Glock 19 Magazine - Slide Release Queston

[SafeHome]

Shooting my generation 1 G19 at the range with 3 different magazines and the slide remains back and action open when I finish a magazine as it should. This is an almost new G19 with only a few hundred down barrel.

At home, after inserting an empty magazine and racking the slide, on two used magazines the slide remains back, action open and I need to use the slide release to close the action. One magazine is a recent purchase and has not been to the range yet.

With two other empty used magazines, I can manually rack and close the action by hand and don't have to use the slide release.

Inserting an empty magazine, should I need to use the slide release to close the action? Do I have a problem with two magazines or am I OK as long as they all stay open at the range after emptying a magazine?

Thanks for any insight you can share!

 

[op4guy]

When a magazine is empty and the slide goes back it should lock open. If it's not doing that I would say it is either bad magazine springs or followers. You can get replacement parts pretty cheap but I would suggest getting genuine Glock parts. Aside from that, I would still run them.

 

[01SVTvert]

With the two suspect mags you are saying that they DO hold the slide open when empty but pulling back on the slide will then release the slide stop lever and let the slide go into battery?

If so, check the followers in the mag where the slide stop lever contacts them for wear.

Standard check for mag spring tension and slide stop operation is to place a unloaded mag in the pistol and rack the slide forcefully to the rear. The slide should lock open. Repeat several times. I am assuming that the mags work correctly at the range as you stated that earlier and they only pass through on the slide stop lever when you rack the slide back slightly on a open slide on an unloaded mag. (if that made any sense)

BTW does the pistol have a serial munber prefix starting before "EU"?

 

[SafeHome]

Thank you for your comments and suggestions!!! I will do a more thourough review of the magazines loaded and unloaded at my next trip to the range. Thank you for detailing the standard check for mag spring tension and slide stop operation as with two mags I suspect the followers are worn.
The serial number prefix is AYX. I've heard of there was an update to a fifteen degree extactor for G19 models made after the prefix cutoff of BKP, although i've had no ejection port problems to date with limited numer of rounds through it.

Thanks again for sharing your knowledge with me!