So I just installed a new red dot on one of my glock 19s and now when I go to load it the slide gets hung up somehow about an 1/8 of an inch short. This only occurs when I go to load a round into the chamber it doesn’t occur with an empty mag. Any suggestions on what could be going on?
Slide won’t go into battery
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Instinctshot
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How are you loading it? One in the chamber and then dropping the slide, or racking the slide slowly and picking the round up out of a mag
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bigjakewelch
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Who installed the red dot? On the 19 you can over drill one of the bolt holes and one of the mounting screws will intrude into the channel in the slide that your extractor rides in. When you try and chamber a round it won't let the extractor move out of the way to ride over the rim, and leave with an out of battery pistol by about 0.125" or the thickness of the rim of the casing. This is why you should choose your gunsmith wisely. If you want it looked at give me a call. 225-244-1686
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I’ve tried multiple ways of loading it, full mag racking the slide back and dropping the slide with the slide release. I’ve tried both ways with half a mag and with just a single bullet neither will allow the slide to go all the way forward
What you’re describing sounds like my issue I’ve installed a handful of red dots on multiple handguns of mine and never had an issue(no expert or gunsmith by any means). On this one I had an older rmr that the glass separated from the frame of the optic so I just swapped it out with a J-point. I know they’re not top of the line but this is just a range gun. When I swapped to the jpoint I had to use the longer screws because it sits on top of a plate and raises it higher than the rmr. I’ll take another look in the morning and re-torque them and see if that helps
Take the gun apart, and pull the extractor pin out, Is the Screw pressing down the extractor pin causing it to be stiff and not letting the extractor grab the round?
I know when they tap the holes at least on my ZEV guns the screw hole on the right side goes right into the extractor channel, so I would imagine improper screws can jam things up in there.
I know when they tap the holes at least on my ZEV guns the screw hole on the right side goes right into the extractor channel, so I would imagine improper screws can jam things up in there.
I’m confused. I would say the extractor is on the right, the ejector is on the left and the striker is centered.
That's my thought as well. Weapon facing away, the extractor is on the right and part of the slide. Striker is in the middle on the slide and the ejector is on the left attached to the frame.
ca survivor
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in your second pick it shows the slide binding on the dust cover of the frame, Glock people call it Pig nose, maybe the red dot is screwed too tight.
I've got a Bowie glock just like it, but still have the old trijicon red dot on it. No problems here, how long is your bolt going down the extractor plunger? I can take a pic to compare if you'd like
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