Why do Strikers/Firing Pins Break?

[@ActiveSelfProtection]

Dry fire is not abuse or misuse.

[@yrsued]

No, but some parts don't react well to a lot of Dry Fire!! It doesn't hurt to use snap caps

[@johndilday1846]

I was a Glock armorer for about 15 years with the police department I worked for. I saw loads of damage to the Glock 22s and 23s that we were issued due to dry firing without using snap caps. I protested to my Captain but nothing was ever done. I had to replace entire pistols a few times after the strikers peened the firing pin safeties and then cracked the back of the breach face. I could never convince some of our officers that they had to protect their pistols by using snap caps and limiting their dry firing of the pistols. Our guys had bought into the propaganda that the Glock was invincible and perfect. One of our Lts.even bragged about cleaning his pistol by putting it in his family dishwasher at home. Not until the pistols wore out after only about 3-5,000 rounds did the majority of them come around. The frames stretched out due to the .40 caliber cartridges pressure and the pistols had a very short service life compared to 9mm pistols.

[@yrsued]

@@johndilday1846 I have also seen the results of destructive Dry Fire Testing and Glock OEM Slides WILL Break with excessive Dry Firing!!

[@yrsued]

Depending on quantity of Dry Firing!! I have seen slides and Strikers break in testing for durability just Dry firing!! I can certainly put you in contact with the local company that did the testing and they have the broken Slides and Strikers they can certainly show you.

[@yrsued]

@Zylus C Active Self Protection is a GREAT Channel. He has the right to his Opinions.

[@TankUSA]

So I was at my range at home, just finished building a G43x. I intend to have it as my daily carry. The firing pin broke on round 67. Yes I had dry fired the gun previously to test function but the firing pin broke with a live round in the chamber. Not good! I think I’ll be contacting ArmOrAlly on Monday morning! Glad it happened before I began conceal carrying it and needed the gun to work flawlessly to save my life.

[@yrsued]

It happens, the one I broke wasn't OEM, but the one that Peeled WAS OEM!!

[@jojodiver8706]

The striker in my Max 9 just broke even though I use one of those laser snap caps for dry fire.

[@yrsued]

They do break, even on higher quality firearms like Ruger!!

[@TrueMesa]

I had my ruger ec9s striker tip break off from excessive dry fire with snap caps. I did not even realize it till i took it to the range and it did not work. Luckily ruger sent me a new striker but even with snap caps im weary of dry firing after that. Atleast with my carry gun. With my taurus 605 i have dry fired thousands of times with snap caps and never had any issues.

[@yrsued]

I've never lost a Striker/Firing pin while using Snap Caps, at least not yet!!

[@TrueMesa]

@@yrsued yah it was wierd. just the tip broke off, I have dry fired my other guns for years with and without snap caps with no issues. makes me hesitant to do it again and break it and not notice it

[@yrsued]

@@TrueMesa There must have been a defective Striker, I've done thousands of Dry Fire practice shots, with and without Snap Caps and not a single break, the one on the Video broke within weeks of getting the pistol. It was defective!!

[@JeremyMcCreary-ib7wo]

I just had a firing pin break on a gun that's never had round fired through it, just dry fire practice, so I want be doing the dry fire practice anymore

[@yrsued]

Use Snap Caps, you should be fine!!

[@YaleCrane]

I’ve had my gen 4 Glock 26 break two strikers over 8 years, the first one after four years, the second one after two years. Very minimal dry fire, and just a modest amount of live rounds down range for the life of the gun. I’ve also got an HK VP9 full size and SK, I’ve searched and have not found a case of the VP9 striker break, but a quick search for Glocks shows page after page of strikers breaking in the same place. I am a sample size of one, but I gotta say just my own experience and seeing so many others have breakage of the same type, I’ve lost my faith in Glock Perfection a bit. I’ve got a whole striker assembly on the way to replace, but I may retire it, I just don’t have confidence in the gun and I hate that.

[@yrsued]

I remember the days when Glock Strikers didn't break at all!!

[@_astralxinfluenced_2799]

So I have a P80 G22 built with both OE Glock & aftermarket components. Broke my SECOND striker today... during a dry-fire... As much as I'd hate to admit it, both strikers broke during dry-firing (& honestly didn't feel like an "excessive" amount either), but they were also MIM pieces & I don't believe they were OE Glock. Still, something to be said about that. So now I'll *only be dry-firing with the snap caps, & I'm "upgrading" to genuine Glock parts & billet components, MIM is trash.

[@yrsued]

I’ve found that striker fired pistols don’t like dry practice without snap caps. I do a whole lot of dry practice, I use snap caps every time.

[@5jjt]

Apex, please make a Glock striker.

[@yrsued]

I bet that they would make a GREAT striker..

[@tyrxnee]

I second this

[@yrsued]

@@tyrxnee Mee Three 😄

[@Amir_Nassir]

why do replacement strikers cost so much!?!?!?!?

[@yrsued]

Good question. IMHO, you should be careful when purchasing strikers, some are REALLY good, some not so much. Don't fall for Marketing Talk. Do yourself a favor and read reviews from users!! I got an after market Striker once that was TOTAL Garbage. Went back to OEM Glock Striker.

[@Amir_Nassir]

I replaced the strikers in my Daggers w/OEM because apparently PSA makes theirs out of glass....they were about 45 or 50 bucks each should be 20 bucks

[@yrsued]

@@Amir_Nassir I have used the living crap on my three Daggers, not a single Break. Strikers used to be $17, OEM!!!

[@samueldavidvisuals2595]

I just had a firing pin break on my g19 gen 3. Only about 1200 rounds through it, and pulled the trigger dry firing maybe 60-80 times

[@yrsued]

As the Video stated, they do break, sometimes it's just because. 60-80 Dry Fires is not enough to break a Striker. Did you replace it with an OEM Glock one?

[@samueldavidvisuals2595]

@@yrsued Not yet due to the holidays, but my local shop has one I’ll be picking up today. Wondering if I should maybe grab two of them to have a backup. Stockpiling parts isn’t something I had thought about before, but now seems like something I should put more attention into

[@yrsued]

@@samueldavidvisuals2595 Yes, spares NEVER hurt!! I usually have a good amount of spare parts, especially Glock OEM parts, they are not expensive and they are easy to replace!!

[@hondasaurusrex6998]

Next video.....about snap caps. Good stuff Sir.

[@yrsued]

You read my mind!!! I have a pile of Snap Caps here we will talk about!!

[@hondasaurusrex6998]

@@yrsued .... and don't forget about small plastic wall anchors that can be used in 22LR rimfire guns when dry firing😁.

[@yrsued]

@@hondasaurusrex6998 I've heard that, I have to try that on Rimfire

[@defensivepistolscience1344]

I dry fire a fair amount, with no breakages so far. Many manuals say “safe to dry fire” so I would assume they would replace it.

[@yrsued]

@@defensivepistolscience1344 Glock won't replace it for sure!! I did break a Lone Wolf and they did replace it!!

[@juniorclarke8922]

The title said Extractor Break but the content is about Strikers Break! Good information...

[@yrsued]

YEs, sorry, I fixed that, It was early this morning!!

[@me794]

Have a dummy ammo inside the chamber when you dry fire

[@yrsued]

That's what a snap cap is, some are solid plastic, some are solid aluminum, some are real Brass cases with a Plastic tip and insert. they all do the same thing. I have seen folks that go to a lot of work making their own, noting wrong with that either.

[@ZeonsZone]

i guess laser snap caps are a good way to go.

[@yrsued]

Your standard plastic Snap Caps from Amazon are good enough

[@danqodusk8140]

I just had a striker break after only 3-400 rounds. Very disappointing!

[@yrsued]

Mine broke fairly quickly, the other one, an OEM Glock one started to deplete!!

[@danqodusk8140]

@@yrsued disappointing and potentially dangerous drawing on a bad guy.

[@yrsued]

@@danqodusk8140 Ya, but when I posted images of the Deplating Striker on Glock Talk, you should have seen the Butt Hurt from the Glock Fan Boys when they find out I did nothing wrong but showed a de plated Striker

[@danqodusk8140]

@@yrsued Glockers never fail to believe.

[@yrsued]

@@danqodusk8140 Fan boys, of ANY brand are the worst!!

[@Amir_Nassir]

I eat nothing but bacon, eggs, steak, shrimp, corn, cheese, butter, hambugarm, chckien, cheese, butter, hotdog, corn

[@Adr-z5k]

so the legend goes 😂 ill dry fire how long I want. without ammo. and snap cap. guns are made to do that.

[@GunStockReviews]

It's YOUR gun and we live in America, where it's OK to do what you want to do. I can't make you do something you don't want to do. I only pray that it doesn't go Click when you need it.

[@Zedek_PhD]

Because strikers suck

[@yrsued]

I've seen Firing Pins break too, not well made ones, but they do break too. Well made strikers almost never break.