My 48 had a horribly heavy trigger. After further inpection, I found the coating on the striker was, for lack of a better term, blistering. During my fluff and buffer, I “popped” them and now the coating is a little flakey in the area. Still, the trigger has massively improved and is now pulling at what feels like a standard Glock. However, the striker is now on borrowed time.
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Can one of you guys with a new or nearly new G48 do me a favor? Insert a mag and stop where you get the first pressure? Here's mine:
What I was seeing yesterday as increased magazine pressure, to remove, and insert. I am noticing that the mag catch prevents a mag from dropping in all the way, and rubs on the mag body on the way in and out. Much much more so than what I recall from my G43X. Mags in that gun would pop out like Candy Bars at Intermission. I am 100% certain this is the mag catch causing this, because I can depress the mag catch, and the mag drops in freely all the way to the stops.
I just wanted to get some comparisons between others who might have experienced with their G48. I'm tempted to get another OEM mag catch, or maybe step up to the Shield Arms mag catch, to see if this a parts issue. Or maybe I should just shoot the gun more, I dunno.
Thoughts?
Yeah, I suppose its just manufacturing tolerances stacking up; maybe my frame is a bit under and the mag release is a bit over; looking at it with a flashlight there's not a lot sticking up. Since I don't have a comparison it's hard to say. I'll just keep working it I think and if there are any burrs in the polymer they'll get worn in a bit more. We're not talking a lot of interference. I'll just keep shooting it.
Ken
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Thanks Ken, I am thinking I'm seeing "normal operation".
I reverified it is indeed the front corner of the retention lug of the mag catch that is dragging on the G48. How much drag, of course, is 'normal' and how much might be 'out of spec' is probably subjective. To wear things in a bit, I just did 50 insertions and removals of both mags, and that seems to have worn in the mag/catch interface enough now to be more or less acceptable. It certainly eases in better.
I had to go look at my G19, and, sure enough, same thing; slight resistance on insertion. This gun has 6,500+ rounds through it; I bought it in 2017. This is one of my match mags. It "stops" exactly at the same point.
I will say out of the four Glocks I've owned, this one hangs up a bit more than most. I dunno, maybe it's at the outer end of normal manufacturing. It is just a soulless plastic pistol, after all. I think I'm making more of this than warrants, and the gun is fine, I need to shoot it more. Thanks again for the feedback.
Question for the group. I normally avoid the majority of aftermarket fire control parts for Glocks. When I need to convert a slimline to my preferred smooth trigger, I use a OEM trigger shoe from a full sized gun. However, I’m wondering what some of the aftermarket shoes are like.
Has anyone tried the Vickers / Tango Down polymer flat faced trigger in their 43x or 48?
Ken
BBI: ...”you better not forget the safe word because shit's about to get weird”...
revchuck38: ...”mo' ammo is mo' betta' unless you're swimming or on fire.”