I screwed my Glock up...Help

avianpattern · November 9, 2009, 07:02 PM

I was installing a 3.5 Ghost trigger today, and ran out for a file to complete the job.

Meanwhile, my GF came home and re-assembled my Glock 23 without a number of components. It is now stuck since the trigger TCT needed to be filed down, and i cant dry-fire it. How do I dissasemble it if I cant pull the trigger?

hoytinak · November 9, 2009, 07:04 PM

Take the cover plate off the back of the slide, disassemble the slide and it should come off the frame.

Edward429451 · November 9, 2009, 07:09 PM

Oh but she will be making that up, I'm sure!

avianpattern · November 9, 2009, 07:17 PM

I disassembled the rear cover plate, took everything out. The trigger is still "set" and i cant take it down.

hoytinak · November 9, 2009, 07:20 PM

Got me then, pulling the slide apart always worked for me, sorry I couldn't help...good luck. Tell her she broke it for good and owes you big time.

Newton24b · November 9, 2009, 11:41 PM

actually she screwed the glock up, not you. although you are at fault for having a gf whos dumb enough to "reassemble" a handgun without being smart enough to notice parts were missing, and let alone dumb enough to reassemble anything without knowing why it was in lots of pieces on the table to begin with.

sounds like you have the classic situation of where only the factory boys have the tools to take the gun apart and fix it up.

**JohnKSa** · November 10, 2009, 12:01 AM

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I disassembled the rear cover plate, took everything out. The trigger is still "set" and i cant take it down.

The trigger has nothing to engage with the striker/firing pin removed so you don't need to pull the trigger to take it down now that you've stripped the slide.

Just skip the trigger pull part of the field strip, pull the slide back slightly and then pull down on the slide lock like you would for normal disassembly. It should come apart.

avianpattern · November 10, 2009, 12:05 PM

Thanks guys! With some wiggling and a little bit of applied force, I was able to get it off. The GF got to sit in front of me the whole 90 minutes it took, listening to me drive home why she shouldn't do anything w/o supervision.

"I was scared, I didnt know where you were, i just decided i'd FIX your gun in case I needed it."

ZeSpectre · November 10, 2009, 12:09 PM

This is exactly why my i've made it very clear to my wife that anything on my workbench is completely and 100% off limits, not to be touched, moved, cleaned, borrowed, or anything.

If it's on my workbench then SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH IT and she shouldn't "borrow" it.

(She found this out when she "borrowed" a hand-vac that I needed to clean wood dust out of, and it overheated and caught on fire)

Brian Pfleuger · November 10, 2009, 12:14 PM

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"I was scared, I didnt know where you were, i just decided i'd FIX your gun in case I needed it."

My man, if that's not a call to get her a gun of her own, then I don't know what is!

LongRifles, Inc. · November 10, 2009, 04:27 PM

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actually she screwed the glock up, not you. although you are at fault for having a gf whos dumb enough to "reassemble" a handgun without being smart enough to notice parts were missing, and let alone dumb enough to reassemble anything without knowing why it was in lots of pieces on the table to begin with.

I'd be thankful I had a woman in my life who took enough interest in the things to even think of tinkering with them. Gunplumbing can be taught but the genuine interest can't. Cheers to the OP!

Alleykat · November 10, 2009, 05:47 PM

Surprised that NOBODY actually gave you the correct info.

The reason you use the orange half-cover, is so that you can trip the trigger bar when you're doing the trial-and-error filing. After you got the slide cover plate off, all you needed to do was push the trigger bar forward with an punch, allen wrench, etc.

November 9, 2009, 07:02 PM	#1
avianpattern Junior Member Join Date: November 9, 2009 Posts: 3	I screwed my Glock up...Help I was installing a 3.5 Ghost trigger today, and ran out for a file to complete the job. Meanwhile, my GF came home and re-assembled my Glock 23 without a number of components. It is now stuck since the trigger TCT needed to be filed down, and i cant dry-fire it. How do I dissasemble it if I cant pull the trigger?

November 10, 2009, 12:09 PM	#9
ZeSpectre Senior Member Join Date: June 4, 2007 Location: Shenandoah Valley Posts: 3,276	This is exactly why my i've made it very clear to my wife that anything on my workbench is completely and 100% off limits, not to be touched, moved, cleaned, borrowed, or anything. If it's on my workbench then SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH IT and she shouldn't "borrow" it. (She found this out when she "borrowed" a hand-vac that I needed to clean wood dust out of, and it overheated and caught on fire) __________________ "The dogs may bark but the caravan moves on"

November 9, 2009, 07:04 PM	#2
hoytinak Senior Member Join Date: July 5, 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 5,721	Take the cover plate off the back of the slide, disassemble the slide and it should come off the frame.

November 9, 2009, 07:09 PM	#3
Edward429451 Junior member Join Date: November 12, 2000 Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado Posts: 9,494	Oh but she will be making that up, I'm sure!

November 9, 2009, 07:17 PM	#4
avianpattern Junior Member Join Date: November 9, 2009 Posts: 3	I disassembled the rear cover plate, took everything out. The trigger is still "set" and i cant take it down.

November 9, 2009, 07:20 PM	#5
hoytinak Senior Member Join Date: July 5, 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 5,721	Got me then, pulling the slide apart always worked for me, sorry I couldn't help...good luck. Tell her she broke it for good and owes you big time.

November 9, 2009, 11:41 PM	#6
Newton24b Junior member Join Date: February 10, 2009 Posts: 974	actually she screwed the glock up, not you. although you are at fault for having a gf whos dumb enough to "reassemble" a handgun without being smart enough to notice parts were missing, and let alone dumb enough to reassemble anything without knowing why it was in lots of pieces on the table to begin with. sounds like you have the classic situation of where only the factory boys have the tools to take the gun apart and fix it up.

November 10, 2009, 12:05 PM	#8
avianpattern Junior Member Join Date: November 9, 2009 Posts: 3	Thanks guys! With some wiggling and a little bit of applied force, I was able to get it off. The GF got to sit in front of me the whole 90 minutes it took, listening to me drive home why she shouldn't do anything w/o supervision. "I was scared, I didnt know where you were, i just decided i'd FIX your gun in case I needed it."

November 10, 2009, 05:47 PM	#12
Alleykat Junior member Join Date: July 26, 2007 Posts: 3,668	Surprised that NOBODY actually gave you the correct info. The reason you use the orange half-cover, is so that you can trip the trigger bar when you're doing the trial-and-error filing. After you got the slide cover plate off, all you needed to do was push the trigger bar forward with an punch, allen wrench, etc.