Glock re assembly question

[Drew78]

so I am not stranger to the Glock platform but found a weird situation yesterday at the range

A fellow shooter was putting his Gen4 G26 back to together after a quick clean and he couldnt get the slide to reengage the frame.

It would slide part way on and then just get hung up on something.

The only way we could get it to go back on was to depress the FP safety and tilt the front of the slide down to get the Striker to appear through the breach face. Once that was done, smooth as butter. Slide slid right onto the frame with no issues at all.

What gives? Why would you need to have the striker in the "Fired" position to re assemble his Glock?

[Robb Jensen]

Some Gen4s are like that. It's the new trigger bar that causes that.

[Drew78]

So I can assume this is one of those gen4 nuiances?

Just deal with it or would a new TB resove it by chance?

[jh9]

My early-production gen 4 17 did this. 2/12 production gen 4 19 doesn't.

As mentioned it's the new trigger bar. Next time try moving the trigger forward (toward the muzzle) just a hair when the slide feels like it's stuck. That should let it go back together normally.

Or:

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/535...smooth-trigger

[Drew78]

My early-production gen 4 17 did this. 2/12 production gen 4 19 doesn't.

As mentioned it's the new trigger bar. Next time try moving the trigger forward (toward the muzzle) just a hair when the slide feels like it's stuck. That should let it go back together normally.

Or:

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/535...smooth-trigger

Thanks for the tip, I assume that link is a gen3 TB assembly?

[Voodoo_Man]

My g4 g19 was like that until I put about 2k rounds through it. Just have to push the trigger bar forward before you put the slide back on.

[jh9]

Yes.

AFAIK the "gen 4" trigger is actually a "glock 37" trigger.

If you buy a "gen 3" (aka regular "glock 17/22/31 trigger) trigger (no bump) it'll shave about 0.5-1lb off your trigger pull and get rid of the reassembly annoyance.

(At least it did for me. YMMV.)

[durus5995]

I know my Gen 4 19 did this for the first 100 rounds or so. I was told it was the trigger bar getting hung up on the plunger for the striker safety. I do remember that the plunger was pretty stiff when I bought it.

[DOA]

Yes.

AFAIK the "gen 4" trigger is actually a "glock 37" trigger.

If you buy a "gen 3" (aka regular "glock 17/22/31 trigger) trigger (no bump) it'll shave about 0.5-1lb off your trigger pull and get rid of the reassembly annoyance.

(At least it did for me. YMMV.)

I replaced both my "bumped" Gen 4 triggers (g17 and g19) with Gen 3 versions. While I was at it, I also replaced the stock mag releases with the TD/Vickers Gen 4 ones. Made a big difference.

[ygbsm]

If you replace the 4th Gen trigger bar with the 3rd Gen trigger bar and then switch the mag catch to right sided operation you will have problems.