Had my first Glock stovepipe; should I be worried?

[1911 guy]

Don't sweat it...yet.

Like others have said, put a few more hundred through it and see if it's a recurring problem. Probably won't be.

Glocks are mechanical devices and will sometimes hiccup on you. Anyone that says otherwise is delusional. They don't do it often, but you had best be prepared for it. Remember Mr. Murphy.

 

[cookekdjr]

Thanks for all your replies. I'm gonna run a bunch of range ammo through it this weekend, and see how it goes. My hunch is that the Atlanta Arms ammo is pretty under-powered, and that's why it stove-piped. Just my guess. I'm going to see for myself soon. If I'm wrong, I'll take it to a detective I work with who is also a Glock Armorer.
Thanks,

David

 

[STAGE 2]

Honestly this is probably a good thing. The mythical ethos about glocks has now been shattered for you. That means you'll look at it for what it is, a machine, and keep it cleaned and maintained as you would do with any other weapon.

Glocks are very reliable pistols. Glocks fail. You do your part and they will do theirs.

 

[wanderinwalker]

It's a malfunction, they happen. Very rarely with Glocks, especially 9mm Glocks using good, hot ammo, but it happens.

Take it this way: You need to know what to do if a problem occurs. It can happen with anything at any time. Mr. Murphy rides on your pistol every time you take it to the range. (Or your car, or your refrigerator, etc...)

My personal G-17 has malfunctioned a few times. Slipped a rim on some UMC ammo a while back, but that's the only factory ammo failure I've had. Others have had stovepipes and other problems, mostly limp-wrist related IMO. (My brother and father used to have serious issues going through a mag with this pistol.)

Honestly, I'd clean it up, take it back to the range and keep shooting. It should be fine.

 

[fineredmist]

I bought my first used Glock a few years back and had problems with stove pipes which was easily and inexpensively corrected by replacing the recoil, fireing pin and trigger springs. Works like a charm. My other two used Glocks got the new spring treatment shortly after purchase and they work well.
The malfunctions I have had were primarily ammo related, mostly hard primers which is something you have to live with. I installed an after market fully supported conventional rifled barrel and had feeding problems as the feed ramp angle and chamber diameter are different from the factory. The reliability is good but not to where I would trust it in a carry gun. The stock Glock is a reliable tool but as with anything mechanical, it is subject to failure.

 

[tango3065]

Why would a Glock need hot ammo, they are not oversprung because my g19 has seen nothing but WWB and never any +p ammo.

 

[possum]

don't worry about it!

 

[FortyCalGlock]

G23 Stovepipes

Before I got married, my favorite 2nd or 3rd date was a trip to the range. It seemed like most of the girls I was dating had never held a gun much less shot one. The first few mags were stovepipe city almost every time. Nothing to do with gun or WWB ammo, simply limp wristing. My wife was like that first time at the range. Now shes taken the G23 as hers till I buy her a P2k.

Also, I am looking for a set of PINK Cavalry Arms AR furniture if any one knows of some:banghead:

 

[rschlack]

I had a glock jam on every round of some foreign ammo. Don't think there was enough powerder to even push the slide back far enough to eject at all. I put blazers through it and not one jam. Back to the foreign stuff and every round jammed.

 

[NG VI]

I would go seek counseling over it.

Obviously Glocks cannot malfunction.






I kid, I kid, it was probably the ammunition, Atlanta Arms makes a bunch of very slow target rounds don't they? Try something else and I bet it will not be repeated.

 

[Vimes74]

If I were you, I would just spend some time making sure you're prepared to clear it as quickly as possible. This is assuming this is your self-defense weapon. There are plenty of good youtube videos demonstrating various procedures.

If it's just a concern over the gun in particular, I would just monitor and as long as its not too often (say once or twice every 500 rounds) then I wouldn't worry about it. Like others have said, it's worth monitoring which mags cause problems and if the springs up-to-date.

 

[Zerodefect]

I've got to blame the ammo. I've never heard of that stuff.

G19's don't like wimpy 9mm. If you use stronger loads even the limp wrist problem disappears.

Stick with the Federal fmj for practice. +P Hydrashock or Rem Goldensabre for defense.

 

[m2steven]

I've only have 1 of my 4 Glocks fail and it was my Glock 32 with super cheap reloads. It failed twice same magazine. Perhaps the shell were misshapen or something and they didn't unstack themselves well.

With good ammo, the G32 has never given me a moment's problem and I don't expect it to until I start wearing out parts. My other 3 glocks have done nothing but be perfect. I took my G26 out today and had not cleaned it the prior 3 trips which would be 600 rounds. Another 200 today and it's still perfect but dirty as hell. I'm going to clean it tonite. I hope i don't Jynx the gun doing that

Another quick comment about Glocks. They are accurate as all get out. Unlike my other Glocks, the 26 has a trigger to write home about.