Glock Kaboom poll.......... Glock owners please vote

[jeff-10]

Glock 23. No problems at all. I doubt there is one person on THR who has actually had a Glock blow up.

 

[10-Ring]

I've owned a 23, 21, 36, a 17 & currently a 19. I blew up a 21 w/ some bad ammo the others had at least 2500 rounds through them before I sold or traded them off....the G19 is a keeper tho

 

[Double Naught Spy]

FYI, all of you with those problem-free Glocks are hereby invited...
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=312764

In fact, those of you with any problem-free semi-auto pistols are invited...

 

[ATW525]

Why do you claim the results are BS? They are certainly as valid as the claims of having no problems.

I don't know whether the results are BS or not. However, it's hard not to notice the discrepency between what the poll numbers say and the number of kaboom stories mentioned in the thread itself. It's also hard not to notice that right after the poll went up one person claimed to have kabooms with every single caliber of Glock and never posted anything. Things like that make the results questionable at best. At the very least, you have to ask: if people couldn't read and comprehend the part about posting your experiences, did they even read and comprehend the question itself?

That being said, I think this would have been much better as a public poll so we could see who was actually reporting problems and who wasn't.

 

[Commander Guineapig]

a thought...


on said kabooms....can you prove it was the Glock and not the ammo?
Sounds like most of these are bad ammo stories.
I saw a youtube vid of some idiot kabooming an AR...
it wasn't the ARs fault. it was bad ammo and some idiot ramming it
into the chamber.
Hypothetically, wouldn't a bad round kaboom any gun? the same round that
blew up in a Glock would still blow up in anything else.
does a bad ammo kaboom really count against the gun, or against the ammo?
if it counts against the gun, isn't that like saying a car isn't reliable, when in reality the gas was bad?
"OMG my new Honda sucks, it crapped out in the middle of nowhere..." etc etc when you put 5 year old gas in it?
just a thought...
GP

 

[Glockamania®]

Apologies if applicable...

An added thought:

The poll should be revised to: Have you ever used bad ammo which resulted in a negligent discharge?
Yes or No?

The reason why is through reading the thread, which is a great thread, most kabooms/malfunctions/etc. is from shooter error using bad ammo. NEVER the GLOCK.

And the blame is always against GLOCK. Glocks are the scapegoat of the firearms industry.

 

[Double Naught Spy]

From the Glock Faq link I posted above...

KBs in Glocks usually because of and of 4 variables or combination of variables...

1 Firing out of battery. Most Glocks will do this to some degree, especially those improperly maintained.

2 Significantly overpressure rounds. These occur mostly in homemade reloads or in commercially remanufactured ammunition, but have occurred in factory ammunition as well.

3 Lack of full case support in the critical area over the feed ramp of all large caliber (.40 S&W, 10mm, .45 ACP) Glock pistols. [See Annotation #5]

4 Use of personally reloaded or commercially remanufactured ammunition utilizing cartridge cases of indeterminable generation. Unlike most rifle handloaders, those who reload for handguns do not as a habit segment their fired cases by generation, and each time a case is re-sized for reloading, the brass "works" and weakens through enbrittlement.

kB!s have been documented with factory ammunition, but most of them occur with either commercial or homemade reloads.

#s 1 and 3 are Glock issues. 2 and 4 are ammo issues. A slightly hotter round in an unsupported chamber would be more likely to KB than in a supported chamber.

 

[jon_in_wv]

If bad ammo was the cause of all these Kabooms then the rate of failure would be the same for all weapons of that caliber regardless of manufacture. The fact you can find pics of blown up GLocks ALL OVER the interenet, much more so than any other manufacturer, and many instances of police department horror stories of mechanical failures with Glocks and Glock's total lack of responsiveness to it is of course totally irrelevant. Glock owners will tell you it is a conspiracy by bigfoot and unicorns to discredit Herr GLock. Jeez.

Glock perfection. Three generations of it.

 

[steak-knife]

Have/had a Government Issued G22, then a G23, and an off duty G27. No problems what so ever. All have had only a steady diet of 165 gr. JHP Speer Gold Dots through them.

One time, I did not clean my weapon for as long as 18 months (which is about 5 mandatory practice sessions) before getting busted on an inspection during requals. Still got decent groups and no failures.

 

[denfoote]

None of my three Glocks, 9mm, .40S&W, and ,45acp, have ever come close to catastrophic failure.

 

[CleverNickname]

my g23 kbed now my arms r bloody stumps. i had to write ths by pokin my nose on the kbd. hope u r happy

 

[Beetle Bailey]

Glock 17 with about 1500 rounds of WWB and S&B 115 grain FMJ. I just got it a few months ago, but no kaboom.

 

[DENALI]

The question you have to ask is why are they so popular with LE, federal, state and local. I mean if you guy's are really serious and you actually believe these pistols to be anywhere near this ballisticlly unstable, do you think ATF after all this time and kabooms would be joining the FBI, USMS, DEA and damn near 70% of LE in the U.S. in issuing them? Conspiracy? the only conspiracy I can envision is why all these poor shlep's ain't getting hazordous duty pay to strap on those ballistic handbombs........

 

[DENALI]

double post

 

[rundm]

I have several of the glock handguns, a 45, 10mm, 40 and 9mm. I have had a kaboom 2 times now with the 10mm. I was not using factory ammo but ammo from a reloading business that I do not use anymore. In both cases the magazine blew out and the extractor was destroyed. It happened to me once when I was firing it and the next yr it happened to my brother in law who was firing it while I was watching a couple of feet away. Luckily, nothing bad happened except for the kaboom. Neither of us were hurt at either time. As I said before, I do not frequent that business any more. I have not shot it much since then but have not had any more problems either. I have not had any problems from any of my other glocks that I own. RG

 

[Choclabman]

I have Glocks in 9mm(G26, G17), .357Sig w/.40S&W conversion barrel(G32 and G32C), .45ACP(G21SF, G30), and 10mm(G20).

I collect and use them, along with the other makes of pistols and revolvers(IL free).

I compete in IDPA, USPSA, and local club matches. Non of my Glocks, have ever given me any trouble. Also.. Non of my Glocks have kb'd

 

[wayneard3413]

Have had my G19 for about three years now, probably around 3k rounds of everything from walmart cheapo white box to my carry load of Hornady TAP, havent even had a single hiccup yet more less a Kb

 

[Choclabman]

Why do you claim the results are BS? They are certainly as valid as the claims of having no problems.

I would tend to call BS on the internet. Call me jaded. It could be 10 year old posting.
If a person wants me to take them seriously when they say they personally have had a kb, I want to see the proof.

By proof, I mean pictures along with a detailed account, of what happened. Round count, conditions, and ammo being used should be included.

Over pressure factory ammo and crazy reloads do happen.

Provide the proof, and I will take that persons claims seriously. Otherwise I could say, that I have seen 12 Sig's KB. I am sure there are some dim wits, who will believe it. The rest of us, will know that it is pure internet BS.

 

[SIGMYSTER]

Glock Kabooms

I have 2 Glocks. Models 32 and 20. No Kabooms.

 

[hexidismal]

So...could this thread/poll actually prove that Kabooms no longer exist?

Nope.. all this poll shows is that you shouldn't believe everything on the internet. So far the poll shows at least 34 glock KBs. (not accounting for possible multiple KBs of the same caliber weapon). I don't even like glocks, in fact I've often voiced my particular dislike for them, and I still have to say thats just plain ridiculous and obviously lies.

 

[full metal]

The two guns that I have never ever had jams or "KABOOMS" WITH is the Glock and the AK-47 in my opinion the worlds most reliable firearms and time proven. Nuff said.

 

[grimjaw]

Probably over 2000 rounds in a G19, and I'm sure I could have cleaned/lubed it more often. I've had ONE FTE after it was particularly dirty, otherwise no malfs and definitely no kabooms.

jm

 

[N.M. Edmands]

I currently have both a 2nd gen "22"[<2000rds since purchase] and a 2nd gen "23"[approx:+/- 5000rds] No problems. The "22" was purchased used,[unknown # of rds] to replace one I traded a couple of years ago for an STI. At the time of trade it had somewhere in the range of 100,000-120,000 rds thru it .[mostly reloads] No kabooms but numerous springs,locking blocks,trigger pins,and 1 receiver had been replaced. [all 2nd gen]

 

[CajunBass]

My wife has a G-19. She's put about 200 rounds through it. Had I even suspected there was a realistic chance that she would be injured by a "Kaboom," I would have suggested she get something else.

Yes, her G-19 might "Kaboom." She might get hit by a flying saucer. You can't worry about everything.

 

[kmtirish]

g17

shoot 100rds every week at the range and it ALWAYS fires i clean it every 6 months weather it needs it or not...some hopes and slide glide and im back to work