Does the Glock 43 have a channel liner?

[p2000cool]

I bought a cheap Glock 43 this weekend that somebody krylon painted the frame light blue and the slide silver. A local company is going to clean it up and cerakote it for me. I read that you need to remove the channel liner and replace it after the cerakote process. I can't seem to find a part number or a definitive answer if the 43 has a channel liner.

[BigT]

I'm no PensFan :) but no they don't have channel liners.


You still mustn't lubricate the channel though.

[Doc_Glock]

New OT question: do the Gen 5s have a channel liners?

[Sigfan26]

New OT question: do the Gen 5s have a channel liners?

I asked PensFan that when they released. Yes, they do have channel liners.

[PensFan]

42's and 43's don't have them, simply because there not enough room for them. The spring cups wear down a bit but then stop. The original gen 1 17's didn't have them either.


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[LockedBreech]

Okay, I'm in the mood to learn. What's a channel liner? I assume a liner for the striker channel? What purpose does it serve?

[p2000cool]

Thank you for the info. :)

[Totem Polar]

Okay, I'm in the mood to learn. What's a channel liner? I assume a liner for the striker channel? What purpose does it serve?

Plastic tube lining the inside of the striker channel. Doesn't come out when you pull the striker assembly; most will never even know it's there. First clue I had myself (sad to say) is when I was playing that gun dissasmbly video game app that someone posted here a while back, and I was "WTF is that?" I had to research it, then freaked out because none of my Glocks had one. Except the 26 and 17. It's actually in there, turns out they do have them, and I never knew it. Just keeps the striker/spring from smacking around inside the channel and wearing. I'm sure the guns would run fine without them.


Don't have to watch the whole thing; first bit will do:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FihahR8mhCU

[LockedBreech]

Thanks dude


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[PensFan]

Most amateur cerakote commandos find out about the channel liner the hard way.