Blue Thunder
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I have one of the first G-21's in the US with an XL serial number bought in the early 1990's. I shot it in USPSA competetion as a Hi-Cap over my 8+1 1911. I was shooting 4-5K of bullets a year (My reloads of 200GR SWC Lead which is supposed to be a NO-NO but it was not dirty ammo) in practice and competetion and NO leading. Every couple of years I would detail strip it and cleaned it with Simple Green and warm water. Let it dry off and 6 drops of oil as specified. I was also a Glock Armorer in the mid 1990's trained at Glock because the Gun Store I worked for Part time was selling more Glocks than almost anybody else in the Southeast. We had a rental G-17 that was shot more than 40K per year and after 250K rounds, Glock wanted it back for close inspection. It was shot with reloaded FMJ ammo. NO issues were found and we were given another New G-17. It will take almost anything you will feed it and not even blink. The smaller the caliber the more issues seem to crop up, with what I am seeing is really bad reloads for the new 380 Glock. Was at an Alumni Gunfighting Class a couple of weeks ago and saw a G-42 that would have issues with every 4-5 rounds of reloaded ammo. Factory fresh worked fine. Every gun has it's issues if you can find them.