My Observations Of Glock Ejection

[EzGoingKev]

First off - I am no authority on anything and am not saying that Glock is issue free. I am sharing some of my own personal observations.

Incident #1 -
I am at the range shooting with a friend that is a LEO. I am shooting an earlier (non-LCI) gen 3 G23 with an x300 installed. All the mag springs were replaced with Wolff +10% springs and the mags have a mix of #8 and #9 followers. Some of the followers are new.

I shot a few hundred rounds without any issues. My friend and I trade off - I shoot his issued SIG and he uses my Glock. Right off the bat he has non-stop failure to feed issues and cannot get the pistol to run. I took back and it was running like a sewing machine for me. IIRC I pulled the light off and he was fine.

Up until this point I had not believed in the grip issue. Now I see two different shooters running the same gun. One has no issues one has nothing but issues. The variable is the user.

Incident #2 -
As I am typing this my sister is at the range with the same G23 but with the x300 removed. She has never shot a Glock. She texted me advising the brass is going all over the place including hitting her in the head.

In the past month I have run about 350 rounds through this pistol (w/ the x300 installed) without a single issue. I have shot it. I let two first time shooters try it on two different occasions without a single issue. I am 99.9% certain if I went to the range right now and shot it I would not have any ejection issues.

Again same pistol, another user.

[LowSpeed_HighDrag]

First off - I am no authority on anything and am not saying that Glock is issue free. I am sharing some of my own personal observations.

Incident #1 -
I am at the range shooting with a friend that is a LEO. I am shooting an earlier (non-LCI) gen 3 G23 with an x300 installed. All the mag springs were replaced with Wolff +10% springs and the mags have a mix of #8 and #9 followers. Some of the followers are new.

I shot a few hundred rounds without any issues. My friend and I trade off - I shoot his issued SIG and he uses my Glock. Right off the bat he has non-stop failure to feed issues and cannot get the pistol to run. I took back and it was running like a sewing machine for me. IIRC I pulled the light off and he was fine.

Up until this point I had not believed in the grip issue. Now I see two different shooters running the same gun. One has no issues one has nothing but issues. The variable is the user.

Incident #2 -
As I am typing this my sister is at the range with the same G23 but with the x300 removed. She has never shot a Glock. She texted me advising the brass is going all over the place including hitting her in the head.

In the past month I have run about 350 rounds through this pistol (w/ the x300 installed) without a single issue. I have shot it. I let two first time shooters try it on two different occasions without a single issue. I am 99.9% certain if I went to the range right now and shot it I would not have any ejection issues.

Again same pistol, another user.

Not sure I would ever place my trust in a pistol that can only be shot by one person. It's indicative of a problem when any minor changes in grip are causing failures. What happens when you need to fire one handed? I'd say your pistol has an issue.

[DreadPirateMoyer]

The Glock ejection issues are with the 9mm lineup: 17, 19, and 26.

[EzGoingKev]

Not sure I would ever place my trust in a pistol that can only be shot by one person.

Go back and re-read my post.

Multiple people have shot that pistol without issues. Including myself and the previous owner, nine people have fired the pistol. Two out of that nine have experienced issues.

What happens when you need to fire one handed?

I have shot it one handed in both my right and left hands without issue.

[Hmac]

Are we going to go back again and try to pin Glock's malfunctioning 9mm's on technique?

[EzGoingKev]

Are we going to go back again and try to pin Glock's malfunctioning 9mm's on technique?

The G23 is .40 S&W, not 9mm.

All I am saying is that technique can be an issue. I never believed it but have seen it for myself.

[LowSpeed_HighDrag]

Are we going to go back again and try to pin Glock's malfunctioning 9mm's on technique?

Thats the feeling I get from this post. I understand the OP said it was just his experiences, but if people are going to continue to try to pin this on anything else but the MFG in question...then I quit.

LEO doesnt know how to shoot a pistol to the point where it won't malfunction? Not all LEO's are gun guys, but most have enough shooting experience that they do not automatically induce malfunctions.

Should technique be an issue in a modern defensive pistol? Is that something we are willing to accept with modern manufacturing?

[PalmettoPrecision]

Thats the feeling I get from this post. I understand the OP said it was just his experiences, but if people are going to continue to try to pin this on anything else but the MFG in question...then I quit.

LEO doesnt know how to shoot a pistol to the point where it won't malfunction? Not all LEO's are gun guys, but most have enough shooting experience that they do not automatically induce malfunctions.

Should technique be an issue in a modern defensive pistol? Is that something we are willing to accept with modern manufacturing?

+1

Unacceptable.

[Guns-up.50]

Thats the feeling I get from this post. I understand the OP said it was just his experiences, but if people are going to continry to pin this on anything else but the MFG in question...then I quit.

LEO doesnt know how to shoot a pistol to the point where it won't malfunction? Not all LEO's are gun guys, but most have enough shooting experience that they do not automatically induce malfunctions.

Should technique be an issue in a modern defensive pistol? Is that something we are willing to accept with modern manufacturing?

I agree with you, however as far as op goes any variations in ammo i have a 17 and 19 both near 95%-100% guns a year ago all the ammo i have this year has been problematic to say the least. I wouldnt say this is only Ammo but it seems so.

[RIGPIG]

Take the extra power springs out. If that's all you've changed, that's your variable, not the other shooters. If it runs fine on stock springs, leave it be. The only reason I see for extra power springs is in a 9mm where the user is shooting a lot of NATO or +p/+p+ loads.