Posted: 3/11/2009 2:13:04 PM EDT
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The story is terrible––the pastor shooting from a few days ago. But, I noticed in the story that they reported that the shooter's 45 caliber Glock jammed after 4 shots. So, to the Glock cool aid drinkers out there, that is just impossible 
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? I still trust my Glocks.
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I've seen every type of high and low quality gun (even revolvers) fail in one way or another in my 13 years of teaching firearms professionally. Knowing how to work through malfunctions is a serious part of training no matter what firearm you own.
Murphy lives in every gun and every round of ammunition, and he will always show up at at your gun deployment party when you are least expected. You had better know how to execute EAD's in 2 seconds or less. If you don't, Murphy will win and you will die. Glocks failing is unusual, but it does happen, so you have to be prepared. |
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I have had my two Glock's for over 15 years now (G17 bought in 1992 and G23 bought in '94) and I've NEVER had one jam on me. And I shoot them a lot AND I often go months between cleaning and they still shoot fine. The only time either of my Glocks have ever jammed is when my wife started shooting them and she was not holding her wrists locked enough. Until I got her to hold the gun tighter - it would stovepipe on every shot.
In fact the 1st time it happened when she was shooting - I was thinking.... WTF???? I took the gun from her, cleared the jam, fired off the rest of the mag with no problem and then gave it back to her. The very next shot it stove-piped. So I repeated the drill: took it from her, shot it fine and gave it back. It took me a while to figure out that it was how she was holding it. Once I got her to hold it more solid -it never jammed on her again. |
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I have to agree with the idea that it could be a number of things.
My first guess, the media is WRONG. Maybe the weapon was empty. Old, worn out, or aftermarket magazines. Shitty ammunition. Broken firearm. A chipped extractor is not uncommon on glocks, and a broken spring could also malf it. Just so many things. I am a HUGE Glock fan boy, but I'm not naive enough to think that it will never go down. if it does, I'll clear the malf and try again. if that doesn't do the trick, out comes the j-frame. |