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AK103K said:
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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I have a 7 month lab/hound/something mix thats well on his way to being 120+ lbs and he's already strong enough I'd shudder to see what he could do to an aluminum frame 1911 if he wanted, I agree, grip panels and plastic parts would be gone instantly, so would Glocks.

Good thing I don't leave guns out where the dogs (or my kids) can get at them.

Edit:. Obligatory dog pick, though this is from two months ago and he's really bulked out in the shoulders since then.

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I have only had 1 malfunction in any of my Glocks. The very first round i fired in my Gen 4 G17 was a stovepipe. Thats all. I have several Glocks. A Gen 4 17, a Gen 4 21, a Gen 5 19, and a G42. I had a gen 3 19 also but I sold it to buy the Gen 5 19.

That G17 has become my favorite pistol over the last 2 years. My beloved 1911's are shot less and less now.

My wife on the other hand can barely make it through a magazine on that G42 without it jamming. I'm sure its a limp wristing thing but she shoots alot and has no problems with any other semi auto. She loves the gen 5 guns.

The gun was bought for her but now it's my pocket carry. Runs 100% for me.
 
I have to update my earlier post. When I parted company with the early Gen4 Glock 22, not too long afterwards I made a smart decision to get a Gen4 Glock 21. So the fact that the G-22 was a loser for me, is actually a good thing since it led me to the G-21. When I first got the 21, the wider slide carved up the web of my shooting hand something fierce, but the large beavertail backstrap solved the problem, and made the gun point better to the target, for me anyway.

Well I had this one out at the range yesterday and I was reminded that I never needed that G-22 in the first place. AFAIC, this G-21 is just a superior piece to shoot. Even with the stock Glock sights still on it it is just so much more satisfying to shoot bigger groups on targets, but this one will soon get the Wilson Combat Vickers Elite F.O. front & Battlesight rear sights that I put on my Gen3 17 & 19. I just can’t deal with the stock Glock sights anymore.
 
My G26 and G17 have been completely faultless through many, many rounds.
I really didn’t need a G22, but pre-plandemic, they were so cheap...I couldn’t resist getting a Gen4 G22, like new, with night sights, for $279.
It too has been faultless, and in fact, quickly became my house pistol and nightstand gun. It shoots the 180gn HST very well, and that seems like a fantastic self defense round.
So, no failures to report here. 7C1D4ADC-0BA9-47C6-8C34-E6A3521209E5.jpeg
 
I was on a shooting team I helped form in college. Our firearms were bought at a discount through an affiliated dealer and some nuances with Glock Blue Label program. We mostly shot Glock 22 or 23 as we could get 40 ammo cheaper than 9mm through the same dealer, and this was when 40 was the preferred caliber. I loaded up three magazines to put a new G22 through its paces on an IDPA style range we had built. On the draw, the magazine catch sheared off and threw the inserted magazine ahead of me. I shot my one round in frustration and lost the match due to the failure. We contacted Glock and was basically told we were on our own to repair it or replace, as they refused to warranty the failure. Between the failure and bad CS, I swore off Glocks and still do. Not long after I was allowed to use my Walther P99 .40 to compete in the matches when I wanted to, as long as I used my own holster.
 
These are funny.''Glock failure" thread.."why I hate Glocks" thread..sigh..where is the 'Sig, S&W, M&P, Ruger, Taurus, H&K, put name of gun here failure' thread??
Yikes.
Glock. Just the best.........
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So many drool when they see these type of 'Glock bash' threads..do a little google-foo to see BIG failures in oh so many Sigs..to Sig fan boys, 'isolated', 'mine is 100%', type blather...Tiresome.

Seen the video of the guy who shoot himself when he dropped a Sig320? Didn't think so.
 
I had a buddy at the pawn shop offer me some rare 10 mm ammo, several boxes of factory, and several boxes of reloaded 10mm. The factory I snatched up, the reload was priced dirt cheap and my little voice said no! I didn't listen to my little voice. I got the reloaded stuff out and second round I fired in my Glock 29 was a kaboom. It blew the magazine out, the magazine release and cracked the frame. I had a small cut on the top of my thumb where I was holding the pistol. My buddy at the pawn shop felt awful and shipped the frame back to the factory for free and gave me $100 store credit and a heck of a deal on a Ruger Blackhawk .41 Magnum! Cost me $100 to replace the frame. upload_2020-11-18_8-59-58.jpeg
 
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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That’s great until you drop it and it shoots you in the liver. I’m not a Glock fan but this is pure dogmatic drivel.

I used to read Jeff Cooper’s rambling word salad in the back of Guns and Ammo magazine. I did not find his thoughts of much value. He actually went to the trouble to invent a pejorative term for DA/SA guns just because he was unable to shoot them well. I remain perplexed to this day why anyone would call themself his fan.

Edit: upon reflection I think I should temper this just a bit. Cooper is still a historically significant person in terms of his contributions to combat shooting. I can’t dispute that. The problem with Cooper is that in his later years he went 100% “crusty old man” and refused to see that progress had been made since the 1950’s. Cooper is sort of to guns like Jimi Hendrix is to guitar. I acknowledge his contributions to the art, but I have no desire to listen to him.
 
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FFGColorado said:
These are funny.''Glock failure" thread.."why I hate Glocks" thread..sigh..where is the 'Sig, S&W, M&P, Ruger, Taurus, H&K, put name of gun here failure' thread??
Yikes.

So many drool when they see these type of 'Glock bash' threads..do a little google-foo to see BIG failures in oh so many Sigs..to Sig fan boys, 'isolated', 'mine is 100%', type blather...Tiresome.

Seen the video of the guy who shoot himself when he dropped a Sig320? Didn't think so.
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Perhaps threads such as this are spawned due to the fact that, for lo, these many past years, Glock has proclaimed its products as "PERFECTION." Kinda like it's inviting some dissent, don't ya think? So here we are ...

Maybe when the other companies do so, we can start threads on them. And some of us don't pop into every single semi-auto thread to bring up the (well-known, well-documented, but owned and resolved) SIG "issues." Why, it's almost as though someone has an axe to grind ...

But no matter which gun any of us favor, we all enjoy watching another brand's fanboys jump up, almost in lockstep, to defend their favorite. Hey, it's the internet ... and my state just locked down again, so we need some entertainment.

Signed,
A guy who's owned more'n a few Glocks in his day, still does, never had one fail.
 
Old Dog said:
Perhaps threads such as this are spawned due to the fact that, for lo, these many past years, Glock has proclaimed its products as "PERFECTION." Kinda like it's inviting some dissent, don't ya think? So here we are ...

Maybe when the other companies do so, we can start threads on them. And some of us don't pop into every single semi-auto thread to bring up the (well-known, well-documented, but owned and resolved) SIG "issues." Why, it's almost as though someone has an axe to grind ...

But no matter which gun any of us favor, we all enjoy watching another brand's fanboys jump up, almost in lockstep, to defend their favorite. Hey, it's the internet ... and my state just locked down again, so we need some entertainment.

Signed,
A guy who's owned more'n a few Glocks in his day, still does, never had one fail.
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And some DO pop into every ‘why I hate Glock’ thread to point out that, although just a marketing saying like any other, geez, these ugly things aren’t perfect!! What??? They aren’t??
Just seems one sided is all. Mention Sig short comings and get pilloried. Mention Glock shortcomings and get...’gad, let me tell ya a story about that POS Glock...’....

Signed,
A guy who has owned more than a few non Glocks who got rid of them to own 4 Glocks.
 
While Glocks look like they are made of legos they are the most accurate 9mm auto (for me) right out of the box.
 
The "Glock Perfection" slogan is genius; and is playing out just like Glock anticipated. It sure has driven Glock into conversations from both lovers, haters and in-betweens. I find it funny that people who rail against the slogan are simply just promoting Glock even more by giving it more publicity. I see it for what it is, I'm sure Trump would understand he uses the same method of getting free advertising.

"Perfection" is quite adequate, only it was talking of the marketing campaign which has been wildly successful, how else would we have Sig, HK, S&W, Ruger, Springfield, Walther owners dive in to conversations keeping Glock in the limelight. I have to chuckle to myself as it is still happening to this day.

Signed,
A guy who owns several guns suitable for carry of different manufacturers but bets his life and those around him on a Glock.
 
herrwalther said:
I was on a shooting team I helped form in college. Our firearms were bought at a discount through an affiliated dealer and some nuances with Glock Blue Label program. We mostly shot Glock 22 or 23 as we could get 40 ammo cheaper than 9mm through the same dealer, and this was when 40 was the preferred caliber. I loaded up three magazines to put a new G22 through its paces on an IDPA style range we had built. On the draw, the magazine catch sheared off and threw the inserted magazine ahead of me. I shot my one round in frustration and lost the match due to the failure. We contacted Glock and was basically told we were on our own to repair it or replace, as they refused to warranty the failure. Between the failure and bad CS, I swore off Glocks and still do. Not long after I was allowed to use my Walther P99 .40 to compete in the matches when I wanted to, as long as I used my own holster.
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Thats beyond odd, approaching complete disbelief. Glocks warranty https://us.glock.com/en/OWN/Warranty
Glock has always been awesome at fixing/updating/doing repairs on their products and often for free. Bought a used Glock? Send it to Atlanta and they'll replace every spring and pin for free. Or you could have spent a whopping $3 and done the repair yourself. ;)
 
dogtown tom said:
Thats beyond odd, approaching complete disbelief. Glocks warranty https://us.glock.com/en/OWN/Warranty
Glock has always been awesome at fixing/updating/doing repairs on their products and often for free. Bought a used Glock? Send it to Atlanta and they'll replace every spring and pin for free. Or you could have spent a whopping $3 and done the repair yourself. ;)
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Whats kind of odd, especially these days, is the fact that Glocks warranty is only a one year warranty, good for the original purchaser.

Yet, how they actually handle it is really impressive, call them up and they usually say, send it in and we'll look at it, and back it comes, good as new, and usually at no cost to you.

I sent my 17 in, 9 years out of warranty, with a broken rail, and a frame that Id stippled a couple of times, and they replaced the frame and rebuilt the rest of the gun, and all it cost me, was the $25 to ship it down to them.
 
AK103K said:
Whats kind of odd, especially these days, is the fact that Glocks warranty is only a one year warranty, good for the original purchaser...
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You can thank federal law for that.
Many companies don't claim a "warranty" because of the Magnuson Moss Act: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnuson–Moss_Warranty_Act

Ruger for example, has this on their website:
faqQuestion.gif Why No Warranty Card Has Been Packed With Your New Ruger® Firearm? faqClose.gif
The Magnuson-Moss Act (Public Law 93-637) does not require any seller or manufacturer of a consumer product to give a written warranty. It does provide that if a written warranty is given, it must be designated as "limited" or as "full" and sets minimum standards for a "full" warranty. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. has elected not to provide any written warranty, either "limited" or "full", rather than to attempt to comply with the provisions of the Magnuson-Moss Act and the regulations issued thereunder. There are certain implied warranties under state law with respect to sales of consumer goods. As the extent and interpretation of these implied warranties varies from state to state, you should refer to your state statutes. Sturm, Ruger & Company wishes to assure its customers of its continued interest in providing service to owners of Ruger® firearms.
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But........Ruger, like Glock has excellent customer service.
 
dogtown tom said:
Glock has always been awesome at fixing/updating/doing repairs on their products and often for free.
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Ive only talked to Glock CS twice.

1.) Bought myself a single shot Gen4 19 when they first came out... Glock sent me a new gun.
2) I dropped my slide while cleaning it. Bending/Cracking the rail on my RTF2 "Gilled" slide. They said they would replace it with a regular slide as they no longer had any of the "gilled" ones but had no issues fixing my mistake. I didn't take them up on it as I like the uniqueness of them. ( One of these days Ill have it silver soldered.)

Seems above and beyond to me.. A+
 
The locking block in an old G23/9 conversion broke. I noticed a slight decline in accuray and when I took the gun apart I noticed that a tiny piece of the lug was missing, taking the lug out, it fell apart. Estimated round count of 40k rounds mixed .40 and 9s. I had to modify the frame slightly to install a new locking block since the old version is no longer available.
 
I’ve owned many glocks over the year... From 19’s to 34’s. I wanted to like em and get behind the all might Gaston... each and every one had issues. Most of the time firing and striker issues with light primer hits. I have also had FTE and FTF issues. Lastly, I’ve run into mag catch problems where my mags would literally push themselves out of the bottom of the gun due to a failure with mag catch.

Im totally out on Glock at this point...
 
cundiff5535 said:
I’ve owned many glocks over the year... From 19’s to 34’s. I wanted to like em and get behind the all might Gaston... each and every one had issues. Most of the time firing and striker issues with light primer hits. I have also had FTE and FTF issues. Lastly, I’ve run into mag catch problems where my mags would literally push themselves out of the bottom of the gun due to a failure with mag catch.

Im totally out on Glock at this point...
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Sounds like you have a magic touch...or just plain bad luck. :D
 
Palladan44 said:
What have you experienced in your probably fairly rare glock failure?
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Glock failed to interest me. I've been a fan of all things firearms since my childhood. I've found something endearing in nearly every gun I've spent any amount of time with except the Glock family of pistols. I understand they are functional, utilitarian, and popular to some degree, but ones I've shot don't fit my hand and don't really do anything for me aesthetically. No disrespect to those that love them. I just don't.
 
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