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Glock 30 failure to fire
Was at the range yesterday working on some basics. I had fired maybe 30 rounds. On one round the gun went "CLICK" with no bang. I waited for a hang fire that never came. Pulled the round and it had a dent in the primer, but was definitely lightly struck. Ran it back into the chamber and second strike fired the round without issue.
I have several thousand rounds through Glock's, however only about 2 thousand or so in this gun, and never a problem with a Glock that was not my fault. Never had any failure of any kind with this gun until yesterday. It is bone stock. Firing pin moves freely in the slide, no indication of any obstructions. The gun is lightly lubed per factory recommendations so no gunk build up anywhere. Only maybe 300 rounds at most since last cleaning, and I have gone much longer than that without cleaning in the past with no problems.
About the ammo. Yes they are hand loads. I have been through over 1500 rounds without failure. The rounds are 180 gr Montana Gold HPs over about (would have to look at the load card in the garage) 4.7 gr of Bullseye in Winchester brass using WLP primers. I case gauge 100% of my ammo so I'm 100% certain that the dimensions were good. The prior round had normal recoil and I'm sure I didn't limp wrist it so I don't think it was a cycle problem.
In competition I have noticed several failures to fire for shooters using Winchester ammo, mostly the white box stuff. I'm not sure if that indicates a run of iffy primers from Winchester last year during the peak of the components crisis or not, and to be fair my observations are purely anecdotal.
I can see no reason for the gun to be at fault, and I would not worry about it if this particular gun were not my HD gun. Is there anything else I should be looking at? Something I missed? I don't know if I should chalk this up to stuff happens, worry about my gun or blame the ammo.
I fired another 30 or so rounds after that with no issues. Any ideas?
I have several thousand rounds through Glock's, however only about 2 thousand or so in this gun, and never a problem with a Glock that was not my fault. Never had any failure of any kind with this gun until yesterday. It is bone stock. Firing pin moves freely in the slide, no indication of any obstructions. The gun is lightly lubed per factory recommendations so no gunk build up anywhere. Only maybe 300 rounds at most since last cleaning, and I have gone much longer than that without cleaning in the past with no problems.
About the ammo. Yes they are hand loads. I have been through over 1500 rounds without failure. The rounds are 180 gr Montana Gold HPs over about (would have to look at the load card in the garage) 4.7 gr of Bullseye in Winchester brass using WLP primers. I case gauge 100% of my ammo so I'm 100% certain that the dimensions were good. The prior round had normal recoil and I'm sure I didn't limp wrist it so I don't think it was a cycle problem.
In competition I have noticed several failures to fire for shooters using Winchester ammo, mostly the white box stuff. I'm not sure if that indicates a run of iffy primers from Winchester last year during the peak of the components crisis or not, and to be fair my observations are purely anecdotal.
I can see no reason for the gun to be at fault, and I would not worry about it if this particular gun were not my HD gun. Is there anything else I should be looking at? Something I missed? I don't know if I should chalk this up to stuff happens, worry about my gun or blame the ammo.
I fired another 30 or so rounds after that with no issues. Any ideas?
OT, but if Glock's suck so bad why are they almost never the guns that experience a failure on the line? I find it odd that at every single match I attend there will ALWAYS be more than one 1911 and the less common Sig stop running, but the Glock's just keep going. I have witnessed one Glock failure that was not bad ammo (dead winchester primer) that was an operator induced stovepipe. This is the first time I have ever experienced this with a Glock, that is why it bothers me so much. 
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