The New Glock 44 Kaboom

[R*E]

I am wondering if the firearm was not all the way into battery when it fired, causing a out of battery detonation sending pieces flying. I had it happen to me while rapid firing my Kel-Tec PMR30 and it was a awakening experience... No damage to my pistol, but it rattled my nerves for a second.

A rimfire can go off out of battery? The primer gets crushed with enough energy when there's a gap between the rim and the breech?

 

[Pointblank2U]

While it isn't a plastic slide but a hybrid steel-polymer slide, your remark is in line with what a lot of people had said when the Glock with its "plastic" frame was introduced.

Yes, but this one cracked.

 

[daglockman]

A rimfire can go off out of battery? The primer gets crushed with enough energy when there's a gap between the rim and the breech?

I would guess in theory that could happen. Or the slide could be falling forward while the firing pin didn't recess back into it causing a slam fire before it's all the way seated into the chamber. Or in the story that's being told an AR-15, I guess there's a possibility that the cartridge could not I've been all the way seated into the chamber and yet the firing pin was still allowed to fall forward. In the centerfire pistol Glocks, and most other striker-fired pistols I have been inside of, there are multiple safeguards preventing this from happening. I have yet to see inside of one of these Glock 44 as though. Just like with the 42 and 43 there are differences from the other Glocks. Here are a couple pictures of the 22 magnum casing that came out of my Keltec. my malfunction happened right in the middle of a magazine while I was rapid-firing. When this happened, it bulged the case enough where it didn't come out of the chamber, the slide went back stripped another round and caused what was in essence a double feed malfunction. The design of the slide on the Kel-Tec I would assume saved the gun. It has an open top and side which allowed all that pressure to be eliminated without building up and making parts fly. at first I thought it was a squib situation, but no bulge in the barrel and nothing obstructing the barrel was found. No damage that I or the gunsmith at the club I was shooting at could find, I loaded up a couple more magazines and it ran just fine.

 

[Sgt911]

A rimfire can go off out of battery? The primer gets crushed with enough energy when there's a gap between the rim and the breech?

I saw one the other day exactly like that on a Marlin 60 brought into a shop. The guy was complaining he bought the gun there and it was defective. I handled it and it was so filthy the slide would barely work.

 

[okiegtrider]

This is getting interesting. As I understand it, this is not the gun that started the thread, but another.

22plinkster - #Repost @hul_z
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Glock 44 explodes .........

 

[stykshooter]

I have to say... I am more than pleased with my G-44. I have been using an Advantage Arms conversion kit for the last several years and the new Glock is heads and shoulders above it.

I picked the gun up and went through it, cleaned and lubricated it. Took it to the range and shot 150 rounds through it last week. This was an abbreviated session as it was stupid cold and windy. Cleaned the gun again and took it to the range today. I now have 450 rounds through it and have had one fail to fire. Second strike and it went off so that is ammunition failure. No fails to feed or eject.

I haven't shot any lead bullets through it, all have been copper washed or jacketed. I did have to black out the white dot on the front sight in order to obtain a good sight picture. I am planning on replacing it with and Ameriglo like is on all of my carry pistols.

I ended up trying about 10 different .22 loads through it today. I was kind of surprised today as the pistol shot just O.K. with a lot of the standard velocity ammunition that I have had good luck with in the past... 4" or so at 20 yards off of a rest. Mini mags didn't do too bad. But, it seemed the faster the ammunition was that I shot through it, the better it shot. It seems to really like some of the hyper velocity Aquila and C.C.I. Stinger. As a matter of fact, it shot the best with the Stingers. In my experience Stingers have never been known for stellar accuracy. Here is a ten shot group that I shot off of a rest at 20 yards with the Stingers this afternoon. While it will never compete against any of my Mark III's, it wasn't designed for that purpose. I did have the one flyer out at 1:00... my fault or the ammo's, but otherwise that isn't too hateful of a group.

 

[winchester62]

Ruger MKII and the others in the MK series will fire out of battery also. Many 22s will. As said above, it is usually due to them being really dirty. This will get worked out. Glock will have a winner in this gun for people who want a Glock 19 size gun in 22. It fits in the same holsters. It operates the same more or less. It's just lighter with less recoil.

Interestingly, I've noticed there is a very small line that starts at the bottom of the polymer part of the slide and extends straight up to the rear of the extractor cutout and continues around the cutout to the opening just above the extractor hook. I don't know if it's a mold line, or has some purpose but it is very faint. I wonder if the gun in the above picture failed at that line. Is it a weak point possibly. Either way, Glock will work this out.

 

[VictorLouis]

The G44 owners probably forgot one of the classic Glock caveats:





Do not use unjacketed LEAD ammo!