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An ever so slightly bent firing pin. The impact strikes where it is slightly indented and meets resistance due to the firmer rim of the primer resulting in the pin to find a path of lesser resistance by sliding over and releasing the remainder of it's momentum into the center of the primer. Just a guess.

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Do they all look similar?

 

Yep, switched to different make cartridge, same thing. I'll throw this out, I became interested in the thread about letting a slide go with nothing in the chamber, would or would it not do damage...and it got me wondering because I do this all the time. Some say it matters not, others aren't so sure...

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It does fire that's for sure but at one time it didn't do this and it seemed to start doing it rather abruptly. So when something changes in a noticeable way suddenly it does cause me to wonder why.. I have a new pin and spring on the way so I'll be interested in seeing what the old pin looks like.

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It didn't do it, or you didn't notice it?

 

Sorry for the delayed response...it didn't do it, I'm certain of it. I can't say it started over night though...anyway, I've got the stuff to replace the pin so I'll just hang on to it and keep an eye on my spent brass to see if it changes.

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You can also get those wipe marks, usually with magnum autos, where the action starts to unlock while the firing pin is still forward. With the pin into the primer, the barrel drops downward as it unlocks, "wiping" the firing pin across the primer.

 

Tony

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seems to be a common thing about striker fired pistols. I have read about this before, use a little google-fu and you should be able to find it.

Squish, looks like about all of the Glock fired casings I have seen. A kid at work first pointed it out to me with his new 23, and I told him that that my 26 did the same thing

Shape of the firing pin. No issues, just the way most striker fired pistols leave their love tap.

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