You finished swapping slides on your Glock, racked it, and the slide stopped a hair short of fully closing. Or worse — it closes under recoil at the range and hangs up on the next round. The pistol isn’t “broken.” Almost every out-of-battery issue after an aftermarket slide swap comes down to one of five causes, and none of them require gunsmithing to di …
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If you've bought a stripped slide for your Glock, the next thing you need is a slide completion kit. But what's actually in one? And do you need anything else to get your slide running? Here's every part explained. What Is a Slide Completion Kit? A slide completion kit (also called an upper parts kit) contains all the small internal components that go inside a Glock slide. Thes …
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The single most-asked question in the Glock aftermarket: will this slide fit my frame? The answer comes down to two things — your Glock model (frame size) and your frame generation (rail system). Get either one wrong and the slide won't mount, won't cycle, or won't lock up. Below is the full chart: which slides fit which frames, which Glock models share slide dimensions, and wh …
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