Broski Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Still having some issues with my G17 open gun. Thought I had it right but guess I was wrong. At our monthly steel match Saturday I think I had one Light strike per stage, which is unacceptable. From the best I could tell it only happened with my hand loads, which is a 125 grain BBI over 3.7 grains of Bullseye powder and a CCI primer.( open Minor BTW) I didn't notice any when using factory WWB 115s. I have put the stock striker and striker spring back in as well as changed the trigger and trigger bar out. The issues dropped by 90% when I changed the trigger bar. Any ideas here? I have a major in 2 weeks and can't afford these kind of problems at that match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mro111lland Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Use federal primers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mscott Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 (edited) 18 minutes ago, mro111lland said: Use federal primers or Winchester CCI primers are harder than most others I always ran a Jager or Zev lightened striker in my Glocks with Win primers and don't ever remember having light strikes. Edited July 9, 2017 by mscott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackntucson Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 I had to use a Zev lightened striker and their spring kit, had lots of light hits before switching to this set up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemphisMechanic Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 @Broski what striker spring are you running? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broski Posted July 10, 2017 Author Share Posted July 10, 2017 I had the Zev lightened striker and 4.5lb striker spring, but changed them out to factory when all the problems startedSent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcc7x7 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 I've found I need enough recoil spring to close the slide (depends on the slide/gun) Then 4.5 or 5.0 striker spring and it's fire any properly seated primer or as said before use federals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ano Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 CCI are hard as ... well.. very hard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theWacoKid Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Federal small pistol primers if you want an open trigger in your open Glock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerritm Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 When I ran my open Glock 17 I only had light strikes with my hand loads with CCI primers was when I had high or not seated primers with a Zev lightened striker and 4.0 or 4.5# spring. Check to make sure you are seating them all the way. If you are sure they are seated all the way, then bump up the spring to a 5# and see how that works. I had to do that when I got a good deal on SB primers that were really hard so I could use them up. Might give you a little harder pull on the trigger, but worth it to go bang. I run a Glock 34 now with CCI primers and a 5# spring and they go bang all the time. gerritm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemphisMechanic Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 1. Are you loading on a Dillon 650 by any chance? 2. For your major, locate some Winchester primers. Those of us with extensive experience tuning a DA gun like a CZ or Tanfoglio can tell you how massive the difference is between those two brands. I need two and a half pounds (that's a whole lot) more hammer spring to ignite a CCI primer than I do a Winchester. Yes, Federal are the softest primers. But Winchesters are closer to Federals than they are CCIs. CCI is noticeably harder than either of those. If you don't have time to test and tune your gun enough to have confidence in a CCI-friendly setup... find some Winchester primers and don't change anything about the gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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