New to Glocks

Fatherof3

I just bought a Glock 27 and found that with 9 rounds in the magazine it is very hard to move the slide back to load the first round. This is with the trigger in the rear-most position. I have never seen this in any other gun I have used. Is this normal for Glocks or should I not being doing this?

Wehrmacht_45

Hard to move is very subjective. Every Glock I have shot is not overly hard to rack the slide.

midnightrunpaintballer

"with the trigger in the rear-most position" ?? not sure why you would do that when racking the slide but have you tried it without touching the trigger? easier? same? i'm not very familiar with glocks myself so i don't know the magazine capacity of your particular glock but is it still hard to move the slide if you down-loaded one round? if not i'd be led to believe that it is just a stiff magazine spring and would hopefully loosen up with use.... hope this helps.

dcs shooters

Put 50-100rds. through it and get it broken in some.

glock__26

My little 26 was the same way with the 10th round in the mag, and the 10th was also very hard to get in the mag, but after 300 or so rounds, it is much better now.

Lucky007

When the trigger is in the "pulled" position, the slide will be somewhat harder to pull back....the gun was made to operate with the trigger in the front most position. It's not necessary to release or pull a Glock trigger (while the gun is empty) for any part of it's normal use or operation; the trigger, internal safties and the firing pin work in concert very well when the trigger is in the safe/cocked position within the slide.

Fatherof3

So far just about everyone I have talked to has told me the same thing, that I simply need to break the gun more and that it will get easier with use. I have only put a little over 200 rounds thru it yet. 9 rounds is the max capacity for the mag by the way.
Thanks for the input.

DenVII

Why would you pull the trigger while chambering a round?

Makes no sense.

glock__26

I think when he says "with the trigger in the rear most position", he is talking about it being dry fired.

Tailgunner1954

Try this:
With a empty mag in place, tack the slide back, and let it lock open.
Remove the empty mag, and insert a full mag.
Pull the slide back slightly and release it to fly forward on it's own.
Note, keep your booger hook away from the bang switch, until your ready to fire a round

Fatherof3

Your right Glock 26. A friend of mine has the model 27 as well. He told me to try and chamber the round with the trigger in the dry fired position. Pulling the trigger while doing this....I don't think so. I'm not the sharpest tack in the box, but not even I would do that.

LAsharpshooter

I have a G26 with several mags. I also had this problem with a couple of them. I think the spring is just strong in them. Other than shooting lots of rounds through it, load it and leave it alone for a while. This should loosen it up a bit. It worked for me.