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To: archy
we estimated that this has happened only once in 450,000 times when fired.
2 posted on 08/23/2002 2:25:56 PM PDT by ibbryn
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To: ibbryn
we estimated that this has happened only once in 450,000 times when fired.

From link above:


Retired NYPD MOS Pat Rogers reports upon personal observation that Glock, Inc. has set-up a mini-CAD CAM machine shop with technicians supplied by Glock in a rented trailer at Rodman's Neck where it will be on station for at least one year, and possibly longer.

A milling machine capable of handling eight (8) slides at a time, is performing two cuts, one on the breach face, and another at the ejection port. Some of the newest Models 19 already have one of those cuts done at the factory, and unconfirmed information suggests that Glock, Inc. will be incorporating these changes across their entire product line.

Glock has acknowledged that these cuts are not so much to prevent the malfunction as they are to make it easier for the operator to clear them when they occur. That seems to be barely one step beyond Glock's offer when the Phase Three problems first surfaced, to produce an instructional video on P3 clearances.

While the Glock 19 has been purchased in higher numbers (25,000 units) than either the S&W 5946 or Sig-Sauer P226 DAO variant, approximately two-thirds of NYPD's last academy class chose a handgun other than the Glocks as their duty weapon. DS

6 posted on 08/23/2002 2:33:30 PM PDT by archy
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To: ibbryn
we estimated that this has happened only once in 450,000 times when fired.

Which is great if yours is the one that jams at the 450,000 mark - but really sucks if it jams at the start, just as you're using the weapon to defend yourself.

32 posted on 08/23/2002 6:32:30 PM PDT by Tennessee_Bob
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To: ibbryn
a procedure that takes about an hour. Immediately afterward, officers tested the refitted weapons at the range, where the results have been excellent, Collins said. The process will continue until all 24,000 Glocks are fixed, he said.

24,ooo times $50/hour is 1.2 million. Now that's an expensive mistake.

92 posted on 10/06/2004 12:02:26 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: ibbryn
we estimated that this has happened only once in 450,000 times when fired.

Good to see this is a problem for the NYPD.

98 posted on 11/01/2004 1:43:11 PM PST by js1138 (D*mn, I Missed!)
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