The 90° (or near 90°) angle on the slide, where the slide-stop engages, also will get worn down. When this happens, replacing the slide-stop alone will usually not fix the issue. I'm betting you already are aware of this, but others might not be.There, fixed it. Amazing what proper equipment maintenance will do for ya
Thank you, more are coming.I really enjoyed this video as well as the last one. Thanks for making these.
The 90° (or near 90°) angle on the slide, where the slide-stop engages, also will get worn down.
It can and does happen. You see it mostly on guns owned by guys who use the slide stop to release the slide.
I'm gonna have to say NO on this as well..... I am on of "those guys" and none of my glocks have this issue, including my old duty gun with 20k+ rounds through it. Thousands of slide lock reloads and numerous replaced parts but no actual measurable metal wear on the slide stop notch. I've seen hundreds if not 1k duty glocks and 3 regimental armorys full of USMC beretta M9s and MEU SOC 1911s and have, to my recollection, never seen that. Ever.
Not saying unicorns don't exist cause I met a mermaid once, but stranger things have happened.
I agree. Except, when the person lets their thumb ride the slide release when they insert. The upward inertia could cause them to depress and release the slide micro-seconds before the magazine seats, thus missing a round.So what kind of malfunction happens? The mag is seated it should pick up a round and send it home, rite??
Tennifer is not a finish. It is a metal treatment. It exists inside the metal (that's probably a super dumb way of explaining it.) Anyway, it yields a metal of 64-68 rockwell hardness. Diamond hard. I would be amazed to see a pot metal slide stop wear into the slide. Wear off the surface finish? Maybe. But that isn't tennifer, that's a generic finish and glock has changed that finish numerous times.You can say no, and I believe you when you say you've never seen it, but I've seen it. Remember most of the surface hardness on Glock slides comes from the tennifer finish, and they've put out guns that had inconsistent/poor finish over the years. That may have played a part, I wish I could say I paid attention to the specific gun details. Now is it common? Absolutely not. And is it the main cause of slides auto forwarding on reload? Not hardly. Any wear on the slide stop and/or notch will exacerbate the issue, but people have reported brand new guns, Glocks included, that auto forward when the mag is slammed home. It's not rocket science, just basic physics.
Now tell us more about this mermaid...
Bottom line is I've seen it. Twice that I can recall, out of hundreds of guns I've seen/messed with over the years. I've also seen a Glock pitted with rust, which also *shouldn't* happen. I wouldn't call either issue anything remotely close to common, but nothing is impossible and no manufacturer is infallible. But please, you guys feel free to keep trying to convince me I didn't see something that I did.
Bottom line is I've seen it. Twice that I can recall, out of hundreds of guns I've seen/messed with over the years. I've also seen a Glock pitted with rust, which also *shouldn't* happen. I wouldn't call either issue anything remotely close to common, but nothing is impossible and no manufacturer is infallible. But please, you guys feel free to keep trying to convince me I didn't see something that I did.