Frustrated with Glock

[ffjdh]

Until recently I have loved my G19. I buy guns expecting them to work and until recently my Glock has fire flawlessly. That was until I tried running hollow points through the gun. My 19 eats any type of FMJ no problems whatsoever. With hollow points I am getting a FTF on the last round of any california low cap magazine. Blocked standard capacity magazines have no issues. My understanding is this is an issue with the followers in the 10 round magazine.

I decided to give glock a call and see what they could do for me. So I called them mid January. I was given the response of, "We don't have any of the replacement followers in stock. They should be coming in soon. We will ship them out to you as soon as possible".

Over a month goes by. Nothing in the mail from Glock. I give them a call to see what's going on. I am given a very nonchalant "We don't have any of the replacement followers in, and we don't know when we will get anymore in." Thats it. I am basically SOL if I want to use my gun with self defense rounds and the magazines they sold me with the gun.

In my book this in unacceptable. The guns should have never been put on the market without fully operable magazines.

What are my options to get my gun up and running? I have little faith in glock fixing the problem at this point since during both conversations I have been given the impression that they couldn't care less. Ive heard that some people have been able to fix this issue with #3 followers or #6 followers. Is there some sort of consensus as to which one has worked more than the other? Is there some place I can buy the followers myself? Is anybody aware of places that sell blocked magazines for the glock 19?

[JMP]

While Glocks have endless shortcomings, I have never had an issue using HPs. It could be the profile of the bullet. Are these factory HPs are did you load them? Sometimes you need to play around with your seating depth if you have feed issues on autoloading pistols.

[Mossy Man]

Buy some blocked 10/15 Glock mags.

I'm a Glock user but I'm still upset they don't care about ban states.

But that's pretty much across the board now for all mfgs.

I usually prefer my 26 for this reason, though. Std cap mags == 10rnd

[SB1964]

Glockstore has 9mm3 followers. Good enough for LE/Military good enough for me. Flawless so far in my G19. Take a close look at your feedramp surface. I polish them. Many have ridges easily felt or seen. Never had an issue with a glock mag "Cal" "neutered" standard or whatever, never. FWIW, Glock sent me 9mm3 followers after a polite phone call.

[vintagearms]

If your blocked standard capacity mags don't have these issues, why can't you use those until Glock gets more followers in for the 10rd mags? Either that or attend a GSSF event and there should be a Glock armorer that should be able to fix you up.

[SkyHawk]

Glockmeister has them for $3ea. If your order is under $20, they will ship them first class mail for only $3 shipping, but you have to call to place your order.

http://www.glockmeister.com/Followers/products/49/

[Moto]

Dear OP,

there is nothing wrong with your G19. The culprit is the magazine followers.
I don't know why they use the ones that come with the 10 round mags.
Just order the 9mm3 followers as recommended above and while you are at it order some new springs and you will be good to go.

cheers.

[Garv]

Can you put an FMJ in first and the next 9 are HP?

[gogohopper]

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[Voo]

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lols.. i was thinking the same thing?

[teflondog]

I bought a few 10-round Glock 19 mags last year and it also has the same issue on the last round. Mine is even worse because it also happens with FMJ.

For self defense I would use my 15-round preban mags. If you're stuck with the 10-rounders for SD, hopefully you won't need to shoot that many times.

[ffjdh]

While Glocks have endless shortcomings, I have never had an issue using HPs. It could be the profile of the bullet. Are these factory HPs are did you load them? Sometimes you need to play around with your seating depth if you have feed issues on autoloading pistols.

No reloads band new factory hollow points.

Buy some blocked 10/15 Glock mags.

Any idea who sells these? I've had trouble finding them

Ill take a look at ordering the 9mm3's. Do the 3's seem to fix the issue? I thought people were still having issues with the 3's.

[himurax13]

OP, this is a commonly known issue on this forum even though Glock will not admit to it. I see this question posted at least once a week.

Sometimes the new followers help.

Sometimes the new followers and some dremeling of the magazine helps.

Getting a blocked magazine sometimes helps. You could get an FFL with a high cap magazine permit and an FFL 6 (or 7?) to block them for you.

Using a standard capacity magazine usually works.

[EspoMan]

I had the same problem with my Glock 17. Except it was with factory FMJs and I had a FTF almost every other round. Took it back to gun store and they said I needed to replace followers. Nope I sold that gun and will never buy another Glock again. It's a well documented issue, if Glock doesn't care enough to fix it, I don't need to give them my business. My opinion of course.

[Motosurgeon]

try this..
Polish the feed ramp, point in a safe direction, release slide on a single hp loaded in your finiky mag. If this doesn't solve your problem try stretching your mag spring. If that won't work,.. You may be limp wristing it.. Don't forget to make the pistol safe when finished.