Glock 43 issue?

[Marine Cpl]

Strange, i took mine apart just a little bit ago and the recoil spring assembly was actually sitting just above the notch that its suppised to sit in. Now i dont know if i knocked it during disassembly or not so i put it back and racked the slide vigorously about 20 times then disassembled and it was sitting where it is supposed to. I did this two times with no change.
There is nothing I can see from the pictures that are different than mine so I'm not sure why the recoil spring is hopping out of the little Notch, but I would contact Glock as you don't want your life to depend on a gun that is not functioning properly.

Mine does the same thing. I put the recoil spring in below the notch. After putting it back together and racking it a few times, it goes into the notch on its own. Sometimes though it is in the position you just described when I take it apart after firing it.

Nevertheless, I've never had a reliability issue.

 

[Doc8404]

Same with other Gs.

And they will make you ship it back.
They didn’t even want to send me parts since I’m not an armorer. They eventually sent them.

 

[libertysnake]

Mine does the same thing. I put the recoil spring in below the notch. After putting it back together and racking it a few times, it goes into the notch on its own. Sometimes though it is in the position you just described when I take it apart after firing it.

Nevertheless, I've never had a reliability issue.

I think it just slips out during disassembly. It never has felt off for me during firing.

 

[ICEMAN]

I believe that is normal for the spring to move up during firing. When you assemble it the spring sits in the bottom notch, but when the slide moves the spring sits in the notch above it. There isn't as much spring tension in my 43 as there is in my other glocks, but the recoil spring does the same thing in all of them.

 

[Depick]

Just heard back from Glock. The notch in the barrel is for reassembly and it is normal for the spring to be below it after the slide is reassembled onto the frame and cycled.

 

[GOYABEAN]

Just heard back from Glock. The notch in the barrel is for reassembly and it is normal for the spring to be below it after the slide is reassembled onto the frame and cycled.

But you said it was affecting the slide lock something isn't working properly !

 

[Depick]

But you said it was affecting the slide lock something isn't working properly !

I emphasized that in the email and I was told not to worry and that it was normal. I’ve tried like hell to recreate the issue with the slide lock and it hasn’t happened again.

 

[GOYABEAN]

I emphasized that in the email and I was told not to worry and that it was normal. I’ve tried like hell to recreate the issue with the slide lock and it hasn’t happened again.

Hmm not a very good feeling when thinking on a self defense firearm!

 

[Depick]

Hmm not a very good feeling when thinking on a self defense firearm!

My thoughts too but i don’t carry and I use another as a HD gun so I’m gonna trust the answer I got from Glock and If it happens again I’m gonna insist they do something.