Had a 2gen Glock 21 that ran (nearly) perfectly. Sold it to buy a 3gen with a cool green frame and light rail. Had the same light strike / no bang problem as LAPD.

Happened to have a 2gen “upgrade kit” sitting in my bag. Immediately noticed that the 10 year old upgrade kit was nickel plated, new parts in gun were just carbon steel. Also striker plunger was of a different size.

Replacing trigger w/ trigger bar and striker eliminated the light strike problem. However, still have some fail to feeds with BALL ammo and light attached.

There is also a “Law” out there (forget the name) that says a gun will be most reliable in its original design (i.e. G17, 5″ .45 1911), and the more it is modified, the less reliable it becomes. The M16 would have to be one noteable exception to this.

I find myself carrying my “older” G17 a lot more, even when one of my newer, compact pistols would be more “comfortable” or concealable. I’ve even resumed open carry of my G17 more often instead of my G26, which is on probation along with my Kel-Tec 380 until they fire 1000 rounds at the range failure free. I also decided not to buy the compromise G19, and I’d imagine you would have a thing or two to say about that. Thanks for the inside scoop. djd

So, what you say rings true.

LOL… I must be having truely bad luck. Since early Nov I have purchased two .40S&W pistols from two different makers. The first, a plastic $500.00 gun went back after developing a mag drop issue after only 30 rounds. The second, a more expensive $1,000.00 brand gun the rear sight fell out a couple of weeks ago. It was sent back to the factory this afternoon because the barrel developed five noticeable nicks on the top side of the barrel after only 400 rounds.

If I didn’t have bad luck with my new guns, I wouldn’t have any luck at all….

What I’d love to see though, and doubt I ever will, would be some form of database which gives the civilian gunowner some real idea of how often a particular model has problems.

The internet, and the forums, have a way of amplifying, or perhaps potentially amplifying, an issue. Very few people report guns which don’t give troubles.

I can’t imagine that happening though.

Todd I agree with ALL of the above except for one error:

“They had to start competiting on price.
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I’m a stekler on speeling