Why Your Glock Won't Return to Battery After a Slide Swap: The 5 Most Common Causes
15th Apr 2026
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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