KSC G18C Refuses to fire! Help please.
 

Hi.

I just recently received a KSC G18C and after filling the magazine up with gas and spending one magazine, I went to fire with the now reloaded magazine (I'm waiting on more mags), and just the 'click' noise of the trigger without any firing. Disassembling it, I found no jams or anything. I've made sure that the magazine was full of gas, so that's not the problem. Anyone have an idea? Thanks in advance.

Is the safety on? That's my guess...

There's no safety on a Glock.

You ARE cocking it again right?

There's no safety, just the middle 'disassembly' position of the fire selector.

When the slide is pulled back, the selector switches back to this position. Therefore, I've concluded that something is wrong with the fire selector assembly. Anyone have some insight?

Potential broken firing pin(valve knocker)

is it a brand new glock or has it been fairly used in the past?
you're hearing the click noise, so it can't be resetting itself fully to the safe position. Try pushing the slide forward just a bit more, sometimes its a bit finicky that way.

When moving the selector switch, you DO pull the slide back a bit to make the selector travel all the way and lock in place, right? It doesn't do that with the slide full forward.

It's brand new. I'm getting the feeling that something inside is broken.

Again, pulling the trigger makes a click noise, and the fire select switch returns to the middle position. If you just cock without pulling the trigger, the selector switch moves around (which I'm assuming you shouldn't be able to do).

I have the same problem when I select auto, release the slide, it gets knocked back to the middle position.

yea, you may have to disassemble it fully and check around for anything that looks broken. doesn't sound like a good thing especially if its new.

are you shooting it in the cold?

I've disassembled it and I couldn't find the problem. I guess I'll have to wait out and see if anyone else can figure out what the problem is.

Also, no, I was shooting it inside at room temperature.

There's a set-screw hidden under the rear sight - it's a retainer for the pin that shows at the back side of the slide, to the left of the rear surface.
That's part of the doohickeys that keep tension on the select-fire lever. You might find that this is loose, and needs to be snugged up.
G18Cs come with the right hex key in the box, but if not, I /think/ I remember that as being a 0.9mm key.

Hope that leads you in the right direction...

Maybe you hurt it's feelings

In the future,
never disassemble or "MOD" any new AEG or Pistol if problems arise out of the box, it will void any warranties and return possibilities you may have with your provider.

Furthermore if bought through personal sale always discuss what will be done if problems arise.

Personally I would have just sent it back, or called the person who sold the item A.S.A.P. to make arrangements.

Fixing something you have bought new should fall on the seller!

There is a small silver ball bearing held in place by a strong spring underneath the selector. It holds the selector in place via indents in the slide. It's possible that ball isn't there, shifted or such, which would cause the selector to shift around when firing.

I checked the silver ball, which I came upon my accident. It's in place. I'm going to try some of the other things suggested in the topic before checking with a doctor. We'll see how it goes.

any updates?

oh the opposite side of the fire select is a little plastic C shaped peice that is part of the fire select. That c shaped peice of black plastic is loose (when you take the selector assembly out of the slide. The only thing thats holding the peice in when the assembly is out of the slide is a little spring about | | Big. Make sure that both the black plastic piece and the little spring are both there. Im a KSC Distributor and I can get whatever parts you need to fix it, pm me the part number (in your KSC 18c Manual) and Ill have it imported for you in the next order. Good luck :D

http://GamerzStudios.no-ip.com/images/part.jpg
sorry for blurry image, but my phone's camera sucks at closeups and my laptop's camera is getting fixed at the moment
If you are missing that peice or the semi circle peice below it, your selector axle will not be aligned properly, potentially causing your selector to not be in the right position. and the springs keep the tension on it allowing the non circular selector rod to rotate freely (while attached to the semi circle peice)

I totally forgot about this thread.

I just ended up sending it back to my retailer and he's going to fix it free of charge. I'm a little absent minded, and forgot about the warranty. However, I'll keep your post saved in case it happens again DarkAngel.

Thanks for trying to help me, guys.