*Please let my wife know that I laughed at that*
Edit: "DON'T" please "don't let her know!"
Man, Otto Korreck is werkin' overtime today doggone!
You probably won't believe this here true story, but the Director hired me to train Tom Hanks for this scene!Uh oh, too late. I already did the first thing you said and told her! Do you have a lock on the bedroom door?
Run Farmer Run!
Thank you for your service!Congratulations on an excellent choice for a first gun.
I carried (on and off duty) a Glock 19 Gen 4 for quite awhile. We're both retired now but it makes a very good "house gun" with an O-Light Mini on the under rail. Very simple to maintain and most of the components that may wear out eventually (mine have not after 10's of thousands of rounds, are available for owners to replace themselves.
I couldn’t have said it better myself. Perfect explanation.Ok, I can see the issue here, but from reading what you posted, it’s still due to operator error and not the Glock.
So from what I just read, you did pull the trigger before field stripping your Glock, but when you went to pull the slide back and simultaneously pull down the take down lever, you pulled the slide back further then the few millimeters it takes to disengage the slide and you accidentally re-cocked your pistol which would indeed still lock the safety plunger and Stryker, due to the fact the gun being cocked.
So to correct this from happening again, don’t pull the slide back 1/4 to a half inch when attempting to take it apart. 3mm is all that is necessary.
I knew it would work itself out eventually.
probably late to the party, but I just ran my gen 5 about five times and this is the causal factor.Ok, I can see the issue here, but from reading what you posted, it’s still due to operator error and not the Glock.
So from what I just read, you did pull the trigger before field stripping your Glock, but when you went to pull the slide back and simultaneously pull down the take down lever, you pulled the slide back further then the few millimeters it takes to disengage the slide and you accidentally re-cocked your pistol which would indeed still lock the safety plunger and Stryker, due to the fact the gun being cocked.
So to correct this from happening again, don’t pull the slide back 1/4 to a half inch when attempting to take it apart. 3mm is all that is necessary.
I knew it would work itself out eventually.
NopeDoes music really ever get better than this? I don’t think so…
My wife listens to that kind of music all of the time. The Commodores are not bad, but they sure are not Judas Priest.Does music really ever get better than this? I don’t think so…
My wife listens to that kind of music all of the time. The Commodores are not bad, but they sure are not Judas Priest.
I can picture your wife with dimmed lights and candles burning.I know my wife likes to throw on something sexy, Turn the lights down low, light a couple of scented candles…
AND CRANK UP JUDAS PRIEST!
My musical tastes are all over the map. Check out the Hu- a Mongolian metal band that uses traditional instruments.My wife listens to that kind of music all of the time. The Commodores are not bad, but they sure are not Judas Priest.
Great advice! I would just add to practice to get in the habit to keep your trigger finger outside of the trigger guard until and only when you engage a target. Something that is required for competition and critical when drawing and holstering. Congratulations and best of luck with your new firearm and hobby!The more you practice at home, pointing your empty pistol at something and dry firing your pistol, the more prepared you will be in not wasting expensive ammo at the range.
Getting in front of your bedroom mirror at home with a holster, two magazines, some snap caps (dummy rounds) and an empty pistol with no live ammo near you,
You can work and practice in these things without ever firing a shot.
1. Becoming extremely familiar with your pistols operation.
2. Becoming extremely comfortable when operating your pistol.
3. Becoming familiar with sight pointing.
4. Becoming familiar with smoothly squeezing the trigger to the rear instead of jerking the trigger which is called trigger control. Sounds easy? Wait until you have live ammo at the range and then see how easy it ain’t anymore.
Focusing on trigger control while gunshots are banging off and recoil is happening takes focus. The more practice you get learning how the trigger travels before hitting the wall, how it feels and sounds during reset, all while it’s empty will help you transition more easily when you do live fire at the range.
5. You can actually watch how much your sight picture and pistol moves while dry firing in a mirror.
6. Practice getting familiar with drawing from a holster.
7. Practice getting familiar with administrative reloads.
8. Practice getting familiar with tactical reloads.
9. Practice getting familiar with speed reloads.
10. A bit of time practicing at home dry firing, will help smooth out that brand new Glock trigger. The more that trigger is pulled the smoother it eventually will get.
And lastly number 11. If you do the top 10 before you go to the range? You won’t look like A total newbie when you get there.
Great advice! I would just add to practice to get in the habit to keep your trigger finger outside of the trigger guard until and only when you engage a target. Something that is required for competition and critical when drawing and holstering. Congratulations and best of luck with your new firearm and hobby!