Glock Imperfection

[Sharp Shooter]

So I was qualifying for my CCW using my gen 3 26 and 19. I used my 26 for the five and seven yard distances then switched to the 19 for the 15 and 25 yard distances. Everything was fine at 15 yards. Then on the fifth shot at 25 yards I had a failure to fire. It went into battery, pulled the trigger, click, no boom. I cleared it reinserted the mag, racked the slide click no boom. I tried it a couple of more times, same thing. The click was the same sound as when you dry fire it. It was embarrassing but fortunately not life threatening.

I was going to finish firing the final 8 rounds with my G26 but the instructor took a look at my group and said, "you pass".

I did a quick field strip and didn't see anything obviously wrong but haven't had a chance to look in detail yet.

Anyone have any ideas what could be wrong?

[chronixskm]

Weak primer? Did you check the rounds? I've had 3 weak primers in a row with crappy range ammo.

[Oceanbob]

Remove the slide, the back cover plate, slide out the firing pin and clean out the Gunk in the firing pin channel. No lube, just clean.

[Mstnpete]

Sometimes you can get 1 bad primer out of 50.
Throw that ammo away. It is not a Glock problem!

[ElDub1950]

Unless your G19 never fired again, it's either bad ammo or a gunked up firing pin channel. Either way, you're not describing a firearm failure.

[Click Boom]

It's s' posed to be click boom, not click, no boom!

[44fred]

I'm guessing you didn't look at the primers of the rounds that didn't fire.
Is it a new/never fired before this gun?
A lot of possibilities.

[BamBam-31]

Need more info. Were the primers struck? Did you put in any aftermarket parts? Take out the firing pin and inspect it. Better yet, get a Glock Armorer to do it.

Glocks are machines, and machines are never absolutely 100% perfect. Yours could be a quick fix.

[36Ford]

As others have stated OP this is completely your fault. Either you have bad ammo, or you limp wristed it, or you don't know how to clean or maintain your gun. Period..

Again your Glock didn't fail, you did, Glock's are perfect and you should know that.

[Malaprop14]

I don't care how much you limp wrist, that wouldn't cause that many successive FTFs. Sounds like firing pin spring or build up as others have said.

[Sharp Shooter]

Hey guysl, thanks for all the responses. Like some of you speculated I didn't look for a struck primer. In fact I foolishly kept putting the same round back in the mag. My only excuse was this was qualifying for CCW and I was feeling a little rushed by the instructor and was under a little pressure to qualify.

I put the round back in a partial box. I just inspected all the rounds in the box. Sure enough one had a struck primer.

To all you Glock fanboys I titled my thread with tounge firmly planted in cheek. I love Glocks. The title was to generate interest.

[Sharp Shooter]

As others have stated OP this is completely your fault. Either you have bad ammo, or you limp wristed it, or you don't know how to clean or maintain your gun. Period..

Again your Glock didn't fail, you did, Glock's are perfect and you should know that.

How is bad ammo, completely my fault?

[36Ford]

How is bad ammo, completely my fault?

Anytime a Glock fails it's always the owners fault:

We really need a sarcasm font..

[JTROKS]

Could be a gunked up striker channel, broken striker or just bad ammo. Do you dry fire with snap caps? Do you apply lots of oil on your slide rails then store the gun upside down? When was the last time you detail clean your gun?

I'm not saying your Glock is not perfect, but it is mechanical and all mechanical things do break or require maintenance.

[Dhena81]

What's hilarious is that a CCW class is making you qualify at 25 yards.

Why did you take out the mag if it was just a FTF?

Do you have any trigger mods to your Glock?

What's the ammo situation reloads or factory?

Did you detail strip it and inspect every part?