Posted: 2/3/2003 8:12:16 AM EDT
I've always bashed glocks and always loved my HK's and still do. Well a good month or so ago I bought a glock 29 just for 10mm.. well it doesn't like ANY ammo accept expensive as hell corbon carry ammo. HATES everything else and jams ALL the time. I've gotten to the point where i'm about to sell it back and fund another HK. I have a pic somewhere around here of a CCI Blazer where it dented the case and made a nice gash down it. It hates the cheap CCI and even the expensive nickel plated plinking UMC.. thats 17 bucks for one box. Anyway heres what it does when it jams. The round is still in the mag but gets caught up in the feed ramp and jams and other times a fired round gets caught in between the slide and bbl or the end of the bbl (i've forgotten what its called). Also when I rerack a round like when I have it cocked and locked if there is such a thing on glocks  it scratches the hell out of the brass. Any suggestions as what to do? I'll post some pics when I get home.  Edited to add pic. |
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OK, SOP for malfunction identification: Gun clean and lubed? If so... Suspect shooter first...most "gun" problems are really shooter problems...if shooter is not breaking wrist (easy to do with the Glock for some shooters), is correctly seating magazine, etc. and is not interfering with operation of the pistol via grip, etc... Suspect magazine(s) next...are they factory mags? Is the spring tension ok? (springs don't have to be super strong, just have enough tension) Is the magazine correctly assembled? (many shooters inadvertantly reassemble mags with the spring inserted the wrong way) etc. etc... If mag(s) is/are OK, next suspect ammo. Blazer can be problematical in some handguns, and Rem/UMC is not world famous for their QC, especially on stuff made in Mexico. Try something with brass cases from WW or Federal. The fact that your gun runs with CorBon, may be a clue here... If all the previous is fine, begin with the eight steps/stages in the cycle of operation: feeding; chambering; locking; firing; unlocking; extracting; ejecting; cocking. Understand that a malfunction may appear to be happening during one stage...such as failure to feed...but actually be caused by a problem in a previous stage...i.e. a rust-pitted chamber could slow extraction and ejection, thus setting the stage for a failure to feed, etc. My guess is a magazine problem, but this is so easy to check that perhaps you have already done this. (?) |
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I'm not the most obsessed gun cleaner out there. But even though I hate the gun it is clean before I start a shooting session. I shoot isoceles(sp?) and have a good grip on all my pistols and never limpwrist. I have 4 factory 10rd. mags. 2 of them have the pearce extended floorplate and 2 do not. The jams happen on all 4 mags and as with all glock mags the last round is pain in the ass to get in As for the glock.. I took it back to my gunshop and let them take a look at it.. the owner looked at it and said he will send it to glock for free. So soon it will be on it's way to glock. I might just get rid of the 29 and get a 26. Or a 9mm HK USP
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Sounds like you covered most of the bases. Once had a friend with a Beretta 92 that would begin having extraction problems after about 75-100rd with any factory ammo he used. Clean, it would work fine, but once it dirtied and heated up some, it would have problems. I knew he was telling the truth, because I was his range officer and saw it for myself. Beretta thought he was crazy, since every time he sent it back, they would clean it, test fire it maybe 25-30rd. and no problems. We finally got them to shoot Hell out of it (after three returns) and they saw for themselves. He ended up with a brand new gun and they sent that one back to Italy...I'm pretty sure someone got his ass reamed good for it. Good luck |
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LOL that sucks about the beretta.. I just bought a new 92f/s with crimson laser grips and shot around 200 rds thru it yesterday with not one hiccup. The only thing I really don't like about the glocks is the grip angle.. If I could get robar or someone to make it like the HK's it would be cool.. and i'd probably trade this 29 in on a 19 or 26.. My dad has a preban 19 with 2 hicap mags that would be awesome to use if I picked up one. But that robar stuff is kinda pricey isn't it? |
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Beretta's almost never have reliability problems...like them or not, they are damn sure reliable! That, in fact, was part of the problem with the pistol I mentioned, NO ONE, including the owner, could believe he actually had a Beretta that consistently failed to work! Once you get past the shock of whacking up and grinding on your own frame, the Glock grip reduction is really not that difficult to do. Brownell's Accraglass is what the gunsmith's all use...colored black...and sprayed with various black finishes. They charge so much because: a) that is what the market will bear; b) they must guarantee their work if something goes wrong (such as cracking your frame!), and c) because it is a fairly labor intensive job. I'm having my G23 done as we speak by my son-in-law who is a very good and experienced gunsmith, but does not do much gun work since he can make lots more $$$ in the IT field. There is no question the Glock benefits from this procedure...unfortunately it also voids your warranty. |