147gr Remington JHP sticks in a Glock17...

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Oleg Volk

Staff Alumnus
I was showing a Glock to a friend recently, saying "a very reliable gun" (1800+ rounds, 0 FTF). Tried to clear it and the unfired, previously-chambered cartridge stick in the ejection port!

Ended up having to drop the magazine and eject the round through the grip...the damn round just wouldn't make it through the ejection port (I think it would hang up on the back of the chamber and get jammed badly). I have fired about 100 rounds of this ammo this year and it has always worked but it didn't occur to me to test clearing of dummies.

Now what? I can go to the next lighter load and hope that lesser OAL would solve the problem. Has anyone had this come up before? Solutions?

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Oleg "peacemonger" Volk

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Glocks do that. I've had the same thing. THe 147gr. loads will hang up on the ejection port when you are ejecting the live round. I've never worried about it, because my Glocks have never jammed during shooting.

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Hmmm...I have yet to have a FTF with Glocks but I did have about five duds in .45acp recently...all fired on re-strike but still...

Guess I will be re-evaluating my ammo choices.
 
If the problem seems to be with live 147gr ammo. and not with any other weights. The 147 is a large bullet so maybe find somebody with a loading press and attempt to seat the bullet further into the casing. Probably won't take much.

This is not a consern when the round fires and ejects the casing, however in a high stress situation, the last thing you need to deal with is a misfire is the round jamming on the way out.

Try the press idea, or use a lighter grain.

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I was saying it only happens when you are attempting to eject live rounds. When you are shooting the 147 grain rounds themselves, there has never been a problem in my Glocks. Sorry about the misunderstanding. I used to shoot the Golden Sabers myself, never had a problem.

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