3 malfunctions in 230 rounds.
First was a stovepipe, last round in the mag
second was a failure to feed
third was a light primer strike. (lit on the second try)
Probably not a big thing, just very surprising. i have around 16,000 rounds through this gun, i’ve only changed the trigger, striker and recoil spring (twice each, the current ones are less than 1k old)
this is using mixed brass reloads (of which i’ve had many thousands work perfectly) 6.8 grains of HS6, CCI 400 small rifle primers, 1.135 OAL and 124grain precision delta FMJ bullets. again, i’ve fired a LOT of these loads.
I use crappy old mags at the range, and it’s possible my gun contained a bit of carry-crust, as it hasn’t been shot in a few weeks or cleaned. So i’m not going to freak out here.
I am curious though about some of the new extractor and spring plunger options (lone wolf and white sound defense specifically) as this gun has always hucked a certain amount of brass at my face.
How are these things holding up? Who is using them?
i did the striker spring a month ago or so.
the extractor spring was original i believe, so that had to be due.
just gave the whole thing a detail strip and clean, it looks decent internally. So all the springs are under 2k as far as round count now.
I think i’m gonna send my beat up old range mags back to glock for a rebuild (they do it free!) also.
on the plus side, very productive range session. did a lot of reps from the holster and just press out, 1, 2 type drills. really reigned my groups in. A lot of my recent range sessions have been mostly training new shooter/screwing around type stuff.
When I first took out my Glock 19 it was choking. Choking so bad I had to actually hold the slide and slam my hand into the grip to unlock it. Needless to say, I was more than a little disappointed with Glock “perfection”, especially since I got it specifically on what I’d seen on its reliability through research.
I was using reloads so I eventually switched to commercial ammo and it fed without issue. Checked the reloads and they were a tad long, if I remember right. They fed fine in two other pistols (including my Hi-Point, if you can believe it :D). Haven’t shot it yet with shorter reloads but I expect no problems from it, since the commercial ammo was fine.
it’s the same ammo recipe i’ve been using for 2000 rounds or so.
the small rifles primers may be to blame for the light strike. I’m just going to keep an eye on it though… my extractor spring was definitely shorter than the new one (all OEM of course) so that could indeed be the issue…
no stories on that white sound plunger assembly? it interests me.
I’ve dabbled in using #400 small rifle primers instead of cci (#500?) small pistol. No issues before. I know they are a little harder. I reload for my AR15 as well, and having just one primer to deal with drastically simplifies things. This is range ammo and one dud in 3000 (that’s about where i’m at with the small rifle primers in the glock so far) is acceptable. I’m mostly concerned with the stovepipe and failure to feed.
glock 19’s do tend to have the most erratic extraction of all 9mm glocks. It seems like mine has gotten worse with time, which is certainly possible given the original extractor spring.
it’s an original extractor. This gun was purchased in october 2008, so it’s the old tool steel extractor. I’m a bit hesitant to change it for that reason. It shows no visible wear.
When you dryfire the gun (and are still squeezing the trigger tightly), can you hear the firing pin rattle when you shake it fore & aft? Should make a “tink tink tink” sound.
The reason I ask is because I’ve noticed a lot of Glocks accumulate crap in the firing pin channel over time, which could be responsible for your light strikes.
In any case, it’s a quick & easy way to check often.
given that you aren’t getting consistent FTEs its probably not a big deal. The light strike was very likely ammo related. My g21 did that to a bunch of my buddy’s reloads that had hard or not well seated primers. Try the EDP swap first then go extractor if it becomes necessary. lone wolf makes steel extractors. 2/3 of my Gen 3s have the new style extractor and I have no problems with them FWIW.
