Glock Failures?

Like I mentioned before, I'm not against Glock at all. For all intensive purposes, I'm sure it's a really good product but I don't like it when Glock owners try to make me feel like something is wrong with me because I don't own or want to own one. The phrases "Here, just try it and you'll see what I mean" or "You can't tell me that's the not best gun you've ever held" or even "You don't know what's good even when it's right under your nose" get under my skin and not in a good way.
 
Silver Dollar said:
Like I mentioned before, I'm not against Glock at all. For all intensive purposes, I'm sure it's a really good product but I don't like it when Glock owners try to make me feel like something is wrong with me because I don't own or want to own one. The phrases "Here, just try it and you'll see what I mean" or "You can't tell me that's the not best gun you've ever held" or even "You don't know what's good even when it's right under your nose" get under my skin and not in a good way.
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That's why we call them Glocknazi's!:eek::p
 
Glocks are decent handguns, but not the "perfection" that some claim. I've carried one daily (issue weapon) for 15 years (how I miss my Model 27 and my 1911!). Over that course of time I've seen plenty of Glock failures...sheared locking blocks, broken recoil spring guide rods, various pins falling out, sights falling off (new weapons to boot), slides that were milled wrong so no matter what rear sight you used it was still too tall, and the list goes on.

That being said, I think the Glock is still a good platform...especially for low bid purchases or those departments that have limited training budgets. They work and work well, and are not finicky with ammo. I personally think they have the ergonomics of a 2x4, but that is opinion and nothing more.
 
I like my G19 G4 but i also like my other guns. I like my sigma and would even trust that sucker with my life. The guns that i have i trust and love but thats MY opinion :)
 
DR505 said:
Glocks are decent handguns, but not the "perfection" that some claim. I've carried one daily (issue weapon) for 15 years (how I miss my Model 27 and my 1911!). Over that course of time I've seen plenty of Glock failures...sheared locking blocks, broken recoil spring guide rods, various pins falling out, sights falling off (new weapons to boot), slides that were milled wrong so no matter what rear sight you used it was still too tall, and the list goes on.

That being said, I think the Glock is still a good platform...especially for low bid purchases or those departments that have limited training budgets. They work and work well, and are not finicky with ammo. I personally think they have the ergonomics of a 2x4, but that is opinion and nothing more.
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I think that's the general consensus here. That Glock is a great gun. But they certainly are not "PERFECTION" as some seem to think.

What made Glock truly great was TIMING! Nothing more.
 
I have seen quit a few gluck failures at the range, no big surprise as there are so many out there. what is surprising is the fanatics that say the never fail, and if they do it is the ammo, or the weather, or grip, humidity, low tide...........
 
Kanewpadle said:
I have been told that the lack of service is one reason why some departments went with the M&P.
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That's interesting because a LEO friend of mine told me that in the late 90's they switched from S&W 5906's to Glock 17's because Glock paid for all their armors and training courses for free and gave them a bunch of free parts and of course the guns real cheap.

I own a glock 22 and glock 23, both Gen3, the only time I have seen one go bang, he let me look at it, and it was filthy. I attributed it to the fact that he never cleaned the gun and it didnt go fully into battery and had an out of battery detonation.
 
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59Lover said:
... the only time I have seen one go bang, he let me look at it, and it was filthy. I attributed it to the fact that he never cleaned the gun and it didnt go fully into battery and had an out of battery detonation.
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What caliber Glock was that (if you recall), and how badly was the gun damaged?
 
I have a Glock 22 that I bought at a local gun store. One day I was there visiting with the gun smith and he said that my Glock 22 lower had come in . I said I didn't know anything about why Glock would have sent me a replacement . It had a serial # that added one digit to the # on my perfectly functional gun.

I called Glock several times and they were reluctant to tell me why my Glock had to be replaced . After several calls one of the Glock employees said it was because there had been some failures attributed to a weakness in the rails. Odd way to do business but if your mantra is " Glock Perfection " it's how you roll.
 
De Ja Vue

I do believe there's a similar thread over at the SIG Forum!
In any event I own one Glock at the moment a 19. I don't consider it as pretty as my 645 or as easy to hide as my 3913, or model 60, nor is it as comfortable as my 5946. But it does work and work very well.
Lots of "reports" of Glock failures, especially Gen 4s, and some late Gen 3s. I figure Glock decided to get cheap and farm out the parts manufacture to various subsidiaries. So do I buy another or move to a different brand? Is this a trick question?
Sig Sauer has had problems of late, the M&P is not without its problems too as are a lot if other manufactures like Kimber before they removed Cohen.
As for the aesthetics, its a TOOL! Treat it as such! It's not polished blue steel with fine walnut, or bright stainless, no it's black, ugly, resists rust, blood and McDonalds ketchup. Doesn't need to pamperd or is a safe queen. It's a working tool designed to take a beatin.
And just so you know, the 9mm versions are designed for hot ammo. You spend $500 on a new pistol and feed it the cheapest ammo you can find? Wierd!
Pays your money and takes your choice! Dale
 
I've seen a couple of Glocks "Kaboom." One of my friends blew up a Glock 23 with a hot handload 40 S&W. I also saw one of SIG's plastic pistols blow up with a factory Speer Blazer load in 40 S&W, and I've seen a couple of S&W revolvers explode as well. One was a bad handload and I don't think anyone ever figured out what caused the other one. Point is, like I said above, they're all machines. Treat 'em badly or feed them bad ammo and they'll all fail on you. Treat 'em right and they'll all work find and last just about forever. Glocks aren't "perfection" any more than any other gun. They aren't any worse either. Kind of like Ford or Chevy. Drive what you like, they all work.
 
Wyo said:
One of my friends blew up a Glock 23 with a hot handload 40 S&W.
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I believe if your friend had read the manual he'd have seen that Glock specifically says NOT to shoot handloads. Nearly all Glock "kabooms" seem to be with .40 S&Ws.

The 9mm Glocks are a different story. European militaries have adopted them in droves, in part for their ability to fire the hottest 9x19 ammo they might have in inventory. Swedish Forum member Q-ball once posted that Sweden's current military pistols are the Glock 17 and 19, chosen because "they are the only ones that would take our 'red 9mm' originally for the submachine gun M45."
 
Thats the problem, people judge by looks instead of function. Beauty is only skin deap! ;):D

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mjr said:
I believe if your friend had read the manual he'd have seen that Glock specifically says NOT to shoot handloads. Nearly all Glock "kabooms" seem to be with .40 S&Ws.
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He read it. He just didn't pay any attention to it. Like a lot of people I know.
 
The issue with handloads is not the reload part. The issue is a majority of all failures are due to leading filling the grooves etc resulting in an over pressure explosion. Glock rifling is is not conducive to using lead, it traps it. It can be solved by reloading jacketed rounds, paying attention to how hardened the lead is or making sure any lead is brush out after using it. Simple. Personally I bypass the issue by buying a stainless match barrel for my target shooting etc.
 
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