That said, I have NEVER seen one jam.
I thought needed to be repeated.
If this is true, the New York Police Department may have the world's most reliable pistol.
I had the same problem with a glock 9mm I bought in 94. I took it back to a deputy that worked part time at the gun store and told him he sold me a lemon. He loaded it up ran the whole clip with no problems. It jammed progressively less for about a year and hasn't had a problem since then.
so naturally, it must be the firearm.
The one and only IDPA match I've ever been to had a mix of guns, but by far the Glock was most prevalent, followed by the 1911. The Glocks I witnessed shooting, including my own G17 and my friends G19 were flawless. I can't say that for the others though. I watched several FTF and FTE from 1911's. All the malfunctions came from what appeared to be reloaded ammo, but the Glock guys were shooting reloads to.
No one single instance is indicative of a problem. I would place the blame on the NYPD and their weird requirements of guns and ammo than blaming it on any pistol deficiencies.
I was using Wolf ammo. Upon firing, the case split, wedging itself firmly into the barrel, which required disassembly of the gun to get the @#%$^ thing out. My local gunsmith told me it's the third problem he's seen with Wolf ammo doing bad things in glocks (one of the other two, it blew up the glock).
Solution: don't use Wolf ammo any more (it's Russian-made using laminated steel case instead of brass). I got it as cheap practice ammo, but it's not worth the risk
Lol...what a stupid sentance.
All my GLOCK's (17-23-21-34-30) have never even burped or jammed regardless of ammo jammed down it's throat. Just a story (it's mine and I'll tell it like I want :o) about it's ability to function........When the glocks first hit the market I sold my first child to gypsies and used the money to buy a Glock 17. Carried it for a while but decided I really didn't like it better than my 1911A1 or Browning High Power P35. But it was fuctional. As we did a lot of work in water I kept the glock around to abuse per se as my ugly but functional sidearm.
At one point I was stationed near a small mom & pop ammunition maker that had five gallon buckets of misfit rounds his quality control folks had set aside from the good stuff. He would sell us GI's ,that he knew ,these buckets of 9mm with the understanding that we would return the brass to him.
Well some of that ammo was too long to even fit a magazine so it was left in the bucket but rounds that were too short or not loaded properly or had a smashed edge or crimp ect ect (rejects) were all "processed " through our Glock 17's on our EOD range . Yeah we had a few jams due to extream condition of ammo but for the most part those little glocks were and are IMHO and experience the baddedst little handgun on the market available to all these days and then. Of all that crap ammo we "disposed of through the Glock 17's we never had a burp unless the ammo was extreamly damaged , visably so.....
They were and are IMHO just a rugged, tough little pistola. My 1911A1's, SIG's and Glocks all require upkeep as does any mechanical device, cleaning and lube, replacing recoil springs after 5000 rounds or so is just a good idea if you use said weapon for duty or self defense.
These cops carry more than fire those glocks so I am of the opinion setting miles from NYC (thank goodness) that spring set or dust bunnies and old ammo (I've been told ammo gets old but never had it around long enough to see if true :o) are the real reasons the NYPD's glocks are going south if they really are at all.
You and I both know that to get new and improved (pretty) whizbang pistolas for ones unit , The old and worthless glocks < / sarcasm > , must be proved to be trash, dangerous to all involved and no confidence with those that carry em. This must be sold to the bean counter risk managers and budget folks along with a trade in deal that seems to make money for the major companies these days.
Glock made their dime on the initial sale, now SIG , Beretta or ect ect wlll make their money on the trade in's credit and sale of new and traded in handguns to police and civilians. Look at the bright side. Whole sh*tload of high capacity magazines coming on the market maybe :o) Or wasn't NYPD one of those that bought high cap glocks with low capacity magazines ??
Stay Safe ya'll.....
I didn't get one 18 round tube emptied before I had to start dumping Hoppes down the barrel.
turns out its either the magazine followers or the new feed ramp cuts...on later barrels
I have a gen 1 with no problems
get an aftermarket barrel or new followers no more problems
the new normal capacity mags have proven to be reliable
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