Disappointing day with new Glock

Me personally... First, I detail strip and clean all my new guns and their magazines everytime. I ensure there is no binding or kinking of anything and that all is as smooth as can be; (for Glocks) I also replace the plastic captive rod with stainless Wolff non-captive rod (noticeably smoother cycling).

My Glocks have all worked flawlessly at the range using only Index finger and thumb right side up, upside down (pinkie and thumb), canted left and canted right... as limp wrist-ed as humanly possible.

Glocks I've owned and tested this way:
G17
G27
G22
G31
G37
G21
G29

Although we are in Canada and shooting at paper, I ensure all my semi's are 100% reliable in any situation regardless of whether or not I am in a perfect stance with a firm 2-handed grip or not. When you pull the trigger it should go bang, no excuses.
 
sigtactical said:
should look at flinching (recoil anticipation). i own several glocks, many G22's and flinching is the most common reason as why someone has problems with what can be seen as ''jams''....or you got it NIB and didn't removed the RED paste covering some parts and reoiling after decuplating the effect of just a lill flinch....otherwise i highly doubt the ammo is guilty ....i used every ammo imaginable excepting cherries, and all of my glocks function flawlessly all the time.
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According to the glock factory you do not need to remove the red paste and they recommend shooting with the paste present as a break in. I have shot many new G-22s and have never seen a single malfunction. Although not my favourite pistol , I highly recommend the G-22 as a simple, low maintenance and highly reliable firearm.
 
I'm curious, do a lot of Glock owners drive Toyotas? They seem to have the same dogged determination when it comes to brand loyalty. They will go to almost any length to deny the possibility that there could be a flaw in their brand. I own a Glock, and it has jammed, twice. It's a model 20, 10mm auto, so it's not something you want to fire "limp-wristed". Even so, I believe a military design needs to maintain shootability under any condition. What if you have to shoot from behind cover? It's kind of hard to maintain a really firm grip, when you're shooting on the move, don't you think?

As far as truncated cone bullets are concerned, they seemed to be the best design for the 10mm. It should follow that they'd work in a 40, just as well. When I had my first 10mm, about 20 years ago, factory ammo was 200 grain bullets, at 1200 FPS. With a truncated cone, at those velocities, I never, ever, had a jam(with a Colt). Likewise, I never heard of a Glock jamming either. I'm convinced that the 10mm pistol should never have been watered down to its present state. In my opinion, it was limp wrists at the FBI that caused the jamming problems we see today.
 
boxcoach said:
I'm curious, do a lot of Glock owners drive Toyotas? They seem to have the same dogged determination when it comes to brand loyalty. They will go to almost any length to deny the possibility that there could be a flaw in their brand. .
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Well said, Sir!

I think the only handgun cult with more koolaid consumed per capita is the Norinco (Kia?) Clan... "For the money, you can't beat it"... "Mine is perfect, for what it is"... "You can't possibly have had a bad experience with a Nork: They are ALL super reliable"...

You're a RACIST(??!!) or ELITIST(??!!)) in the cult's eyes, because you claim that the Norks you personally owned never worked.

I guess I never personally observed that G17 fail catastrophically, neither.

ALL brands are capable of having lemons, folks.

(But that Toyota analogy is AWESOME!)
 
nelly said:
Well said, Sir!

I think the only handgun cult with more koolaid consumed per capita is the Norinco (Kia?) Clan... "For the money, you can't beat it"... "Mine is perfect, for what it is"... "You can't possibly have had a bad experience with a Nork: They are ALL super reliable"...

You're a RACIST(??!!) or ELITIST(??!!)) in the cult's eyes, because you claim that the Norks you personally owned never worked.

I guess I never personally observed that G17 fail catastrophically, neither.

ALL brands are capable of having lemons, folks.

(But that Toyota analogy is AWESOME!)
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100% true!

Since GLock made their gun in the State, it was no longer a magic trouble free firearm. I visit Glock talk daily, I have read some new gun fail report. Lemon is lemon, every made has them as long as they were making by human.

Trigun
 
Yep, Ferrari still has service shops.

Trigun said:
100% true!

Since GLock made their gun in the State, it was no longer a magic trouble free firearm. I visit Glock talk daily, I have read some new gun fail report. Lemon is lemon, every made has them as long as they were making by human.

Trigun
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BTW, I'm not knocking Glock, or Toyota. I have to admit, though, I hesitate to step into a crosswalk, if I see a Toyota coming toward me. (kidding)
 
nelly said:
Well said, Sir!

I think the only handgun cult with more koolaid consumed per capita is the Norinco (Kia?) Clan... "For the money, you can't beat it"... "Mine is perfect, for what it is"... "You can't possibly have had a bad experience with a Nork: They are ALL super reliable"...

You're a RACIST(??!!) or ELITIST(??!!)) in the cult's eyes, because you claim that the Norks you personally owned never worked.

I guess I never personally observed that G17 fail catastrophically, neither.

ALL brands are capable of having lemons, folks.

(But that Toyota analogy is AWESOME!)
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Hang out with HK guys for a bit - the Norinco fanboys are weak sauce on a pussy burger compared to the fans of the German blasters...


blake
 
mudgunner49 said:
Hang out with HK guys for a bit - the Norinco fanboys are weak sauce on a pussy burger compared to the fans of the German blasters...


blake
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I agree, we are the enlightened people :p

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Try again

I cleaned the gun up after shooting it. It had alot of the copper lube on it. Way way more than the 17 had. So I will try it first with the same ammo and see how that works. I will also take the other two brands I have. I will also try and firm up my grip if it is still jamming. I will report back and let you all know what happens. Thanks for all the input, this is a great site.
 
I had a buddy who firing my G17 seemed to always be jamming it when I never had a single jam. I tried to see what he was doing and he wasn't limp wristing... however, what I noticed he was doing as I examined closer all his steps in firing the gun was that he was not sliding each round all the way to the back of the mag, or sometimes pushing the last round forward a bit when trying to slide in the next. After I pointed that out to him he never had a jam again.
 
Good answer rtracer13. It pays to look for the most obvious problem, before digging too deep. I always tap my clips after loading them.
 
fingers said:
According to the glock factory you do not need to remove the red paste and they recommend shooting with the paste present as a break in.
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no. this anti-seize need to be cleaned up right out of the box. it slow the cycle quite a bit in normal weather,in the cold it's even worst.

graphit lubs are the way to go,good for hot as well as cold weathers.
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weird, had a glock 22 rtf2 and fired about 1k rounds thru it, not a single problem, various ammo. you could have a lemon, i would be dissapointed too. give it to another guy with the same ammo, see if it acts the same
 
boxcoach said:
BTW, I'm not knocking Glock, or Toyota. I have to admit, though, I hesitate to step into a crosswalk, if I see a Toyota coming toward me. (kidding)
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Sorry to hijack this thread, folks... But this Toyota tangent is just too funny!

I currently commute 28 km each way to work and back, through the northern half of greater Vancouver. I LITERALLY count the number of "Corolla Incidents" I have during my drive.

My record, for one direction, on a clear and sunny mid-day drive, was 7. 2 of them required emergency driving techniques to avoid impact ( thank goodness I had that extra lane available! ).

I find that the gold ones, and dark green ones are the most badly driven cars on the planet.

:)
 
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