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Hey Guys,

I have a Gen4 Glock 17, have put somewhere in between 4000-5000 rounds through it without a single jam... Until I shot it last night and had multiple failures to extract, and a couple failures to feed.

When it failed to extract, the empty casing would still be in the chamber and the slide would retract just far enough to reset the trigger. The gun would be fully in battery as though a round was chambered.

The 2 failures to feed had a round stuck halfway in the chamber, with the gun out of battery. I was shooting factory ammo, Blazer Brass 115g...

I don't think I was limp wristing, as I have never had these kind of problems with any Glock... Actually have never even seen a G17 jam before!

Anyone know what could be causing this?

Thanks!
 
Maybe the extractor is gummed up with dirt, keeping it from fully engaging.
It could be time for a new extractor as well. They do wear eventually, although 4-5k seems premature.
 
If you have some snap caps, try loading them and going through the paces manually.
If they extract fine you probably just need to give the gun a good cleaning.
If the same problem persists, the extractor most likely needs to be replaced but I'd still clean the gun and try again.

I doubt you'd need to replace the extractor at 4->5k rounds but stranger things have happened.
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(Of course if you don't have snap caps you can just clean the gun and try again.)
 
StainlessFan said:
Hey Guys,

I have a Gen4 Glock 17, have put somewhere in between 4000-5000 rounds through it without a single jam... Until I shot it last night and had multiple failures to extract, and a couple failures to feed.

When it failed to extract, the empty casing would still be in the chamber and the slide would retract just far enough to reset the trigger. The gun would be fully in battery as though a round was chambered.

The 2 failures to feed had a round stuck halfway in the chamber, with the gun out of battery. I was shooting factory ammo, Blazer Brass 115g...

I don't think I was limp wristing, as I have never had these kind of problems with any Glock... Actually have never even seen a G17 jam before!

Anyone know what could be causing this?

Thanks!
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Take the top apart. Clean and put back while you make sure the little spring goes in right ....
 
Have you ever detailed stripped the top half and given it a good cleaning? If not its about time. I do mine every 500rnds.
 
StainlessFan said:
Hey Guys,

I have a Gen4 Glock 17, have put somewhere in between 4000-5000 rounds through it without a single jam... Until I shot it last night and had multiple failures to extract, and a couple failures to feed.

When it failed to extract, the empty casing would still be in the chamber and the slide would retract just far enough to reset the trigger. The gun would be fully in battery as though a round was chambered.

The 2 failures to feed had a round stuck halfway in the chamber, with the gun out of battery. I was shooting factory ammo, Blazer Brass 115g...

I don't think I was limp wristing, as I have never had these kind of problems with any Glock... Actually have never even seen a G17 jam before!

Anyone know what could be causing this?

Thanks!
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Try some new magazines. Sounds like the springs may be getting weak.
 
It's very hard to properly clean your extractor without taking the slide appart. I would strongly suggest you do that. There's many how to on youtube, it's easy as pie. Also inspect your lower if there's something out of place or broken. Glock are very sensitive to limp wristing. 115 gn ammo doesn't help either. These 2 variables with a dirty pistol might be the reason why you are having problems.
 
Thanks for the tips guys, I never thought the mags might be the problem... Definitely will take em apart and give them a good cleaning!

I detail stripped the slide and cleaned it thoroughly less than 500 rounds ago, and everything is definitely back in the right place so I don't think that's the issue.

Just to be clear, I'd fire a round (successfully) and the next trigger pull would be a click... Gun was fully in battery, and when I racked the slide an empty casing came out of the chamber... Never seen that kind of jam before!
 
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