Archive for the ‘Gen4 Friday’ Category
Thursday, July 5th, 2012
71,260 rounds
19 stoppages
(+1 w/non-LCI extractor)
0 malfunctions
3 parts breakages
It's been a slow month ending with a difficult choice...
The Glock suffered one stoppage: the casehead of a round of 124gr Blazer TMJ Cleanfire got stuck on the breechface causing a failure to feed. Concerned that this may be related to the breechface ...
Posted in Gear, Gen4 Friday | 11 Comments »
Friday, June 1st, 2012
68,266 rounds
18 stoppages
(+1 w/non-LCI extractor)
0 malfunctions
3 parts breakages
The G17 didn't get much range time this month and in fact hasn't been shot since the Eleventh. But during that first week and a half of May, quite a bit happened.
First, the pistol suffered two more premature lockbacks during normal firing. ...
Posted in Gear, Gen4 Friday | 19 Comments »
Monday, April 30th, 2012
64,592 rounds
16 stoppages
(+1 w/non-LCI extractor)
0 malfunctions
2 parts breakages
Another month has gone by, and the gun is now just shy of 65,000 rounds. It traveled quite a bit this month as I taught classes in Georgia, Texas, Virginia, and New Mexico.
The G17 suffered its second parts failure this month. During ...
Posted in Gear, Gen4 Friday | 8 Comments »
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012
60,207 rounds
12 stoppages
(+1 w/non-LCI extractor)
0 malfunctions
1 parts breakages
As mentioned previously, pistol-training.com is moving to a monthly format for the Glock 17 endurance test updates.
As you can see from the numbers above, shooting has been a lower priority over the past couple of months while I focused on other projects ...
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Monday, April 2nd, 2012
This is not the update I intended to file, and it's just a short note as I've not yet had an opportunity to take the gun apart and examine exactly what is going wrong.
Yesterday morning during an Aim Fast, Hit Fast class my Glock stopped working. After firing a single round ...
Posted in Gear, Gen4 Friday | 13 Comments »
Monday, March 26th, 2012
So it's been more than two months since I've posted an update about the G17. Lots of people are asking, "What's going on?"
The answer is pretty simple. A busy teaching schedule and various other projects have created some tough time constraints lately. Not only have I had less time to ...
Posted in Administrative, Gen4 Friday | 4 Comments »
Friday, February 17th, 2012
I'd hoped to get a comprehensive update on the test gun this week, but between SHOT Show and various projects that stemmed from it as well as the beginning of the teaching season -- I'm teaching in NY this weekend -- I've had little time to shoot and less time ...
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Saturday, January 14th, 2012
55,221 rounds
9 stoppages
(+1 w/non-LCI extractor)
0 malfunctions
1 parts breakages
Two short sessions this week were spent primarily working with the laser and getting in my 2012 Performance Challenge results.
iron sights
laser
300
275-6X
267-0X
Changing Gears
26.28, 3 misses
24.76, 1 miss
99 Drill
88 (-4, -3, -1, -3)
94 (-0, -2, -2, -1)
The results are consistent with my overall performance ...
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Saturday, January 7th, 2012
54,460 rounds
9 stoppages
(+1 w/non-LCI extractor)
0 malfunctions
1 parts breakages
Much of this week was spent trying new gear.
While picking up some spare maintenance items at Glockparts.com I came across the Brass Stacker Reserve Round (Glockparts catalog link here). It's a solid steel floorplate that comes with a metal locking plate and ISMI ...
Posted in Gear, Gen4 Friday | 13 Comments »
Friday, December 30th, 2011
53,526 rounds
9 stoppages
(+1 w/non-LCI extractor)
0 malfunctions
1 parts breakages
The only shooting I got in during the holiday was the inaugural KSTG match at the NRA Range. I shot the match with my everyday carry gear, including my Federal 124gr +p HST carry ammunition. And hey, I won! The fact that ...
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