CoryCop25
10-01-13, 17:14
I have a Gen3 17 that I purchase new in December 2011. I started using this as my main training pistol and I have about 4000 rounds through it. I am an armorer and has been properly maintained.
Lately I have been working with a different pistol for a specific LE purpose and I have basically put this G17 away for a bit.
Today, I brought this out and was doing some dry firing with it. Usually when I buy a new Glock, I will do some trigger work with it and smooth it out a bit and maybe add a Glock - connector. This gun had a nice trigger out of the box so I didn't mess with it that much.
The issue that I am having with it is quite strange. When I press the trigger and hold it to the rear, I cycle the slide and instead of resetting, the firing pin lets go. So I get a dead trigger. I removed the slide from the frame and visually inspected the parts. I followed the standard armorer's inspection procedure as demonstrated in the manual and everything checks out. This includes checking the connector to make sure it clicks into place and that the firing pin safety is in good operating order. I then put the armorer's orange back plate on the slide and the trigger bar has a perfect engagement with the firing pin. I also can see that when the firing pin lets go, the firing pin safety plunger catches the firing pin so if there was a round in the chamber, it would not go off.
I removed the internals inside the frame and there is a 336 ejector and the trigger return spring is intact and correctly installed. The connector has the proper bend in it.
I then replaced the connector with another standard connector and it continued to malfunction.
I then put the old connector in and replaced the trigger and trigger bar. The gun now functions normally. I then repeated the function check and everything checked out. The only concern that I have is that the old trigger bar has a dot on top near the cruciform and a little hook to keep the trigger return spring in. The one that I replaced it with has neither of these features. I can only assume that my parts may be a little older but never used.
The confusing part of this is; what caused this to happen while sitting in my safe? This pistol ran 100% every time I used it. And what part of the trigger bar is malfunctioning?
Lately I have been working with a different pistol for a specific LE purpose and I have basically put this G17 away for a bit.
Today, I brought this out and was doing some dry firing with it. Usually when I buy a new Glock, I will do some trigger work with it and smooth it out a bit and maybe add a Glock - connector. This gun had a nice trigger out of the box so I didn't mess with it that much.
The issue that I am having with it is quite strange. When I press the trigger and hold it to the rear, I cycle the slide and instead of resetting, the firing pin lets go. So I get a dead trigger. I removed the slide from the frame and visually inspected the parts. I followed the standard armorer's inspection procedure as demonstrated in the manual and everything checks out. This includes checking the connector to make sure it clicks into place and that the firing pin safety is in good operating order. I then put the armorer's orange back plate on the slide and the trigger bar has a perfect engagement with the firing pin. I also can see that when the firing pin lets go, the firing pin safety plunger catches the firing pin so if there was a round in the chamber, it would not go off.
I removed the internals inside the frame and there is a 336 ejector and the trigger return spring is intact and correctly installed. The connector has the proper bend in it.
I then replaced the connector with another standard connector and it continued to malfunction.
I then put the old connector in and replaced the trigger and trigger bar. The gun now functions normally. I then repeated the function check and everything checked out. The only concern that I have is that the old trigger bar has a dot on top near the cruciform and a little hook to keep the trigger return spring in. The one that I replaced it with has neither of these features. I can only assume that my parts may be a little older but never used.
The confusing part of this is; what caused this to happen while sitting in my safe? This pistol ran 100% every time I used it. And what part of the trigger bar is malfunctioning?