Glock 30SF and 36

[Jesse Wales]

been reading a lot of negatives , dont know what the issues are ,
kinda disturbing as i just picked up a 30SF for myself , and a 36 for my wife,
would like to hear others experiences , sorta an update
as the posts i saw are pretty old
last weekend I went to the range and put 6 boxes through them
with only one stovepipe in the 36 which i attributed to ammo
any reports would be appreciated
thanx in advance
DS

 

[rskent]

I’m not sure what negatives you’re talking about. I can’t speak for the 30 but I think the 36 is great. They
had some problems early on but Glock seems to have sorted them out. The only negatives I can see with
the 36 are the limited capacity which you know upfront and the recoil, which is substantial. The lighter
the gun, the heavier the recoil. Not a big surprise either. Otherwise the gun is just another Glock, for
better or worse.
Steve

 

[ku4hx]

Negatives? You mean like ugly, reliable to the point of being boring, just combat accuracy and etc.?

My 30SF has been flawless through approximately 3,000 JHP rounds via the OEM barrel and 800 or so cast through the Lone Wolf barrel. The gun's accuracy is better than mine.

 

[george d dennis]

never had any problems with my 36. excellent pistol.

 

[jackpinesavages]

Can you be more specific, on which negatives?



I have a 36 which is an insanely great CCW shooter. Some of the best shooters/trainers in the world carry the G30 for a BUG and/or CCW.

Not sure when they went to the 2 stage RSA on the 36, but I know that made a big difference.

Did you buy new or used pistols?

been reading a lot of negatives , dont know what the issues are ,
kinda disturbing as i just picked up a 30SF for myself , and a 36 for my wife,
would like to hear others experiences , sorta an update
as the posts i saw are pretty old

 

[xXxplosive]

Just purchased my 1st Glock.....30SF.
Read all the pages about the Trigger Bar issue and FTRTB. My gun was made in Aug. 2009 and had the part number on the Bar that everyone was concerned with.....well I took her out to the range Monday afternoon and quickly ran a couple hundred rounds through her....JHP, FMJ, Flat Point.....she ate everything I fed her no sweat.....had one jamb but I believe it was my fault....due to getting used to the grip.....other than that, no sweat.

Guess we'll just keep shootin' and see if anything develops...........if so it will be going to Smyrna for repair.....if not, Good For Me.

 

[chicharrones]

I've only had one problem one time in my G36. It was an ejection jam with some MFS Hungarian ammo. All other types, including steel cased ammo has been flawless in operation in my G36. Granted, all other types I have tested in this gun are probably only 10 different brands or bullet types.

The lone offender - http://www.epicos.com/epicos/extended/hungary/mfs/mfs_ammunition.html

 

[xXxplosive]

Not to Hijack......
Yep.........the NJ Permit System.....the chief has to sign off after you fill out about 6 pages of paperwork. They even will notify you employer.....not sure it's legal though.
Then when you go to the shop to purchase, you have to fill out the same questionare again basically 2 more pages....you have to fill out and sign your PP and then the shop calls the NICS # to check on you again...........like going to a proctologist for a hat fitting.

Back to the Topic.........
The grip on my 30SF takes some deffinate getting used to.....after all my years with the 1911 platform.....still love my Colts.

 

[giggitygiggity]

I have a Glock 30SF and it is awesome. Extremely accurate and reliable. I don't know where you got your information about issues with it. I have repeatedly seen posts by people who feel that the 30 is the best pistol of them all.

I have also seen a good number of posts about having issues with the 36. It seems like the 36 has more issues than the rest of the Glocks. I do not know what the reason might be or if there are just a lot more lemons in the 36 than the other models. Also keep in mind that complaints are much more prevalent than praises.

With all that being said, I wouldn't lose any sleep over your recent purchases. Go shoot and see for yourself. Chances are that you won't have any issues.

 

[contactcole]

The Glock 36 is the most finicky Glock based on reports. Most run well, many do not. Slim is great though. But, the feel in my hand and 6+1 does not do it for me.

I like the Glock 30. I own the original pre-rail model. It's a great, compact 10+1 .45acp. Very accurate and very soft shooting as well.

 

[thefamcnaj]

My gloc30 runs and run no matter what I feed it. Fmj's, hollow points of all kind, and glacier saftey slugs. I've never had any type of failures with it. I've shot it one handed, one handed weak hand and I can't make it fail, and the little booger is seriously accurate. I get better groups at ten yards with it than I do with my g21.
Now as far as the g36, the only expirence I have with it is, my best friends. It went 250rounds problem free. Then he started experiencing a lot of jams, I mean a lot. So he went to glock talk and they told him to disassemble the mags and clean them. So he did, and now he has no failures at all. He cleans them every 200 rounds. His is the only problem I've seen with a 36. My lgs owner carries a 36 and says its been flawless.
I wouldn't hesitated to buy one, if I could only find one.
You made two good purchaces imho.

 

[Jesse Wales]

New Glocks

yes I got 36 brand new , and traded my brand new 30 for the SF
the complaint that i heard was something about the rails
, which i would polish if I thiught it was a problem
gonna take them out again this weekend and run some more
through them
Ive always been into automatics , particularlily 1911's
and bout the only complaints ive iver had is magazines ,
causing feeding problems
but the glocks mags seem to work great
the mag doesnt just drop out of the 36 like i think it should ,but I like it , this way my wife wont have to remember to catch the mag and just remove it
the capacity of the 36 is not that much , but i figure its still the same as
a micro compact 1911
and .45 is nothing to laugh at
I figure 7 rounds of .45 is suficient to stop just about anything
my wife has always complained about the weight ,
and I admit that her walther PP was heavy
and .380 is kinda lame , so we will see if the 36 works for her
simple , no brainer , point and shoot , all weather , and pretty much indestructible ,looks like its the age of plastic guns
till next time
DS

 

[ku4hx]

My wife had complaints about the weight too. So she wanted to fire a smaller gun and picked a model 36 Smith at a local range to rent and try. That was the only gun that ever hurt her hand. After that she came to realize a gun's mass acts as a sort of "recoil damper" and if you want to shoot you have to tolerate some heft in the chosen gun. Funny how that works.

 

[rskent]

If you get a chance try some 185 grain Hornady XTP rounds through the 36.
They shoot great in mine. Much better than anything else I have tried.
Good Shooting
Steve

 

[Jesse Wales]

testing testing 1-2-3

went out again yesterday and put another 150 rounds each through both my new Glocks
they both ran flawlessly
i gotta admit the SF with a 13 rd mag is more fun than the 36 ,
but it is what it is , lighter , more concealable ,
Im Impressed !!!
DS

 

[The_Armed_Therapist]

Any Google search about any gun will return negatives. Not a good source upon which to base doubts!

 

[Woody Jones]

I own both as well. They take turns on EDC duty, usually in a MIC, but occasionally in a Shielded Holsters Phalanx. I've never had a malfunction with either one (or any other Glock for that matter) and the accuracy is right up there with my 1911s and XD45. In other words, no complaints here.

 

[WYOMan]

I bought my G30 the first year they came out, and I've never had any issues with it. Mine has Novak carry sights, the extended slide release, and an aluminum trigger installed, but other than that its just stock. The three things that I didn't care for when I bought it, I fixed. The only thing I can't fix is they aren't elegant like old Colt and Remington single action relvolvers. But then again, I'm sure that old timers who were used to having those old revolvers probably thought that the 1911 was ugly as sin too.

 

[bleland45c]

I first bought the 36 for myself. My wife liked it so much that I bought the 30 SF and gave the 36 to her. I have shot all types of FMJ, JHP, and had not a single FTF, FTE on either gun. Have 1500 rounds through the 36 and 700 through the 30SF. I carry either my HK45c, the 30SF or my Kimber compact Stainless II depending on my clothing and my mood. For reliability all these weapons are first class and are more than dependable for CCW. Either the 30 or the 36 are great guns for CCW.

 

[CountGlockulla]

I have a 2012 manf G30 that has been 100% with Speer Gold Dots and my Ball reloads. My ball reloads are a little lighter than Federal Ball.

 

[Robbins290]

i have both the 30 and 36. they both had a stovepipe in the first 50 rounds. but now it has been 100%. im not a glock fan, but the rep they have cant be ignored.

 

[Micro]

I hate to be the dissenter here, but the Glock 30SF and the Glock 36 were the pistols that finally made me give up on Glock.

In one the first years they were available, I bought a Glock 17. I shot that pistol for something like 23 years. It went through many recoil springs, magazines and at least one barrel. I put tens of thousands of rounds through that gun. It ran like a champ.

I bought a Glock 21 in the '90s and put no less than 20,000 rounds through it. Again, it ran exceedingly well.

In the last few years, I bought a Glock 21SF. I immediately noticed the infamous trigger bar rub, but the gun ran reasonably well with only a few stoppages here and there.

I also bought a Glock 36. Immediately, I started to have failures to eject and failures to chamber. I changed the recoil spring, magazine and tried many different brands of ammo and simply could not get reliable function with this gun. I ended up selling it and buying a Glock 30SF.

The Glock 30SF ran well for the first few hundred rounds. Then I started to experience the dreaded failure to return to battery. (This problem generated one of the longest running threads in gun-website history on GlockTalk.) The problem started slowly then developed to the point where the gun would not go into battery at all unless I thumbed the slide shut. I changed recoil springs. I changed the trigger bar (because it has "the rub" mark as well). I changed the firing pin safety plunger. Nothing worked. By the time I traded to a dealer to whom I fully disclosed the problem, it was failing to go into battery nearly 100% of the time. Not only that, I could pull the trigger and drop the firing pin before the gun was completely in battery.

At that time I swore off compact .45 ACP Glocks. Then, low and behold, I had a failure to go into battery on my Glock 21SF. I got rid of that gun, too.

At this point, I simply will not buy any Glock in any caliber other than 9mm.

Every company turns out a turd now and then. Colt proves that. But 2 out of 5 of my Glocks were 100% unreliable, and I believe a 3rd was going in that direction. 60% of the Glocks I've ever owned were faulty.

 

[coalman]

11 rounds of .45acp goodness in a compact package is hard to beat. Mine is excellent. The Glock 36 does not float my boat.

 

[ku4hx]

I hate to be the dissenter here, but the Glock 30SF and the Glock 36 were the pistols that finally made me give up on Glock.

In one the first years they were available, I bought a Glock 17. I shot that pistol for something like 23 years. It went through many recoil springs, magazines and at least one barrel. I put tens of thousands of rounds through that gun. It ran like a champ.

I bought a Glock 21 in the '90s and put no less than 20,000 rounds through it. Again, it ran exceedingly well.

In the last few years, I bought a Glock 21SF. I immediately noticed the infamous trigger bar rub, but the gun ran reasonably well with only a few stoppages here and there.

I also bought a Glock 36. Immediately, I started to have failures to eject and failures to chamber. I changed the recoil spring, magazine and tried many different brands of ammo and simply could not get reliable function with this gun. I ended up selling it and buying a Glock 30SF.

The Glock 30SF ran well for the first few hundred rounds. Then I started to experience the dreaded failure to return to battery. (This problem generated one of the longest running threads in gun-website history on GlockTalk.) The problem started slowly then developed to the point where the gun would not go into battery at all unless I thumbed the slide shut. I changed recoil springs. I changed the trigger bar (because it has "the rub" mark as well). I changed the firing pin safety plunger. Nothing worked. By the time I traded to a dealer to whom I fully disclosed the problem, it was failing to go into battery nearly 100% of the time. Not only that, I could pull the trigger and drop the firing pin before the gun was completely in battery.

At that time I swore off compact .45 ACP Glocks. Then, low and behold, I had a failure to go into battery on my Glock 21SF. I got rid of that gun, too.

At this point, I simply will not buy any Glock in any caliber other than 9mm.

Every company turns out a turd now and then. Colt proves that. But 2 out of 5 of my Glocks were 100% unreliable, and I believe a 3rd was going in that direction. 60% of the Glocks I've ever owned were faulty.

Wow, looks like all the turds, maybe just 60% of them, landed in your corner. I'd have quit and gone home too I think.

 

[av8usn]

I have a G36 and have shoot both ball and hollow points, lead and plated and have had ZERO problems. It is accurate and, IMHO, reliable.

I carry the G36 often and am comfortable with it. I use an OWB Galco Combat Master holster. (I tried a BARSONY OWB and it was crap, plus the company does NOT back their products.)

Other shooters I know also are fond of and carry the G36. No bad comments that I know of here.