Cracked Glock Receivers (Design Flaw)?

Maybe it's a production flaw and not a design flaw. If it were a design flaw, I'd think that my Glocks would have cracked after tens of thousands of rounds, including thousands of .400 Cor-Bon and 40 Super.
 
Naw, no cracks on my frame!! :)

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Yeah, I got a permit to carry,it's called the friggin Constitution.---Ted Nugent

"Glock 26: 17 rounds of concealed carry DEATH comming your way from out of nowhere!!! THAT'S FIREPOWER, BABY!!!"
 
Perhaps it's a function of excessive heat for those fellas that don't heed Glock instructions to only clean their Glock in the top rack of the dishwasher? :p

Sorry Glockophiles, I couldn't resist.

RJ

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I have a G26 and two G30s (I must be a glutton for good guns ;) ), and none of them has a crack. Just nice, neat mold marks. :)

The problem almost certainly affects only pistols made during a certain time period. The cracks are cosmetic, although who wants any sort of defect in a prized possession?

I expect Glock will stand behind its product.


[This message has been edited by jimmy (edited September 29, 2000).]
 
I don't know much about Glocks, but do know a little about injection molding. From the pictures it looks as if this this is occuring outward from the gate location (where the material is injected into the mold) and after it flows around a metal insert. If so, this is what is referred to as a "knit line" where the 2 flow fronts come back together. It'll occur on any molded part of that design. If that poses a problem and will turn into a crack can be influenced by many process and material variables, as well as handling (impact and flexing), chemical exposure, etc. Sounds like Glock has really done their homework on material selection and design and that this is a relatively isolated problem.

FWII, Bri

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Looks like it may have split from the bonding ( stamping )of the serial number plate ( just a guess ) I don't care much for glocks but their quality control is usually pretty good.
 
Checked out my Glock 26 this morning (DGUXXX series). It has between 5-6k rounds through it, including several hundred +P and there are no signs of a crack.

I checked the exterior (where I first mistook the exterior seam formed by the molding for a crack - but it was just a little ridge of raised polymer) and the interior (no crack and none of the discoloration or swirls mentioned either).
 
B.R.

My G26 is a DGUXXX series too. Yet I have a crack forming. I recommend all G26 owners with a DGU serial # to keep checking the inside receiver area (just in case)...
 
A couple of folks had problems but not recall level folks. chill out. My g26 and g30 are fine.

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="arial,helvetica">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Quantum Singularity:
B.R.

My G26 is a DGUXXX series too. Yet I have a crack forming. I recommend all G26 owners with a DGU serial # to keep checking the inside receiver area (just in case)...[/quote]


I agree with your recommendation. I just wanted to report my "nothing found" so we can get a good idea of the scope of the problem.

Naturally, the people who find a crack are going to report it. I encourage the people who don't find a crack to report it as well. this will help us get an idea of the extent of the problem.

My personal suspicion is that it must be a single faulty machine/person/crew/unit. The problem doesn't seem to lie with any particular serial number series but seems to be spread out amongst them.
 
B.R.

SIGlock reported that his G26 had what appeared to be a crack forming too (in the Glock forum). Thats two G26's with possible cracks. I am glad to hear yours is in good condition.

Everyone else...please continue to report back and let us know if there are more subcompact Glocks with receiver cracks.
 
G30- can't tell if it's a crack, or a scratch...it's not visible from the outside, and it doesn't go all the way to the front edge of the frame. I'll just shoot a lot of CorBons and keep an eye on it, I guess. :)
 
There was a "scare" like this over on the Glocktalk forum, and it turned out that most of the people who thought they had cracks were just looking at mold lines and imagining cracks in a panic. It was a rare example of mass hysteria over the internet ;). It turned into a group hysteria thing and tons of people were reporting cracks, and all of the sudden one day, eveyone realized it was just a mold line and the subject was dropped. It was rather funny.

I am NOT saying that is the case here.


None of my Glocks have cracks, I looked.
 
Sure enough... I've got one forming on my 27, on the top (inside), from the front serial number plate hole about 3/4 of the way to the front edge. It's not a mold line, because 1) there are no mold lines in that area, and 2) it's not on, or parallel to, the centerline.
 
Jeff,

Sorry to hear about your G27.

Thats 3 26's with a crack forming, and one 27 now. Plus all the Glock 30's. I suggest calling Glock-- this looks like it is not an isolated problem.
 
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