Posted: 1/16/2012 8:56:51 AM EDT
| So I said goodbye to my Glock yesterday. I had to fix the locking block after 50 rounds. Fixed it and sold it off. After owning it, I'm reminded of how much I prefer all metal SA DA pistols. I'll use the money to put a comp hammer on the CZ 75 and night sights on the Sig p226. Not here to bash Glock bc my father has a g17 with about 10000 rounds with only 2 failures. My experience just wasn't all that. |
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So I said goodbye to my Glock yesterday. I had to fix the locking block after 50 rounds. Fixed it and sold it off. After owning it, I'm reminded of how much I prefer all metal SA DA pistols. I'll use the money to put a comp hammer on the CZ 75 and night sights on the Sig p226. Not here to bash Glock bc my father has a g17 with about 10000 rounds with only 2 failures. My experience just wasn't all that. could not agree more |
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>>I had to fix the locking block after 50 rounds<< Just curious.... what's to fix on a locking block? Sorry for not specifying. I had replace the locking block due to several cracks. I wasn't too enthused about having to overnight it to Glock and then wait weeks on end for it to return so I had a local smith replace it. And when i said cracks, I mean it. Several cracks on the horizontal face of the locking block. You could feel each of them with your fingernail. |
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I had a locking block break apart on my Walther PPQ in 40 S&W on round number 53. It was inconvenient to send it in for warranty repair, but I got the gun back and so far so good. I will need to put several hundred rounds through the gun to get a comfort factor, but I would do that anyway.
I advocate for putting a gun through its paces before I put it on duty in the house or on my hip. Back in the day, the general rule of thumb was to put 1000 rounds through a 1911 before you started to trust it. With the modern designs, I believe that to be excessive so somewhere between 300 and 500 rounds I start to develop a comfort factor. I believe the only way to test your system is to use it. My Glock 23 came from the factory with the slide locking lever spring in the wrong position. It took me a while to find and solve the issues I was having, but now it is rock solid and I'm happy to have it on duty at the house. Pistol-training put an HK P30 though the ringer. They were having failures for the first 1500 rounds or so until it was discovered that an incorrect spring had been installed from the factory. After that point it was one of the most reliable handguns they had evaluated. Things like bad cast parts (think locking blocks) and human assembly error happen. Sorry to hear you got rid of your Glock. I hope you have better luck with whatever you replace it with. |
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I have a 17, a 19, and a 22. I will be buying my brother"s 23 from him sometime soon.
He doesn't like his Glock, but I can't get enough of them. Glocks aren't for everybody. All of the pistols I mentioned are Gen 3 Glocks, and all have been trouble free. Good luck with whatever you replace it with! (Might I suggest an older but lightly used SIG P228.... I love mine...) |
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The G23 was one Glock I couldn't get rid of fast enough. Yep. My M&P 40 was the softest shooting .40 I have ever had, my G23 was the worst. I love Glocks so I traded for a 19 and couldn't be happier. Love my G19 Ha, me too. I was able to swap straight across for a 2nd gen G19, which shoots soft enough that the ergonomic incompatibilities aren't a big deal. |
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So I said goodbye to my Glock yesterday. I had to fix the locking block after 50 rounds. Fixed it and sold it off. After owning it, I'm reminded of how much I prefer all metal SA DA pistols. I'll use the money to put a comp hammer on the CZ 75 and night sights on the Sig p226. Not here to bash Glock bc my father has a g17 with about 10000 rounds with only 2 failures. My experience just wasn't all that. could not agree more Same here. I have had my 23 for about 6 years and it's my favorite gun. However, if it started to fail, it would be gone. No questions. |