Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns Just Detail Stripped One Of My Glocks

First time I ever tried it. Went smoothly, and it looks like it should be fairly straightforward to reassemble.

Whatever cop used to own this gun (a Gen 4 Glock 22 police trade in) apparently didn't know that most of the gun is supposed to remain unlubed (other than a few key spots), because all the insides of both the frame and slide are totally gunked up with gobs and gobs of filthy, black, oil. I plan to hose down both the stripped frame and slide with a canned degreaser/solvent. Maybe I'll put most of the gunked up small parts in a tin pan and hose them down, too, as they are also filthy with the stuff. Quite a testament to Glock that this thing works perfectly with all that thick, black, filthy, grease, all up in it.

That's one of the reasons I've carried a Glock since 1987. I'm not very mechanically inclined, but I can detail strip my Glocks for a good cleaning. That and I have total faith in them.

Ron

Agreed.

Just finished detail cleaning each part, channel, and crevice. No more gunk and old dirty oil. Some of it was baked in. Used pipe cleaners, aerosol degreaser, Q-Tips, dry gun brushes, compressed air, and paper towels, and it’s now almost like when it left the factory. What a mess it was, though. Now to reassemble and correctly lube.

Okay, what did I do wrong, guys? I don't remember it rattling before I did the detail strip, thorough clean, lube, and reassemble. Now, after dry firing it, the gun rattles like crazy when you shake it. None of my other Glocks do that, and I'm certain this one didn't do that before. Is there some common reassembly error that causes this?

It passes a basic function test.

Took the slide off. No rattle. Frame doesn't rattle either. Pushed the striker towards the back plate. Now the slide rattles when I shake it. Does that help in diagnosing what's wrong?

Someone??

I re-detail-stripped the slide, and reassembled it. I've isolated the rattle to the striker. Once it's decocked, it's loose, and rattles up and down when shaken. Is that normal?

I guess I need to get my Gen 4 Model 17 out of the safe and see if it does that, too.

The gunk was silencing it haha

Answer: No. Glock 17 doesn't rattle, and the 22 didn't either till after detail stripping it. Might need a smith to evaluate it.

Could be.

Rattle is normal when striker channel is clean and striker is not cocked.
Trigger forward, striker cocked no rattle.
Trigger back, rattle when clean.

Hey, you are right. It rattles because, for once, the firing pin channel is clean and dry.

Found this answer at Glock Talk:

"That's a good sign! The rattling comes from the firing pin when it falls against the firing pin safety. The cleaner your firing pin channel is the louder the rattling. Pull the slide back till the trigger resets, no more rattling should be hearable."

I guess I need to detail strip and clean all my other Glocks so they rattle, too.

Yep. You are right. Thanks. All my non-rattling Glocks need a detail strip and clean, too. I just detail stripped my Glock 17, and it's filthy inside. Needs the same treatment as the 22. After that, I'm sure it will rattle when decocked also.

A real learning experience today.

Ok.

So, the previous owner of the 22 didn't know how to live it.
What about the owner of the 17?

Partly jabbing at you.

Also wondering about the condition of a certain 19 that has been
floating around since 1997. Hasn't been stripped. Ever.

Might ought to change that.

Glocks best attribute. if you need a gun that positively, absolutely, has to work, when it has to work.

LOL. Yeah, I saw that one coming.
You might be surprised at the filth.

I haven’t cleaned my Glocks in 30 years.

In all likelihood the previous owner never purposefully oiled anything he wasn’t supposed to.

It finds its way into everything with time. It just happens.

Detail stripping is often times not taught to the end user because they all come back to work and ask if they did it right and want somebody to figure out why it’s rattling.

LOL. Probably.