SRT Driver Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 Anyone had the tip of the striker break off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Religious Shooter Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 I've had a portion of the striker break off. The gun still worked. But since it was my house gun I replaced it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A33435 Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 Parts of te tip came of but had no effect on the strikers function. Did break several aftermarket strikers totally thusfar. Greetings Adrie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chp5 Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 I've had a portion of the striker break off. The gun still worked. A broken striker may still work, but it problably won't ingnite hard or high primers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpty1 Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 After I broke the tip on a couple of stock strikers, I started using the Lightning Strike lightened steel striker in both my 34 and 35 and have had no problems. I think the steel in the LS striker is stronger than the stock striker, plus it improves the feel of the action IMO. Nevertheless, I would not be surprised if the LS striker might also break after a while just based on the design of that striker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glockman30 Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 I have been shooting my Glock 21 since 1997, and my striker is still good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Vanek Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 Make sure you're not piercing primers, especially with a broken or chipped tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRT Driver Posted March 20, 2004 Author Share Posted March 20, 2004 Thanks for the input everyone! Luckily, a Glock rep was at a local shop today and he replaced the striker free!! He said in 10 years he has seen one break like mine did. The whole tip was gone and broke flush with the wider part of the striker. He took it and is sending it to Smyrna. I think I'll buy an LS striker and throw it in the bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Custom Glock Racing Posted March 22, 2004 Share Posted March 22, 2004 Yes, I have done it myself and seen it on customer guns. I see it more on the large frame guns but once in awhile on the small ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 We have an early G17 with a chipped striker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppleMan Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 SRT, I had the striker on my 23 break exactly the same ways yours did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venezuela Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 I took my gun (G23) apart for the first time and saw that the tip of the firing pin was broken. It seems to have lost tiny pieces of the tip, like if a mouse had nibbled on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Johnson Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 No prob's with my 22's striker but the extractor broke last week. Knocked the tip off at the bottom. Caused FTE's like crazy. $18 for a new one and I'm back in the groove. Never heard of Glocks having a problem with extractors. Now I'm wondering if I should carry a spare. What do y'all think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpty1 Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 I always carried a spare parts kit, even for the Glock. Figured it couldn't hurt. I always replace the stock firing pin with the lightened steel striker and replace the stock plastic recoil rod assembly with a steel unit with 13 pound spring. After the replacement of parts, I'd keep the stock parts and springs in the range bag as spares just in case. In addition to the spared off parts from the replacements, I bought an extractor and spring loaded bearing to add to the parts kit also. I'd heard, and my experience has been the above mentioned parts were the ones that generally break most often. I can't say that I ever needed them, but I do recall giving them to other shooters who had problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glockman30 Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 Never heard of Glocks having a problem with extractors. Now I'm wondering if I should carry a spare. I had my G21's chip off on me a couple of years ago. I should have noticed it before it started to fail, but I wasn't reloading yet, and I wasn't paying enough attention to my brass. The brass had the markings at the head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
short_round Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 I've had an extractor break in a G23 the first stage into a match. It was about to be a short day for me until someone gave me a spare. I don't ever want to go through that again so I carry a spare extractor, striker, trigger spring, recoil spring/captive guiderod when I shoot the glock. Stocking up spares for the glock is relatively easy and not that expensive so it seemed silly not to (a lot easier and cheaper than stocking spares for an S_I). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanduneCC Posted April 29, 2004 Share Posted April 29, 2004 Just broke off the tip of my LS steel lightened striker. Sent to LS and they replaced it free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunuva Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 I had a Broken Striker in my 35 I was getting 1 soft strike out of 15 until I replaced the stiker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
open17 Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 After I broke the tip on a couple of stock strikers, I started using the Lightning Strike lightened steel striker in both my 34 and 35 and have had no problems. I think the steel in the LS striker is stronger than the stock striker, plus it improves the feel of the action IMO. Nevertheless, I would not be surprised if the LS striker might also break after a while just based on the design of that striker. I have not broken a stock striker (at least not yet), but I HAVE broken a Lightning Strike lightened steel striker! Snapped the tip off sometime during a dry fire session. Luckily I discovered it at a practice session rather than a match. Called Lightning Strike, they sent a new one, no charge. Nice people. Now I visually check to see if there is still a striker tip there after any dry fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SA Friday Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 Hmmm... it sounds like an additional striker in the bag might be in the near future. Has anyone heard of one of the Titanium LS strikers breaking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joneser5000 Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 i read a post earlier saying they do. I wonder if they break any more than the stock srikers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bountyhunter Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 (edited) i read a post earlier saying they do. I wonder if they break any more than the stock srikers I assume a titanium striker would be more brittle and prone to breakage than a steel one. The steel ones may vary on toughness depending upon steel type and if they are hardened or not. That narrow tip is sure a crappy design...... and it sure is an expensive part compared to a 1911 firing pin. Edited March 7, 2006 by bountyhunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwmagnus Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Thanks for the input everyone! Luckily, a Glock rep was at a local shop today and he replaced the striker free!! He said in 10 years he has seen one break like mine did. The whole tip was gone and broke flush with the wider part of the striker. He took it and is sending it to Smyrna. I think I'll buy an LS striker and throw it in the bag. Yep broke a G22 striker the same way. I hear it's rare but now I carry a spare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braxton1 Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 (edited) I have been running LS strikers since the first generation of 'em. (The ones that were "natural" titanium without the nitride coating) I have only broken one, and it was a first generation. Extractors breaking are a relative rarity now. There was a time when they broke all the time, especially in the 40 cal guns. The extractors had no bottom bevel on them and as the round cammed under it during the feeding cycle, it was putting a lot of stress on the bottom of the claw. Glock changed the design in '96 (?) and put a 5-degree slant into the face of the claw and the problem all but disappeared. Edited March 10, 2006 by Braxton1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jobob Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 I broke a stock firing pin on a G22 just as described, with the complete tip broken off. I then put in a Lightning Strike, and it broke too. In fact I never got to shoot the Lightning Strike. It broke after a few dry fires. That was about 2 years ago and haven't had a problem since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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