How come the slide does not lock back on my Glock when the last round is fired?
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Does the slide lock when you manually rack it back with an empty mag? Does it happen with all your mags?
Which glock, and what number is on your follower?
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So back to my question, why isn't the slide locking back after the last round is fired?
So back to my question, why isn't the slide locking back after the last round is fired?
So back to my question, why isn't the slide locking back after the last round is fired?
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So back to my question, why isn't the slide locking back after the last round is fired?
So back to my question, why isn't the slide locking back after the last round is fired?
Remove the slide from your gun. Slap a mag in place. Look at the spot where the horizontal metal flange on the slide stop overlaps the recess in the left front corner of the mag follower.
Do you see good engagement there & did it push the lever upward? It might be that there's something wrong with either the slide lock, or your mag followers. On some Glocks, if the frame was not molded right, there is way too much side-to-side clearance inside the handle, allowing the mags to sometimes sit all the way over to the right, which lets the mag follower move all the way up after the last shell is fired, without touching the slide lock. If this is the case though, you gun would have had this problem since new.
Next time the gun fails to lock the slide back after firing, pull the slide back and re-examine where the metal flange on the lever is supposed to overlap the follower, to see if the follower has moved up, right past the flange, without hitting it. If the flange IS overlapping the follower properly, then I'd look at the part of the lever that engages with the notch in the slide to see if it is worn down. If it shows a lot of wear, then yes, replace it.
Possibilities for slide failure to lock after last round:
1. operator thumb
2. defective slide stop lever
3. worn follower
4. worn magazine spring.
You can check and eliminate items 2, 3 and 4:
1. Unloade you pistol and all magazines
2. insert empty magazine into pistol
3. Pull back slide all the way and let it go
4. repeat several times with each magazine
If it locks back every time, causes 2, 3 and 4 are ok