Should I be worried?

[meth0d]

I was cleaning my Glock 22 today and noticed 2 marks on the slide on opposite sides of the bottom of the slide rails, in the middle of the ejection port. They look like a shallow U shape.

Is this something that I should be worried about or no?

I took a couple of pictures but couldn't get my old P.a.S. camera to focus so well:

 

[vellnueve]

Probably nothing, but it's hard to tell without a better picture.

 

[Rob Boudrie]

Do not worry. Do not even worry about figuring out if you have to worry.

This is covered in the Glock armorer's course, and is not a problem. You will see those two marks appear after some use, but they will not progress and will not cause you any problems.

 

[Stef]

I was cleaning my Glock 22 today...

What were you thinking?!?!?

 

[meth0d]

Probably nothing, but it's hard to tell without a better picture.

Yea, sorry about that. My camera is kinda old.

Do not worry. Do not even worry about figuring out if you have to worry.

This is covered in the Glock armorer's course, and is not a problem. You will see those two marks appear after some use, but they will not progress and will not cause you any problems.

What causes it, the friction of the slide?

What were you thinking?!?!?

I dunno, hahaha, I got nothin' else to do on my day off.

 

[Raoul Duke]

Well...I'd say it's likely to blow up in your hand...but that's because it's a Glock and EVERYONE knows that Glocks blow up all the time.

 

[meth0d]

Well...I'd say it's likely to blow up in your hand...but that's because it's a Glock and EVERYONE knows that Glocks blow up all the time.

I've come to terms with that.

 

[Raoul Duke]

I've come to terms with that.

Right on then...you're GTG.

 

[drumenigma]

I have similar marks on my G22 that I bought as a refurb. So far so good and I've put a fair amount of rounds down the tube so I wouldn't worry about them as the previous posters have said.

 

[sourcehill]

No worries. Totally normal. Most prominent on the .40s. It happens when the frame flexes and the locking block impacts the underside of the slide. It's 1000000% normal. Glock techs call it 'slide peening'.

 

[Sleater385]

Yeah I have the exact same marks on my G22.

 

[RickG]

Ditto my 22

 

[MassMark]

Just make sure you pull the pin before you throw it...