FMJ, I don't recall) and had the same result .. no fire. I gave the round back and went home. I looked at all my spent cases and they were in good condition other than being dirty

So, is this an issue with the trigger? Or something else? Everything looks file when I field strip the gun, but, obviously, I did not remove the trigger or any other part to look. I am just amazed that a GLOCK 21SF would have a failure like this with only about 2000 rounds through it [I clean it after every shooting session]. I am not entirely sure who to call for Warranty, but I suppose the main number in Georgia should do during business hours on Monday.

Anybody have any experience with how long it takes to get a their gun back from a warranty repair?

[mnglocker]

I was out at the range today and shooting 10 rounds at each target. At about 120 rounds, I noticed that the trigger didn't stop where it normally does [where the last safety disengages]. The trigger simply pulls through with no change in tension and no shot fired. If I dry fire the gun, it appears to work properly, but not with ammunition loaded. All the rounds were 1.275" in overall length. I got a Magtech (blue box) round from the guy next to me and tried to fire a .45 ACP 230 FMC(or FMJ, I don't recall) and had the same result .. no fire. I gave the round back and went home. I looked at all my spent cases and they were in good condition other than being dirty

So, is this an issue with the trigger? Or something else? Everything looks file when I field strip the gun, but, obviously, I did not remove the trigger or any other part to look. I am just amazed that a GLOCK 21SF would have a failure like this with only about 2000 rounds through it [I clean it after every shooting session]. I am not entirely sure who to call for Warranty, but I suppose the main number in Georgia should do during business hours on Monday.

Anybody have any experience with how long it takes to get a their gun back from a warranty repair?

Where about's are you? There's a ton of glock geeks on here, I'd be happy to take a look at it, however I'm way the eff out west of town.

Have you field stripped it yet? how's the trigger bar look? What about the upper, have you taken that down yet? It sounds like you may have an issue with the striker...

[hammAR]

A) Place seal groove over rim and press down on one corner.
B) Slide thumbs over top of seal edge to opposite corners.
C) Continue to slide thumbs over edges to fourth corner.
D) Press center of seal and lift tab slightly to expel air.

That should take care of it....................................

[Veldy]

Where about's are you? There's a ton of glock geeks on here, I'd be happy to take a look at it, however I'm way the eff out west of town.

Have you field stripped it yet? how's the trigger bar look? What about the upper, have you taken that down yet? It sounds like you may have an issue with the striker...

I field stripped it at the range and everything looks fine. I got it home and compared it to the stripped Glock 17 and didn't see anything significantly different [a few parts are shaped differently obviously, but I was already aware of them]. Everything I could see about the trigger, inside and out looked fine. As I said, it feels like it fires properly when dry firing [all the safeties disengage one by one] and the final resistance before it fires. With ammunition loaded into the chamber, I don't feel the last resistance ... it just pulls through. My first thought was that the firing pin / striker broke, but I don't believe that to be the case or the trigger pull should feel the same.

How far west are you? I drive up 169 or 494 if I want to go a little out of the way, to get home from Eden Prairie, where I have been working lately, so I might not be far from you. Having said that, the gun is under warranty and I probably should use it IF they don't take weeks to get it back to me.

[Veldy]

A) Place seal groove over rim and press down on one corner.
B) Slide thumbs over top of seal edge to opposite corners.
C) Continue to slide thumbs over edges to fourth corner.
D) Press center of seal and lift tab slightly to expel air.

That should take care of it....................................

[nyffman]

I think he's saying you would have been better off if you'd had enough foresight to just buy a 1911. You apparently don't recognize the directions for closing a tupperware container.

[Stradawhovious]

A) Place seal groove over rim and press down on one corner.
B) Slide thumbs over top of seal edge to opposite corners.
C) Continue to slide thumbs over edges to fourth corner.
D) Press center of seal and lift tab slightly to expel air.

That should take care of it....................................

wait......... wait........ I think I'm gonna pee......

[mnglocker]

How far west are you? I drive up 169 or 494 if I want to go a little out of the way, to get home from Eden Prairie, where I have been working lately, so I might not be far from you. Having said that, the gun is under warranty and I probably should use it IF they don't take weeks to get it back to me.

Glock will take care of you, however, they're backordered by over 8k units, so they may take a lonnnng time. glock parts are very cheap, and a glock armourer will probably repair it for free, try streichers.

[Stradawhovious]

A) Place seal groove over rim and press down on one corner.
B) Slide thumbs over top of seal edge to opposite corners.
C) Continue to slide thumbs over edges to fourth corner.
D) Press center of seal and lift tab slightly to expel air.

That should take care of it....................................

I think what he is trying to say is that you are lucky it isn't stovepiping on you, as shown in the following photo

Note, I cannot and will not take credit for the idea, but I couldn't find the original pic, so I made another.

[macphisto]

PERFECTION!

[justaguy]

A) Place seal groove over rim and press down on one corner.
B) Slide thumbs over top of seal edge to opposite corners.
C) Continue to slide thumbs over edges to fourth corner.
D) Press center of seal and lift tab slightly to expel air.

That should take care of it....................................

wait......... wait........ I think I'm gonna pee......

Thanks for the heads up.

[justaguy]

Strad what does the post below this one mean?

[Stradawhovious]

Thanks for posting that twice

[nyffman]

so much for this poor guy getting his gun fixed, now that thread fu has taken over.

[ttousi]

DonL is a glock armorer............PM him .......... he has parts.....fixed my 17 in 10 minutes

ETA............No FU here nyffy....