New Glock owner Part 2

1022man

Ok guys thanks for the help. Got it apart and back together again easy. Now another ? for you. This is my first "plastic gun", what do I clean the "plastic" with? I realy don't want to buy some super cleaner that I have to order na dpay big $$ for, something at wally word so such. Now also I love the gun, I've already shot a couple hundred rounds of ammo, I have a 26, how does the high cap 17 and 19 clips work in it, I seen in the catalogs that they'll fit, but do they function OK?

1022man

And also some one brought this up at my other post, Does dry firing this gun hurt it like most semi autos- is was wondering since there is no decocker, and if you cant dry fire it, how do you "uncock" it?

idsman75

Load it with a snap cap and pull the trigger.

SSG idsman75, U.S. ARMY

BayouCritter

The Glock is never fully cocked until you pull the trigger. The final phase of your trigger pull fully cocks the weapon. That is why Glock says Safe Action as opposed to double or single action. I was told at armorer school that dry firing will not hurt your gun. I do it regularly with mine. Here's a trick to allow you to practice the trigger reset. Making certain your gun is unloaded and checking again, rack the slide back. Now pull the trigger and hold it all the way back, now continuing to hold the trigger fully depressed rack the slide back 1/2"inch at the most. Now slowly release the trigger until you feel a click - stop. That is the trigger reset, Depress the trigger again and it will dry fire at less than half the distance of the initial trigger pull, but still requires the same amount of pressure. Learn to use the trigger reset and I gaurantee your accuracy will improve.

GHS

To answer your first question, you can clean the "plastic" with anything. I found a recipe for a bore cleaner on line once. It came out a little stronger than I wanted. I cut a small piece of a Glock 17 reciever and dropped it into the solvent to see if it would soften it. This was about 4 years ago, and it is still in the solvent with no ill effects. On your magazine question - I work with all three sizes of Glocks, and you can use the larger mags in the smaller Glocks ( a 17 mag in a 19 or 26, a 22 mag in a 23 or 27, etc). You do need to be careful however. I have found that if you have a large mag in a small Glock and you push the mag forward or back from the bottom with your grip while you are firing it can cause malfunctions. It will change the angle of the cartridge in relation to the chamber. You can also dry fire them all day. We have never had a problem with this in 12 years.