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When Putting a Mag in a Glock 19, What Happens When the Slide Springs Forward?
By admin | May 1, 2009
Someone asked what was happening when he inserted the clip and the slide springs forward. Was a round chambered - if he pulled the trigger would the first shot require a harder trigger pull in order to chamber the round? Should he rack the slide in order to avoid a tougher trigger pull?
The first things to keep in mind is the Glock 19 is a semi-automatic pistol. It does not use a clip, the ammunition carrying device you insert into the handle is a magazine. If you insert a magazine with rounds in it and the slide goes forward it has chambered a round.
The trigger pull will be the same all the time, there is no way to chamber a round by pulling the trigger. And if the you have inserted the magazine with rounds in it, the pistol is hot.
When you remove the magazine and rack the slide (pull it all the way back and release it), if there were a round in the chamber it will eject and your gun will be unloaded. It is very important you remove the magazine before doing this otherwise you will just reload another round and your pistol will still be hot.
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