Hey! Take this Glock and......

[Mikej]

....Shove it!!

Slide won't come off the frame. Yes, held the slide back a skosh. And held both sides of the take-down lever. Repeatedly. And repeatedly, slide only starts to come forward a 1/2 inch and stops dead. But the 20th time or so I tried it, before THIS sentence, the slide decided to come off! I'm wondering how a person is suppose to call this "Glock Perfection"? Sheesh, am I supposed to deal with this every time I need to clean HER gun?

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[Knobgoblin]

Trigger messed up?

 

[NeoBlackdog]

If it was that difficult, you're not doing it right. Try pulling the slide back a bit farther and make sure you're getting both sides of the slide lock completely down.
BTDT

 

[Tlock]

Operator error!

 

[1775usmc]

Make sure the trigger is depressed and not engaged.

If it's really the Glock and not you….

Remove the back plate and pull the rear internals and then release the slide.

Glocks are extremely simple.

 

[NeoBlackdog]

Oh, and another thing! It's a freakin' Glock! It likes being dirty! Dirty, dirty, dirty...

 

[Mikej]

Make sure the trigger is depressed and not engaged.

If it's really the Glock and not you….

Remove the back plate and pull the rear internals and then release the slide.

Glocks are extremely simple.

Seems to come apart now. I saw that vid of the rear plate being dropped and taking the striker out. I didn't do that though. It makes me wonder if the metal back of the recoil spring assembly was slightly up. And binding/stopping the slide from coming off. It worked around a dozen times now. It's too damned simple of a set-up for it to be me messing it up that many tries. It falls apart just like it's supposed to now!

I'm still not going to be a "Glock" guy though!

Thank for the input guys.

She's pretty excited about this. She's doing a 5 lesson session with a member here at Safe Fire Indoor gun range. Another good member here @MountainBear suggested this Glock 43x to be a better gun for her "Lady" hands. She gets free rental with her sessions and was able to shoot this model, and liked it. So we picked it up yesterday at Kieth's.

 

[PORSCHE928S4]

Glocks well I hate them ! you can say what you want but will choose a Sig or Cz 13 times outa 10 !

 

[Koda]

And held both sides of the take-down lever.

The slide lock tabs are not really that great and very easily slip off one finger or the other during the process. They sell extended slide lock levers for this reason if interested (your not alone...)

Lone Wolf Extended Slide Lock All Glock Models Except 36, 42, 43

The Lone Wolf Extended Slide Lock Glock provides a decisive advantage with its extended length over the stock Glock part. This handy item allows you to...

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[titsonritz]

Operator error!

Most likely.

 

[Mikej]

The slide lock tabs are not really that great and very easily slip off one finger or the other during the process. They sell extended slide lock levers for this reason if interested (your not alone...)

Lone Wolf Extended Slide Lock All Glock Models Except 36, 42, 43

The Lone Wolf Extended Slide Lock Glock provides a decisive advantage with its extended length over the stock Glock part. This handy item allows you to...

www.midwayusa.com

That's a maybe there on the extended slide lock. Thing is with this is that the slide went forward a half inch, and no farther. When looking at what the slide lock "locks" into, it's not going to let the slide go anywhere if it wasn't depressed enough. The fact it went part way, about as far as the back of the recoil spring assembly tells my somehow that assembly was slightly out of place. I worked it several more times, and it falls right apart.

 

[Mikej]

Most likely.

That questionable now. I've got some fair mechanical intelligence and been off the turnip truck for awhile.

 

[64MercurysRule]

Some pull the trigger before pulling down the slide lock bar or pull down the slide lock bar and then pull trigger ..... then slide comes off . Possibly the slide cover plate slid down & was catching the end of the trigger bar .

View: https://youtu.be/VGFR0V2XLbo?si=Nx6Ua40h8Stid8E_

 

[1911Fanatic]

That's a maybe there on the extended slide lock. Thing is with this is that the slide went forward a half inch, and no farther. When looking at what the slide lock "locks" into, it's not going to let the slide go anywhere if it wasn't depressed enough. The fact it went part way, about as far as the back of the recoil spring assembly tells my somehow that assembly was slightly out of place. I worked it several more times, and it falls right apart.

Did you dry fire it before pulling down on the levers first?

 

[Joe13]

Sheesh, am I supposed to deal with this every time I need to clean HER gun?

Why are you doing all that? I just use a microfiber cloth and kind of rub all over the outside and trigger and that seems to make them look pretty clean…

 

[oremike]

Taking the slide off a Glock is alot like fishing, ya just got to hold yur mouth right. I've seen Glock armorers take 3 or 4 tries to get the slide off. Even Hitchcock 45 struggles a bit sometimes.

 

[dplev4]

I didn't do that though. It makes me wonder if the metal back of the recoil spring assembly was slightly up. And binding/stopping the slide from coming off. It worked around a dozen times now. It's too damned simple of a set-up for it to be me messing it up that many tries. It falls apart just like it's supposed to now!

Lots of suggestions but I had this exact issue on a Glock 20 once. Fixed and worked as it should afterwards. Turned out for me that it was operator error from a past cleaning.

 

[washagonian]

Entertainment at it's finest.



(Full disclosure - I am a septuagenarian Glock fanboy.)

 

[Twodogs]

Mine did that once, the mainspring guide rod dropped down and was catching on the frame block.

 

[.45's and .38's]

I pull the trigger , slides not coming off wondering what I did wrong. I retract the slide back with the pins down , pull the trigger. Nothing. I get mad and palm smack the back of the slide till it forces its way off