blackwalnut
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glocks firing out of battery...
I read the google information that I was told to reference and after reading it and quite a few other sites I came to the conclusion that I was in some cases reading alot of Glock bashing. If a pistol doesnt go into to battery either the problem is ammo or something wrong with the pistol. I check my own Glock which is several years old and pulling the slide back less than 1/8 of an inch it released the firing pin after pulling the trigger but it was still in battery. The barrel hood had not even dropped out of position. I did not see any official references to factory bulletins, acknowledgments or even warnings that were mentioned by any of the sites I visited. For a time I worked for a Glock distributor and never encountered problems like this and this over 14 years ago. yes we aware of problems with other product lines and most of these were quality control. My pistol is a 17 and as I noticed no one seems to have any difficulty with these. On another subject I remember individuals mostly leo saying a Glock was dangerous because it had no safety and they feared accidental discharges but i suspect strongly this was nothing but unsafe firearms handling. After all a double action revolver has no safetys and we are all taught to keep our finger out the guards until ready to shoot.
I do not accept common knowledge or anectodal experiences as fact. Sometimes agencys or even the military will skue the results of a trial in order to get or not get some particular piece of equipment. After that everyone jumps in with there version. Oh well I keep shooting my Glock and even get a .40. At the same token if its really true then history shows that all goods designs were tweaked by the inventors. Mausers, winchester lever guns, government models, etc. Its just evolution.
I read the google information that I was told to reference and after reading it and quite a few other sites I came to the conclusion that I was in some cases reading alot of Glock bashing. If a pistol doesnt go into to battery either the problem is ammo or something wrong with the pistol. I check my own Glock which is several years old and pulling the slide back less than 1/8 of an inch it released the firing pin after pulling the trigger but it was still in battery. The barrel hood had not even dropped out of position. I did not see any official references to factory bulletins, acknowledgments or even warnings that were mentioned by any of the sites I visited. For a time I worked for a Glock distributor and never encountered problems like this and this over 14 years ago. yes we aware of problems with other product lines and most of these were quality control. My pistol is a 17 and as I noticed no one seems to have any difficulty with these. On another subject I remember individuals mostly leo saying a Glock was dangerous because it had no safety and they feared accidental discharges but i suspect strongly this was nothing but unsafe firearms handling. After all a double action revolver has no safetys and we are all taught to keep our finger out the guards until ready to shoot.
I do not accept common knowledge or anectodal experiences as fact. Sometimes agencys or even the military will skue the results of a trial in order to get or not get some particular piece of equipment. After that everyone jumps in with there version. Oh well I keep shooting my Glock and even get a .40. At the same token if its really true then history shows that all goods designs were tweaked by the inventors. Mausers, winchester lever guns, government models, etc. Its just evolution.
