Light primer strikes

[uLs1a]

Went to the range thisevening and was shooting my Glock 30SF, I have a few hundred rounds thru it without any issues until today and had to light primer strikes. The only thing I changed in the Glock was changing out the connector to the Glock 3.5 connector.

First round was Perfecta and the second wasFreedom.




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[SkyHawk]

Make sure your striker channel is clean and dry. There should not be any oil in the striker channel.

I would detail strip the slide and the striker assembly, clean and dry the striker parts and the striker channel, reassemble, and test.

[E92335i]

Perfecta is not really perfect and freedom is not free. It's the ammo.

[uLs1a]

Perfecta I got for cheap and out of 300 rounds, this was the only issue.

As for Freedom, I'm trying to finish out my last of it, I won't order from them again.

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[Denver Dick]

That primer looks like it should have popped. The strike appears too have been pretty good. Look to your ammo. Good luck.

[MosinVirus]

Make sure your striker channel is clean and dry. There should not be any oil in the striker channel.

I would detail strip the slide and the striker assembly, clean and dry the striker parts and the striker channel, reassemble, and test.

This. I actually used acetone on a couple used ones to clean out and degrease the striker channel.

[Win231]

Happens rather often when you modify the firing mechanism. Return the pistol to stock & see if the problem persists. I doubt it will.

[E92335i]

Connector doesn't have anything to do with the light primer strike.

[uLs1a]

I've fired a few hundred rounds through the gun with the 3.5 connector and these were the only 2 light primer strikes. Bought the Glock 30 four months ago and put the 3.5 connector in within 2 weeks of picking up the gun.

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[JTROKS]

I'm guessing it's an ammo issue as in hard primers. You didn't modify your firing pin block or trigger bar as in $.25 trigger job with a Dremel tool?

[uLs1a]

I'm guessing it's an ammo issue as in hard primers. You didn't modify your firing pin block or trigger bar as in $.25 trigger job with a Dremel tool?

Nope, just did the Glock 3.5 connector.

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[Carcassonne]

Try cleaning the slide COMPLETELY.

Inspect all the parts to make sure non are chipped, broken, otherwise damaged. If the light primer strikes persist, it might be the ammo.

Connector doesn't have anything to do with the light primer strike.

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[SkyHawk]

I carry my Glocks every day and bet my life on them. If I could only keep ONE thing clean on the gun, it would be the striker channel. Because when it is dirty and/or wet, you will get light primer strikes. Almost nothing else can shut a Glock down. No lack of lube or dirt accumulation will stop it, but a wet/oiled/greasy/dirty striker channel will.

Using too much lube on the gun is what causes the striker channel to get fouled. When you shoot it the lube gets blown everywhere, including into the striker channel.

If there is anything in the striker channel creating friction or drag including hydraulic drag or even hydraulic lock from something wet like oil, grease, or water, you will get light primer strikes.

Also, if you buy a Glock second hand and plan to use it for defense, it is a good idea to put in a new factory striker spring, because you don't know if the last guy swapped it for a lighter one to reduce trigger pull.

[Denver Dick]

FWIW, I've had a G31 for over 16 years. I shot a few hundred rounds of Speer Lawman .357 Sig ammo with no problem. Then I bought about 8 boxes of S&B 140gr 357 Sig ammo at a good price. With the S&B ammo, I was getting a failure to pop the primer at a rate of 2 in 50, this was back in around 2002. I researched on GlockTalk forum and found out that, for whatever reason, S&B 357 Sig ammo was known for hard primers . . . I was not alone with my issue. My answer was to obtain an extra power firing pin spring from Glockmeister (http://www.glockmeister.com/Glockmei...tinfo/GMEPFPS/). It worked like a charm. Since the pistol was running great, I continued to keep the extra power firing pin spring in the pistol even after I shot up the last of the S&B ammo.

Now, Glockmeister says the extra power firing pin spring will increase the trigger pull a bit. I never really notice that. If you want to continue using that particular ammo (maybe you bought in bulk), you might want to get an extra power firing pin spring and install it until you shoot it up. Good luck.

[peter95]

Put the gun back to original and see if it happens again. If it doesn't, its the ammo.