Posted: 5/17/2009 5:19:36 PM EDT
I purchased a G-19 a little over 2 weeks ago NEW. My last round shot today was my 700th . No misfires,no fail to cycle,NOTHING! All the rounds were Federal AE.115 and124 GRAIN.I do break it down after every outing to clean and lubricate.Being, these are my first handgun purchases ever(I also purchased a G-22 RTF) I am very confident of my purchase. On a side note,I was shooting 6 o'clock hold,but now I am shooting dead on target at 12 yrds with impressive results. Shooting a handgun and being consistent is no easy task,It took me quite some time.I would have never thought shooting a pistol was this challenging.I am taking my time and hopefully speed will follow 
Keith |
Only a few thousand to go before it matches the reliability of my Colt 1991.
Seriously, good ammo helps a great deal reliabilty wise and it's probably one of the first places the typical firarm owner cuts corners to save $$$. I like my G19 also but I'm going to see if I can shave the front sight sides down a bit, they are just to wide to align easily and correctly. |
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Only a few thousand to go before it matches the reliability of my Colt 1991.
Seriously, good ammo helps a great deal reliabilty wise and it's probably one of the first places the typical firarm owner cuts corners to save $$$. I like my G19 also but I'm going to see if I can shave the front sight sides down a bit, they are just to wide to align easily and correctly. Won't this make it more difficult to shoot accurately? I always thought the bigger the difference between the front sight width and the rear sight with will help you pick up your sight picture faster at the expense of precision? I've never had the correct sights at the range before to test my theory. |
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Only a few thousand to go before it matches the reliability of my Colt 1991.
Seriously, good ammo helps a great deal reliabilty wise and it's probably one of the first places the typical firarm owner cuts corners to save $$$. I like my G19 also but I'm going to see if I can shave the front sight sides down a bit, they are just to wide to align easily and correctly. Won't this make it more difficult to shoot accurately? I always thought the bigger the difference between the front sight width and the rear sight with will help you pick up your sight picture faster at the expense of precision? I've never had the correct sights at the range before to test my theory. The problem is that when you line them up, you cannot center the front sight worth a darn because it's just to thick . Some light on either side of the sight allows you to align more precisely and shaving the front sight or opening up the rear is the best way to do it. As they come new [and with night sights also] there is just the barest sliver of light on either side and thats not really conducive to accurate and fast shooting. I have both the regular sight and night sight <trijicons] G19s and neither are really all that great because of their thickness. Part of my issue is that I'm used to decent 1911 sights and even the mediocre ones are better TO ME then the setup Glock and the aftermarket uses. It would just be nice if someone marketed a thinner front sight for them, it's not like it would be all that difficult to do. |
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Only a few thousand to go before it matches the reliability of my Colt 1991.
Seriously, good ammo helps a great deal reliabilty wise and it's probably one of the first places the typical firarm owner cuts corners to save $$$. I like my G19 also but I'm going to see if I can shave the front sight sides down a bit, they are just to wide to align easily and correctly. Won't this make it more difficult to shoot accurately? I always thought the bigger the difference between the front sight width and the rear sight with will help you pick up your sight picture faster at the expense of precision? I've never had the correct sights at the range before to test my theory. I had factory sights and changed the front sight only to an Ameriglo night sight. The factory front sight was fat and the Ameriglo was narrow so there's more space with Ameriglo when sighting. I was more accurate with the factory front sight initially but I'm not sure about now. |
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Now, that you mastered the Glock trigger. Everything else is easy. I had a hard time getting good groups for 400 rounds  ,My POI was favoring left high low ,I started just thinking front sight front sight etc;and squeezing the trigger without thought,if that makes sense.The problem was me,and bad trigger control,ME. I thought I was going to pick this up right away,I never thought shooting a pistol with good results takes patience and a good technique.Very challenging,for me anyway.
Keith 555 |
| My issued G19 has been flawless after many thousands of rounds. I did have a couple issues but the cause was attributed to worn out range use only mags. A properly maintained Glock will last you a very long time. Enjoy your new toys and shoot the snot out of them. |
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700 rounds and you're surprised? HAHA. Right now your Glock is laughing at you.... it's barely even broken in yet. :) My personal G19 is only at 1300 rounds because most of the 9mm gets eaten by the Beretta.
You've got about 4500 more rounds to go to catch up to my flawless 92FS (1200 of those rounds the gun was never cleaned or even broken down). |
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Who says Glocks run flawlessly? Well, my 3rd gen G22 has over 27,000 rds through it with not a single failure to feed or eject. Yep, not a single one. There have been a few failures to fire, however, these are the result of dead primers or the occasional reversed primer (I reload) but never the fault of the pistol. How many brands do you know of that can shoot 27,000 rds straight out of the box without a single failure? |
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Who says Glocks run flawlessly? Well, my 3rd gen G22 has over 27,000 rds through it with not a single failure to feed or eject. Yep, not a single one. There have been a few failures to fire, however, these are the result of dead primers or the occasional reversed primer (I reload) but never the fault of the pistol. How many brands do you know of that can shoot 27,000 rds straight out of the box without a single failure? CAN'T BE TRUE! Didn't you hear, all the G22s in the world ceased to function?
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Yep, and they fall apart too. In fact, here are some pictures of my 27,000+ rd G22 I took this evening. Yes, those are TruGlo TFOs. Don't leave home without them!  Looks pretty beat up and worn out doesn't it? Modifications? Besides the Hogue HandAll™ it has an extended Slide Stop Lever, a Lone Wolf 3.5# connector, and a Comp Trigger Spring. To be honest, I don't holster it often and as my HD weapon it sees the range for practice only so it well taken care of. It gets cleaned and lightly oiled after every outing and I replace both the pistol and magazine springs every 10,000 rds. Every cleaning session it also gets inspected under a 4x glass for wear or parts issues (old eyes need help). |
