Glock Clearing Procedure

[jjjjeremy]

So I was at a new range the other day and I rented a Glock 17. I'm not extremely familiar with Glocks, maybe 250 rounds total lifetime. Because I was new to the range and this gun the guy at the desk had me go through the safety procedures for chambering and clearing, etc. This is what I remember doing, in order:

1. Insert dummy round into magazine.
2. Insert magazine into grip.
3. Rack slide.
4. Extend gun toward target.
5. Bring gun back to myself, still pointed downrange.
5. Depress magazine release and remove magazine.
6. Pull slide back, dummy round falls out of chamber.
7. Ease slide forward.
7. Put gun on table.

After I did that the instructor told me that I did things out of order. He said that I didn't remove the magazine before racking the slide to remove the dummy round. I know better to do this, given the possibility of a round in the magazine. We went back and forth about what each of us remembered, and he said not to worry about it and rented me the gun.

Now, I distinctly remember that the slide went back into battery after I removed the dummy round. If I DIDN'T remove the empty magazine (like he said I didn't) the slide would have stayed locked back out of battery, right?

[CouchOperator]

Generally yes, the slide should stay locked back. That being said, some guns have slide releases that dont play nice with thumb placement.

Did you show him the magwell after he accused you of something you didnt do?

[jjjjeremy]

Generally yes, the slide should stay locked back. That being said, some guns have slide releases that dont play nice with thumb placement.

Did you show him the magwell after he accused you of something you didnt do?

He didn't speak up until the magazine was out and the gun was on the table, regardless of the order. And I wasn't about to get into a full on argument with a guy who could make or break my afternoon, beyond "Didn't I remove the magazine first?"

[xxINKxx]

Should've called it a clip or clipazine and see what he said lol

[CandG]

I usually lock the slide back by pushing up on the slide lock when I rack the slide to eject the cartridge, but otherwise ya that's the correct procedure

[jjjjeremy]

Should've called it a clip or clipazine and see what he said lol

Lol, reminds me of the time I called a gun shop asking if they had clips for .30-06.

Shop: "what type of gun?"
Me: "uhh...... Winchester 54?"
Shop: "yeah, we got that"

I drive 30 minutes to find out that they don't have any clips, only magazines, and only for handguns.

[CandG]

Lol, reminds me of the time I called a gun shop asking if they had clips for .30-06.

Shop: "what type of gun?"
Me: "uhh...... Winchester 54?"
Shop: "yeah, we got that"

I drive 30 minutes to find out that they don't have any clips, only magazines, and only for handguns.

I have to buy one of these .30-06 handguns they speak of!

[bk23103]

I got into a pissing match over one of these stupid tests with the manager at 2nd Amendment in Bakersfield when I bought a .38 snubby. We went back and forth a la Simon Says about 4 times before he threw the gun at me and accused me of being drunk, but said I "passed" anyway. I wrote a heinous review on their Yelp page and he got fired. When I got my CCW permit I stopped having to deal with this nonsense.

[Lumpia is sarap!®]

If you had more than one dummy round in the magazine, then it would make sense to remove the magazine before racking the slide to eject the round in the chamber. If you didn't remove the magazine first, the another round would go in the barrel.

Safety first.

[cmichini]

Remove mag.
Rack slide (more than once, three times is good).
Lock slide back.
Visually and physically inspect breach to confirm no rounds in chamber.
Pistol is clear.

That is how I do it, but YMMV

[tbc]

If we want to be technical about it.

This is how we load a dummy round:

1. Insert dummy round into magazine.

2. Insert magazine into grip.

3. Rack slide.

4. Extend gun toward target.

5. Bring gun back to myself, still pointed downrange.

and this is how we clear a semi auto pistol:

5. Depress magazine release and remove magazine.

6. Pull slide back, dummy round falls out of chamber.

7. Lock the slide by lifting up the slide stop.

8. Put gun on table with the slide locked back.

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[baranski]

If I DIDN'T remove the empty magazine (like he said I didn't) the slide would have stayed locked back out of battery, right?

It's possible to hit the slide release without intention.

So, wrong.

At the end of the day my preference is to set the firearm on the bench with the slide locked back and chamber facing up.