BurkeB
05-08-10, 11:06
I've heard all the problems with the 22 with a light mounted on it, and I've read all about the possible solutions, everything up to and including GLOCK's unofficial fix with the Gen. 4. My question isn't so much what can I do to fix it, it's should I even bother.
I have been carrying a 22 with no problems for a couple years now but at my last department qual I was running fine until we got to the 50 yard line. From 50 yards I was shooting real slow with a relaxed grip and I was getting failure to feed 50% to 75% of the time. I took the light (M3X) off and it ran 100%. The failure was the same every time. The round would eject fine and the slide would come to a stop on the next round without stripping it from the mag at all.
It still ran 100% at normal fighting ranges with a normal fighting grip so I have to assume that I was "limp wristing" from the 50. This is my department gun and even though I'm a department armorer I don't think I'm going to get much traction trying to get this problem addressed (our rangemaster saw my malfunctions and said "yea that's real common with a light attached, you're limp wristing it")
I'm not going to be with this PD for too much longer anyway (moving) so I'm really looking at this as a temporary problem. What I'm wondering is, would you guys recommend I just ditch the light all together, or carry it and assume that if I have to use it on the street it will function for me like it does when I shoot normally?
Any input is appreciated.
-burke
I have been carrying a 22 with no problems for a couple years now but at my last department qual I was running fine until we got to the 50 yard line. From 50 yards I was shooting real slow with a relaxed grip and I was getting failure to feed 50% to 75% of the time. I took the light (M3X) off and it ran 100%. The failure was the same every time. The round would eject fine and the slide would come to a stop on the next round without stripping it from the mag at all.
It still ran 100% at normal fighting ranges with a normal fighting grip so I have to assume that I was "limp wristing" from the 50. This is my department gun and even though I'm a department armorer I don't think I'm going to get much traction trying to get this problem addressed (our rangemaster saw my malfunctions and said "yea that's real common with a light attached, you're limp wristing it")
I'm not going to be with this PD for too much longer anyway (moving) so I'm really looking at this as a temporary problem. What I'm wondering is, would you guys recommend I just ditch the light all together, or carry it and assume that if I have to use it on the street it will function for me like it does when I shoot normally?
Any input is appreciated.
-burke