Took the G19 to the range today and had to call my practice short because the gun had eight failures to eject in just 300 rounds. Needless to say, I left the range in a very cranky mood. Before sending nasty angry emails off to everyone I know at Glock, I took a closer look at the gun and immediately realized exactly what I’d done to cause the problem.
A free pistol-training.com hat to the first person who figures it out:
(click any image to see the full-resolution photo)
And before anyone asks, no, this is not the 2011 endurance test gun. It’s my own personal Gen4 G19.
Good luck…
Train hard & stay safe! ToddG
A vote for something DA/SA for “the rest of us.”
I thought you were taking photography tips from friends at the HK marketing department. 🙂 jk.
I recently attended a Tactical Pistol Class with VATA Group, I ran 650 rnds through my Gen4 G17 and experienced 11 FTE’s throughout the class, will replace the extractor and spring and put her through another class soon with same ammo, I can HONESTLY say I am NOT impressed with Gen4 its the biggest mistake Glock has design, its no longer the “salt & pepper” they always claimed.
Noooo! We don’t need ANOTHER Glock endurance/torture test! Glock built there reputation on it.
Test something more interesting. Like a CZ. haha Springfield XD/XDm needs some love. Or pehaps one of the new sub-compacts.
Oooh! How about a 1911! THAT I would like to see!!! I would pay to see that!
Gen4 G17.
Why the CZ-75?
Personally… I want to see you run a Springfield XDM, or Kimber Warrior. Shut some of those guys up for good.
Then again… Hi Point C9 would be hilarious. 2000 round endurance test.
One of the key design factors in any combat weapon is that parts (whenever possible) cannot be reassembled wrong- as in the gun will not go back together with a spring or whatever installed incorrectly OR the reversal of a spring will not cause functioning issues so even if it is reversed the gun will fire – Glock should have address this a long time ago – but then again what do I know
I am posting this just so I can be the guy after LAV.
But of course he does bring up a good point. While I am not a Glock expert by any means, it does seem like something that could be easily solved. Make it so it can go back together either way with no issues.
Larry is right. That said, Glock are pretty simple to detail strip and reassemble; if you can’t detail strip a flock correctly you will not be able to strip almost any other gun. Of course there is always a chance of accidentally reversing a part. The spring cups one the firing pin are he’ll to put back on; they could make that process easier for those of us who don’t have three fingers.
Todd-
Any update on this? Was there a repair or was it replaced?
I’ll have an update on the G19 situation later this week.
Kimber Warrior? That would be a short test.
I’ve had great reliability for my Gen 4 19 and 17. Both were early models.
It looks like the extractor depressor plunger is in backwards.