Glock Imperfection

[stphnman20]

You must be shooting some dirty/weak ammo. Last time I cleaned my G19 was right after the new year started. I have since put close to 5k rounds through it and not have a single jam.

[BamBam-31]

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.

Well there you go. Now just fire off some different rounds (preferably from a different box) to make sure your Glock is GTG, and we're done!

[Corbin Dallas]

I love the title "glock imperfection" but yet it was clearly an ammo issue...

Proper training should have you run 'tap, rack, assess' and fire if needed.

Stopping mid qualification, ejecting the round and reinserting the same round back into your magazine tells me the instructor skipped over the self defense part of your class.

You should get a refund.

[Sharp Shooter]

I love the title "glock imperfection" but yet it was clearly an ammo issue...

Proper training should have you run 'tap, rack, assess' and fire if needed.

Stopping mid qualification, ejecting the round and reinserting the same round back into your magazine tells me the instructor skipped over the self defense part of your class.

You should get a refund.

Thanks Mr. Armchair Quarterback. When I racked the slide the round was still in the chamber. I had to drop the mag to clear the round in the chamber. Also you obviously missed the part where I said when I titled the thread I had my tongue firmly in cheek.

[sd_shooter]

How is bad ammo, completely my fault?

You kept trying the same bad round!

[Bill Steele]

Thanks Mr. Armchair Quarterback. When I racked the slide the round was still in the chamber. I had to drop the mag to clear the round in the chamber. Also you obviously missed the part where I said when I titled the thread I had my tongue firmly in cheek.

I am confused.

Not about the tongue in the cheek (well maybe a little, but that isn't important), but why the round stayed in the chamber?

[ke6guj]

Thanks Mr. Armchair Quarterback. When I racked the slide the round was still in the chamber. I had to drop the mag to clear the round in the chamber. Also you obviously missed the part where I said when I titled the thread I had my tongue firmly in cheek.

why would you reload that bad round back into the mag? during the clearing process, that round should have just hit the floor.

[hermosabeach]

Limp wrist????

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 does a limp wrist cause a light or no primer strike?

[Corbin Dallas]

You're quite welcome Mr. I put the same dud round back in the magazine and expected it to go bang while qualifying for my ccw test.

Who does that? And if it was stuck in the chamber how did you get it out and why in the hell would you try to reuse it?


Watch Clint Smith clear a malfunction in multiple different firearms.

This is what you need to learn.

It WILL save your life because if you stand there wondering what just happened in a self defense situation you're dead.

[SacTown]

I love these types of threads. Good ol' Calguns.

[BamBam-31]

I am confused.

Not about the tongue in the cheek (well maybe a little, but that isn't important), but why the round stayed in the chamber?

Could be an out of spec round in addition to a dud primer.

[BamBam-31]

OP, what Corbin is saying is pretty harsh (it's the interwebz, right?), but he's correct.

Bang-bang-bang-click. Tap, roll, rack. Back on target. Dud round? Toss it.

Live and learn.

[Corbin Dallas]

Thanks Mr. Armchair Quarterback. When I racked the slide the round was still in the chamber. I had to drop the mag to clear the round in the chamber. Also you obviously missed the part where I said when I titled the thread I had my tongue firmly in cheek.

I just want to make sure we're all on the same page.

First you said:

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?

Which sounded to most of us like you had a problem with your firing pin or possible bad ammo.



Then you said:

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.

Why in the world would you put the same round back in the magazine and feed it in the gun again???

You felt rushed by the instructor and you're qualifying for a CCW?!?!


What do you think will happen if you ever have to pull out that smoke wagon and actually use it?


You can be snarky about it all you want but your nonchalant attitude about this issue scares me since you now have the "RIGHT" to carry a firearm.

[Sharp Shooter]

OK all you second guessers who know what you would have done from the calm of your armchair, I already admitted I made a mistake by putting the same round in the magazine. Get over it.

And to Corbin, piss off.

[Corbin Dallas]

You may dislike me because I pointed out your fault but the bottom line is you won't ever do that again and that may save your life one day.

If it does you can thank me for being brutally honest with you.

I hold no ill will and hope you continue practice and training beyond your ccw.