Do Glocks jam for anyone else?

[Redhat]

It must be the shooter...everybody knows Glock's don't malfunction!

Although I don't care for Glocks, I did own a 1st gen G23 once and never had a problem with it functioning. Then again, I've never had trouble with any of my pistols.

You probably just need to put 500 rds through it to break it in.

 

[distra]

I've seen G17, G19, G21, G23, and G30 all jamb at one point or another. Most were with the shooters own hand loads, but not all. Dispite what the Glock-ophiles say, they do jamb.

 

[michiganfan]

4 glocks zero malfuntions of any sort

 

[Trope]

When I first got my G19, I had a few stovepipes. I was told about limp-wristing, and after adjusting my grip, haven't had one since. A couple years later, my wife had a few stovepipes with that same G19, which she also stopped getting after tightening up her grip. She's never had a malfunction of any kind with her S&P M&P9c, fwiw (nor have I). I wouldn't be surprised if Glocks are more susceptible to technique issues than are other pistols.

 

[Geno]

I have 3 Glocks: 2, G17s and 1, G19C. Of my 3 Glocks, I have fired well in excess of 10,000 rounds. The one pistol (my 2nd G17) I did a 3,000-round torture test) never cleaning. I have never had any failures.

One aspect of the torture test included trying to make it jam. Limp wrist cannot get worse than holding the pistol merely to the extent of controlling the muzzle down range, but not more, and allowing the pistol to near-freely flip (I was alone in the range).

Never, ever, any failures of any form.

Doc2005

 

[VARifleman]

One of my good friends, an old rifle coach and NRA pistol instructor had his 21 stovepipe on him a bunch until he sold it after Glock told him that he was "limpwristing"...yeah right. They make bad guns occasionally like everyone else. But if a 1911 malfuctions, it's obviously the gun's fault....

 

[jeffkirchner]

I've only owned 1 GLOCK, a G30. I put about 1200 rounds through it in 2 months. It was 100% reliable, but I never subscribed to the theory that GLOCKS never need to be cleaned. I cleaned it after every range session.

 

[boldkharma]

I have never had a malfunction with a Glock that was not ammo related. I had never seen a stovepipe jam in a Glock until I let my neighbor's daughter shoot my G17. She managed to stovepipe it three times out of 10 rounds in the mag. Definately a loose grip related malfunction.

 

[possum]

i have never had a problem in the 600rds i put through my 19 before i sold it, not because of reliability issues though.

i have put three times that many rds through various other model glocks and i can not recall a stove pipe or jam, that was weapon caused. i have shot the model 17,19, 22,23,30, and 36.

i did not witness this but my dad reported that after putting a lasermax guide rod in his 19 that some of the lighter reloads that normally worked perfectly in his gun wouldn't work the slide, properly, but it did well with factory loads, so he just bumped his powder charge a little and now it is all good. again though that was an ammo issue in my opinion.

 

[wanderinwalker]

As a die-hard Glock convert, I can honestly say, they'll jam, for sure.

I've experienced numerous malfunctions with my G-17, though to be honest, probably less than a dozen or so were when firing factory ammo, and mostly with Remington/UMC 115gr ball. Had the extractor slip a rim a few weeks ago, a stovepipe a few weeks before that and those are the ones I remember for certain. Had some with weak reloads, but I can't blame those on the pistol.

GF's brother, Marine, had a malfunction within the first 100 rounds out of his new G-23. Using Remington Golden Sabers no less.

Had a few malfunctions with former Glock 26 that I traced to an improperly assembled part (oops... ).

And of course, my dad and brother can get my 17 to malfunction somehow, but I don't know how they do it!

That's about all I can remember for now. They HAVE been mostly trouble free for me, and the 17 is my go-to pistol, even over my S&W revolver!

Edited: An I've seen loose-grip related malfunctions with this. A 1911 works OK for my gf, but my 9mm Glock won't feed at all. They definitely seem more prone to limp-wristing than steel-framed autos IMO.

 

[DougW]

If it were happening on one of your Glocks, than I would suggest that the pistol has a problem. If you have 3 that exibit the same type of FTF, then it is the shooter. But, that is my opinion. I have 3 Glocks that have never had a problem. Maybe it is just me though.

 

[Stevie-Ray]

1 Glock, a 26, and about a thousand rounds later, and not a single malfunction. I'm not saying they don't. I'm saying mine don't.

I'm hoping my next Glock, a 29, will act the same.

 

[PhillyGlocker]

I am not convinced that Glocks jam or have had problems. I think the pictures I've seen are doctored. 4 years, a couple thousand rounds, and my Glocks have been flawless. They're so reliable, I get bored with them sometimes. I need something to fix occasionally. Maybe I'll get a Kel Tec.

 

[Redhat]

So from many of the replies, can we establish that Glock's are finicky about grip or what?

 

[glockman19]

Happy to say after over 5,000 rounds through my G19 not one jam, FTF misfire or any other SNAFU to report.

 

[Geno]

I think what we can conlude from the posts here is that your Glock probably will be 100% reliable. If you happen to get one that is failing, it is likely mechancial and needs to be returned for repair ASAP because Glocks are predominently 100% reliable.


PhillyGlocker:

I'd move a Kimber right to the top of the "get-it-to-fix-it list". My KelTec also is 100% reliable (chromed).

Doc2005

 

[jlh26oo]

4k+ rounds through my GLOCKS. Have tried every which way to "limp wrist" them, still can't get a failure.

Stick with what works for you.

 

[DougW]

Glocks are not finikey about how you hold them. Grip the thing like the you would a 1911 and blast away!

 

[RNB65]

I don't own a Glock, but a couple of my shooting buddies do (G17, G19). Those two guns have fired thousands of rounds and neither has ever experienced a single failure.

 

[Newton]

While the predominance here is for 100% reliable Glocks, we have quite a few "limpwristing" reports mixed in.

We should have a thread (with vote) comparing these issues with all the leading brands, sort of a "have you experienced stoppages with one of more of these guns - SiG, Hk, Beretta, Glock, Ruger etc etc".

I have had no luck with 1911s (feedway stoppage after feedway stoppage), and Glocks (limpwristing jams), I have also come across one bad SiG (a P245), a Ruger Mk.II (I must be the only shooter in the World who thinks these guns are a total POS), and jammomatic Keltecs - but have never experienced jams with Hi Powers, Hks, or Makarovs.

Each to his own as they say.

 

[Redhat]

Glocks are not finikey about how you hold them. Grip the thing like the you would a 1911 and blast away!

I dunno Doug. I hear a lot of Glock owners here saying it's the shooter's fault if they puke!

Never had that problem myself

 

[Optical Serenity]

No jams for me on any Glock I've ever used or owned.

I have had HKs, Sig's, Springfields, and others jam now and then though.

 

[fattsgalore]

There's no such thing as perfect... only adequate.

 

[Dobe]

Yep, they jam. They are a good design, but they jam as much as any other good design that I own.

 

[MythBuster]

I bought the first Glock 17 that came into the local gun shop in the late 80's. Since then I have either owned or shot just about every Glock model they have made except the full auto version.

I have had exactly ONE malfunction since the late 80's shooting Glocks.

It was the second round out of a first production run NIB Glock 21. After that it ran fine for years.