Glock 26 FTE Updated post 27

[Mr.1904]

Been eating at me so..

I finally made it to the range the other night. Discount Gun Mart in San Diego. I was having a blast with my Glock 30SF, Glock 17RTF2, and my brand new 26 (only about 130 rnds through her since i got her about a month ago.). Everything was all fine and dandy until i got a FTE with the 26. Now both my 9mm Glocks have the 336 EJECTOR (for Talent and Shenaniguns, who will probably be here shortly) but i'm honestly ok with the random casing to the head every once in a while. The 17 has been absolutely FLAWLESS since i've had it. Bought it new about a year or two ago and it has ~2,000 rnds through it.

Back to the issue. I was shooting Bullet Man 115 grn reloads that seemed pretty inconsistent on velocity. Coulda just been me but whatever. I was on my 7th round in the stock 10 round magazine with a pierce XL grip extension and i was playing around with my grip because where the mag met the grip it kept biting my pinky, i remember putting a little bit more pressure on the bottom of the mag with my pinky on the grip extension when i had the failure. The gun stopped and at first i thought i was out of ammo and the slide locked back and i honestly looked at the pistol in disbelief. I was willing to brush it off as a fluke but since the gun is going to be an EDC gun it's bothering me a little. Half of me thinks that it was me just putting pressure awkwardly on the magazine which caused the failure, but the other half of me keeps going back to this Glock Brasstotheface/FTE hysteria.

Am i over-analyzing (again?)?
Or has anyone else experienced FTE's with the 26?

After said range session she has ~350-400 rounds through her. I was just shocked at what happened. Going out ot private property to run her through her paces tomorrow so we'll see if i can replicate the problem.

Update post 27

[fremont lapua]

My guess would be the reloads are causing you the issues. Try some factory ammo and see if the issues go away. Just my .02

[Mr.1904]

A few pictures just to spruce things up a bit.
Can someone tell me what this is and what it means? Haven't seen it before


First round out of my Glock 30SF with new night sights installed (Guess they're straight)

[jcaoloveshine]

I shot BulletMan 40sw reloads in my FNP40 and they would FTE on occasion as well. It might be the ammo. Try factory ammo and see how it runs.

[Steve G]

prob the crappy cheap reloads you were shooting. Try different ammo and report back..

[scglock]

Weird. My bulletman reloads have been pretty consistent. No malfunctions at all through 1k of 9mm and 45acp. Maybe you go a bad batch? Definitely try factory ammo to factor it out

[Mr.1904]

I honestly don't think the ammo is the culprit. All my Glocks eat everything like a champ. Like i said in the original post is i think me putting awkward pressure on the grip extension caused the malfunction. Since i was playing around with my grip it coulda been a limp wrist?

What i'm trying to establish is whether or not people with 26's experience FTE's and what from or if it's just me.

[Tripper]

I had somewhat the same issue when using any 'textured' extended mag, but no problem with the smooth stock ones for my 27. I think it results from the pinkey pinching, where I think I sub consciously adjusted grip pressure or location, and ended up overcompensating, resulting in the FTE/F, but again for me it was only the textured extended mags, the ones with the finger groove type extension with the checkering. Didn't have the issue using a 23 mag with no adapter but did when using the adapter
YMMV
I dont have the issue with the same style mags on the 30

[scglock]

Have you tried using the non-extended mags?

[Mr.1904]

Yea, the failure only happened once. With the pierce extended mag. +0.

[giantsfan]

I've got a 26 with pearce ext mags. I've got only 40 to 50 rounds through my brand new 26 but haven't had any issues with 115gr reloads. I would be inclined to blame the reloads as well.

[Shenaniguns]

My guess is the ammo.

[fanof1911forlife]

Try shooting 200 rounds of factory ammo with stock mag to get a base line. Then shoot 200 rounds of factory on the extended mag and note the number of FTE. 200 rounds of the reloads on stock mag and note the number of FTE. Compare the number of failures and go with the combo that have the least FTE. A lot of Glock fanboys swear that Glock pistols eat ALL kinds of ammo so you may need to find out for yourself if this claim is true.

[Shenaniguns]

Try shooting 200 rounds of factory ammo with stock mag to get a base line. Then shoot 200 rounds of factory on the extended mag and note the number of FTE. 200 rounds of the reloads on stock mag and note the number of FTE. Compare the number of failures and go with the combo that have the least FTE. A lot of Glock fanboys swear that Glock pistols eat ALL kinds of ammo so you may need to find out for yourself if this claim is true.

LOL at your 1911 fanboyism, better make sure your specific 1911 is made to feed hollowpoints or else you'll be in fail to feed city.

Bad ammo is bad ammo, and it can possibly cause a malfunction in any firearm.

[Matt P]

Yes the gun and the ammo is all the problems here.
Totally unacceptable to have One (1) failure in 350-400rds.
Glock normally have some form of an malfunction at a much different number. It is a secret number that I can not share here on this public forum.
I suggest contacting Glock and sending it back on Monday. In fact just pay for the shipping yourself and get it back. Do not touch that firearm from this point on. Possibly use tongs and gloves to handle it. Even then it may be touchy.
No no no, you are certainly not over thinking this. It was very good of you to create this thread to share the fact with all of us you had that failure, one failure out of 350-400rds.

Thank you for taking the time to share the horrific burden of having another new Glock and that horrible FTE...... Thank you, oh thank you.