After a deal-breaking malfunction in my XD-45 last week, I finally sold that thing and bought a Glock 22 today. To make a long story short, I had a small pebble make its way into the mainspring housing of my XD that got lodged in front of the grip safety, disabling the weapon till I could take it back and clean it. I couldn’t cycle the slide or fire the weapon. This was a deal-breaker, even after 3 years without a hitch. I never understood why it needed a grip safety anyway, but till last week I never had a reason to complain about it, other than the unlikely event that I would need to retract the slide after being injured. But after that malfunction, it was time to find a replacement. So, I found a great deal on a 3rd Generation Glock 22 RTF. I walked out the door for $449.00 (Tax Included), which wasn’t that bad for the prices I’ve seen around here. I love the texture on this weapon as opposed to other Glocks I’ve handled in the past. I can’t wait to take it to the range and get familiar with it later this week.
Here’s a pic, sorry for the poor resolution, I’m not much of a photographer and the pic was taken with a cell phone. Just for the record, the malfunction on my XD was one I never would have imagined happening, but after that, I’ll never own another one.
Welcome to the dark side of the force, keep a good round count for recoil spring replacement and beware of reloaded ammunition unless you roll your own.
He did good going with the G22. Similar in size with a great SD round. Although I LOVE my G21, the sucker is big and may not be appropriate for EDC for a lot of guys. Mine sees daylight October through March since it require a decent cover garment…
There were two factors that influenced this decision. First, I own a couple of .45s (1911s) already and the frame on the 21 just felt awkward to me (too bulky for my liking). Secondly, I’ve never owned a .40, but I reload all my own ammo, and I’ve been pretty impressed with the ballistic performance of that round I’ve read about in the reloading manuals for some time now. Ultimately, it boiled down to a friend of mine sharing his 22C with me on a trip to the range.
It’s a totally new platform and cartridge for me, which will require several trips to the range and a few hundred rounds to make me feel comfortable with it, but it’s a labor of love :lol:.
I think that you made a great decision. I’ve been an avid handgun shooter for the last 20+ years. After using just about every design under the sun, the Glock offers a perfect balance of features resulting in a reliable and accurate platform (in my opinion).
Enjoy your new gun. The more you use it, the more you’ll love it.
That would depend on the type of malfunction. FTE or FTF are to be expected to happen and we all train accordingly to react in the event of one of these malfunctions.
Other malfunctions resulting from obvious design flaws are different for me. I refuse to trust my life and the lives of my family to a weapon that will fail because of a stupid design. I grew up shooting 1911s, so I was comfortable with a grip safety on a handgun. However, the mainspring housing of the 1911 is closed at the bottom, whereas the mainspring housing on the XD is open, creating an avenue for debris to enter the weapon and cause a malfunction. Such a malfunction could be avoided by foregoing excessive parts with no apparent purpose. Ultimately, what concerns me the most is that such a malfunction was not considered during design and testing by the manufacturer.
That is my definition of a deal-breaking malfunction. Malfunctions that are due to obvious design flaws make me want to look for superior weapons that are not subject to such malfunctions.
Tough to beat the Glock platform. I have a safe full of them and every one of em gets regular carry. My wife even keeps a G19 with a Surefire mounted in the top of her closet for nights I’m working. You will not be disappointed with that G22. There’s a reason it rides in the holster of more US cops than any other pistol.
I have a G17RTF and love the hell out of it. It is my dedicated IDPA pistol. I carry it now and then but mostly carry the G19+TLR1 as it is only a 2 round difference but carries better.
I’ve had a Glock 22 for 18 years. The only malfunctions it has seen were either intentionally induced or ammo related. Avoid putting lead through the pipe and give her a stable platform to recoil against.
I guess what did it in for me is that the malfunction was one that was due to poor design that took away my confidence with the weapon. I can’t abide a malfunction that takes my confidence away.
