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DR505 said:
As a LEO Firearms Instructor for 20 years I have seen: sights fall off, various pins shear or fall out, recoil spring guide rods snap, locking blocks shear off, etc. They are tools made by men. Glocks are good, but they are not “Perfection.”
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I put a new set of night sights on one of my Glocks. Who needs Loctite? :)

Was shooting it at the range and after working on some point shooting, when to look for my sights, and the front sight was gone. Whisky Tango Foxtrot?! The grass wasnt really high, but Id been jumping all over the place while shooting, so who knew where it might be. Kind of pissed, but it is what it was.

Went home and cleaned the gun, and found the screw was still in the gun on top of the barrel. That was kind of a chuckle. While cleaning the gun and thinking about it, I had a brainstorm. I went back to the range later that day after dark with my el cheapo Gen 1 night vision monocular, and within 5 minutes, had the front sight! It was glowing like a bitch in the grass screaming, "Im over here, Im over here!" :neener:

I put Loctite on it when I put it back on. :D
 
CapnMac said:
My failure was that I bought a Gen 1 G17 for $400 with three magazines and sold it two decades later for barely $500.
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Plug in your dates in any inflation calculator and you lost money. 400 dollars 20 years ago is approximately $612 today.
They do keep a relatively good resale value though.
 
Rexster said:
I bought my first two G22 pistols in early 2002,
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Our county was way after that. 2010 or so. Then they went to G22 or G20. In 02 there was an approved list. Pretty much everything was on that list. This year they went back to the 9mm. But yeah there was warnings all over about the lights. Was no secret


tarosean said:
They do keep a relatively good resale value though.
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Yeah they are one of the flattest priced guns of you look at the entire 2nd gen to now prices. Other than the current stupid auctions they really haven't fluctuated much at all. Huge supplies and other than new models when first released they rarely go out of stock. Plus they offer discounts to anyone who ever looked at or drove by a fire department or hospital at this point. Lol. They really market and push their product.
 
My biggest Glock failure is
While at a LGS about 10 yrs ago..
Not purchasing a Gen 1 17 in the box for $325
 
I've owned many Glocks over the years, but the only model I really had any affinity for is the G22. So it's no surprise to me that the only problem I ever had was with that model. Even then it was only one magazine, and it turned out that there was a polymer burr inside the body that was interfering with the free movement of the spring.

Some quick work with sandpaper fixed that.
 
I carried a Glock G23 since 1999 as a duty weapon and off duty. Since retirement I still carry my same Glock G23 without any problems.
To be honest I have done some preventive maintenance on the gunsome years ago like springs, trigger work and barrel replacement but this was done without any noticeable problems with the weapon. My G23 has been my go to weapon still.
 
shootstraight57 said:
I carried a Glock G23 since 1999 as a duty weapon and off duty. Since retirement I still carry my same Glock G23 without any problems.
To be honest I have done some preventive maintenance on the gunsome years ago like springs, trigger work and barrel replacement but this was done without any noticeable problems with the weapon. My G23 has been my go to weapon still.
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Impossible! I've been told that in 20 years those plastic frames will get brittle and crumble away into nothing :D:D
 
Palladan44 said:
.... What have you experienced in your probably fairly rare glock failure?
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None yet. Haven't owned or shot a single Glock. Until yesterday, when I picked up the model 17 Gen 2 I acquired to fill a niche in my collection. The first thing I noted last night when I disassembled it to clean it was: "wow, there's sure a lot of plastic in this gun!" The second thing I noted was: "wow, the metal parts are sure flimsy in this gun!"

So...my opinion so far of Glocks: "wow, it's a wonder they fail so infrequently!"
 
wiscoaster said:
None yet. Haven't owned or shot a single Glock. Until yesterday, when I picked up the model 17 Gen 2 I acquired to fill a niche in my collection. The first thing I noted last night when I disassembled it to clean it was: "wow, there's sure a lot of plastic in this gun!" The second thing I noted was: "wow, the metal parts are sure flimsy in this gun!"

So...my opinion so far of Glocks: "wow, it's a wonder they fail so infrequently!"
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Yup, and make sure you dont leave it in your car on a hot day or in a sunny window. You will arrive to a molten pile of plastic. Best kept in your safe.
Please remember to ♻️ please recycle.
 
wiscoaster said:
The first thing I noted last night when I disassembled it to clean it was: "wow, there's sure a lot of plastic in this gun!"
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I've told it before but I work on industrial machinery. Back around 2005 or so we got a shipments of nylon/poly gears to replace our spider gears for lifting racks. These things lift thousands of lbs every few seconds 24/7. The metal gear ran in some nasty grease so it was a nasty job. Not hard but nasty. We were all pissed. I seen exactly one fail that I recall and it sheared the bolts that held it in. They steel gears failed pretty regularly
 
Palladan44 said:
and make sure you dont leave it in your car on a hot day or in a sunny window.
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Supposedly Nylon 6 melts around 400. Thermal index is nearly 300 before deformity via stipling. Ammo cooks off under 300.


I do and always did question the long term effects of heat on it though. Same for chemicals. Ive had sig alloy frames wear through (226). Never destroyed a Glock frame. A lot of us hated on glock for many year. I was one. I chose every manner of steel frame and then alloy. I chose DA/Sa or SAO for many years. Now I use Glock. Still use the others too but I gave up on my biases when I saw all my le friends have good luck.
 
I guy I used to shoot with brought a new Glock 17 to a match and during the first stage the extractor broke.

I was at a class and the slide went shooting off the front of a Glock the guy next to me was using.

Those are the only two I've ever personally seen.
 
my glock 26 has had a few cases of live round stovpipe over the years, all FMJ, not sure what thats about. Always with handloads, and usually at max OAl, around 1.160, and that may be the issue. Had the exact thing happen twice with a beretta m9, same ammo.
 
JCooperfan1911 said:
The Combat Tupperware has not proven itself yet.

The base gun has been around for less than 40 years and only time will tell how the plastic will hold up with age. In 100 years, I find it unlikely the polymer frame will survive nearly as well as a metal framed gun.

The M1911 remains the benchmark for all other handguns. It has stood the test of time and fought more wars than the Glock could ever dream of, and has been pushed to the extremes time and time again and has come out on top always. Even today certain elite members of the United States armed forces choose and carry the M1911. For 110 years nothing has surpassed it. John Moses Browning was a genius and a gift from God. His pistol is still the finest hand weapon in human history.
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its not 100 years old yet, but the material is 85 years old, and when it hit the market, it was used heavily. I have worked on machines over the years that see far more heat/abrasion/cycle stress on nylon 6,6 parts than any firearm ever will, and they hold up decently. The strangest I have ever seen was a timing gear in a Chevy Smallblock, which was being overhauled after 400,000 miles and it used a nylon toothed gear. As far as we know this was the first rebuild of the timing set. It did wear out, and the cam was skipping, but it was 30 years, 400K.
This is also the same family of material that make up close to 100% of intake manifolds and valve covers in automotive design.

I will NOT dispute, however, the 1911 is the queen. One thing about Glocks, for all the jokes about melting, and wearing out, dogs DO love to chew them, and a dog will tear it up.
 
They made their glock 17 frame out of all different metals during the R&D process... They just found the plastic lighter and more durable, greater resilience to impact. Rumor has it a glock can be thrown against a wall numerous times and still function. An all metal and/or gun with an external hammer probably would be un usable. Mag peened in place, hammer bent or broken, slide crimped to frame.
If you drop your gun in a fight, or hit the hard deck with gun in hand, nice security knowing she will still probably fire if you have the glock. Just saying

With all this in mind, i do believe many of the "glock torture tests" are largely impractical and are for amusement purposes. They sure are fun to watch though!!!
 
mjsdwash said:
its not 100 years old yet, but the material is 85 years old, and when it hit the market, it was used heavily. I have worked on machines over the years that see far more heat/abrasion/cycle stress on nylon 6,6 parts than any firearm ever will, and they hold up decently. The strangest I have ever seen was a timing gear in a Chevy Smallblock, which was being overhauled after 400,000 miles and it used a nylon toothed gear. As far as we know this was the first rebuild of the timing set. It did wear out, and the cam was skipping, but it was 30 years, 400K.
This is also the same family of material that make up close to 100% of intake manifolds and valve covers in automotive design.

I will NOT dispute, however, the 1911 is the queen. One thing about Glocks, for all the jokes about melting, and wearing out, dogs DO love to chew them, and a dog will tear it up.
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Apparently this does happen. News to me today.
https://www.usacarry.com/forums/att...ck-dog.jpg?s=5dc5bbd8f77d3ce6ca45bed9d2b60994
 
dodo bird said:
Apparently this does happen. News to me today.
https://www.usacarry.com/forums/att...ck-dog.jpg?s=5dc5bbd8f77d3ce6ca45bed9d2b60994
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LOL. With three Rotties in the house, that can be a worry. :p

Then again, I wouldnt want them to any of my guns, as I still dont think things would bode well, steel, alloy, or plastic. Our pup got a hold of an M1 Carbine pouch with two empty mags in it and destroyed them all. The pouch was shredded and the mags about squished flat.
 
Zerodefect said:
[If I dog has a 1911 in his mouth for more than a few seconds. It'll probably rust his mouth shut.]
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LOL. If one of ours had it in their mouth, the grips would be gone right off (as would any of the Colt plastic parts), and the slide probably would be tighter than it should be. :)

The pup above is on his second SS dinner bowl. He already destroyed the first one, and the second one is already on its way out with a good-sized crack already started. And he just now ran by me with it as I type, headed for the living room, to annoy my wife. They get LOUD flying around the room and bouncing off and getting pounded into the hardwoods. :D
 
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