Dframe
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If you've seen one glock you've seen them all
I don't think BTF is a reliability issue either, annoying but reliability is if the gun cycles or not.
My first 2002-era G22 was quite a drama queen, even with no light on the rail. This was when Glock was still denying there was a problem. A local Glock armorer told me the stop-gap fix was heavier magazine springs, which I installed. Problem solved. Soon afterward, I heard that Glock had, quietly, started installing heavier magazine springs in their G22 magazines.So, which Glocks are unreliable in stock form? I honestly dont know of any. All of my gen-3's like like a top.
The early G21's with ambi-mag release (not early G21's), probably the first round of the SF models, had problems with that mag release. I seem to remember the mag release assembly's were crumbling to pieces.I have also seen the bulletins disseminated among police agencies, regarding problematic Glocks. One I recall, specifically, involved the Glock G21. A quite large PD in California had pulled all G21 duty pistols from service. I do not recall the exact problem, but long-time G21 fans may remember.
Gen3 G22 had feeding problems when weapon lights were attached
Can someone elaborate on this?
Is there a simple, cheap fix for this unreliability with a light attached?
send the slide back to glock if you have it for replacement
When a WML is attached tightly to the rail it stiffens the dustcover, which doesn't allow it to flex enough...less that the designed spec. This reduced degree of flex shortens the dwell time of the returning slide and causes feeding problems. That is why Glock's band-aid "fix" was stronger magazine springs...to raise the cartridge column faster.
I owned a Glock 19 that was a pitiful gun. Factory could not fix it, nor could two local gunsmiths. As a Glock that jammed, failed to eject, but mainly stovetopped, it was a true collectors item.
I have no idea. I don't have enough faith in a Gen3 G22 to buy one...I do have a Gen2 however that I am thinking about converting over to a dedicated .22lr platformHow do you know if the magazine springs are the newer version?
Did you mean to explode? I'd have to say any of the .40 S&W models.
Gen3 G22 had feeding problems when weapon lights were attached
Does the Gen 3 Glock 23 suffer from this same problem?
This definetly made my day with your qoute RBid!I know, right? That's why no departments or agencies use them anymore! They're all time bombs, waiting to bring fiery deaths to all who use them! Not that kabooms actually matter. Everybody knows Glock grips are so blocky and uncomfortable to hold that people die just from holding them!