Has anybody noticed...

Silent Shooter · 03-06-2008, 10:46 AM

...that a glock will auto release the slide if you slam the magazine home with any level of authority??? I thought this was a fluke or a failure on my G23 until I talked to several others. This is GREAT for a shooter, BAD for a beginner. I happened to notice it while instructing a brand spaking newbie... not good. It makes for outrageous mag change times for shooters, presents a major problem to novices. I will never recomend another glock to a newbie...

just_a_car · 03-06-2008, 06:18 PM

Yeah, it was mentioned on here a few times and I tried it at the range with my G27. Got it to work about 3/5 times... not fool-proof, but handy if you need to do a tactical reload and need extra fractions of a second.

As for getting a GLOCK for a newbie, I agree. I would recommend a .22lr for a newbie. It gets them used to the basic functions of a pistol without having to worry too much about recoil or muzzle blast yet.

I made the mistake once of letting a newbie shoot my G27 and it was just too much gun. I will never make that mistake again... when I take newbies, I let them try a .22lr and the last one used to be anti-gun as brought up by his parents. He loved shooting the 50 rounds of .22lr so much that he went back to the counter to buy another 100 rounds!

lefty o · 03-06-2008, 07:21 PM

some will do it, some wont. all depends on the slide stop,

03-06-2008, 10:46 AM	#1
Silent Shooter Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 199	Has anybody noticed... ...that a glock will auto release the slide if you slam the magazine home with any level of authority??? I thought this was a fluke or a failure on my G23 until I talked to several others. This is GREAT for a shooter, BAD for a beginner. I happened to notice it while instructing a brand spaking newbie... not good. It makes for outrageous mag change times for shooters, presents a major problem to novices. I will never recomend another glock to a newbie...

03-06-2008, 06:18 PM	#2
just_a_car Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Edmonds, WA Posts: 3,208	Yeah, it was mentioned on here a few times and I tried it at the range with my G27. Got it to work about 3/5 times... not fool-proof, but handy if you need to do a tactical reload and need extra fractions of a second. As for getting a GLOCK for a newbie, I agree. I would recommend a .22lr for a newbie. It gets them used to the basic functions of a pistol without having to worry too much about recoil or muzzle blast yet. I made the mistake once of letting a newbie shoot my G27 and it was just too much gun. I will never make that mistake again... when I take newbies, I let them try a .22lr and the last one used to be anti-gun as brought up by his parents. He loved shooting the 50 rounds of .22lr so much that he went back to the counter to buy another 100 rounds! __________________

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03-06-2008, 07:21 PM	#3
lefty o Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: mn Posts: 4,240	some will do it, some wont. all depends on the slide stop,