Was out at the range today with a buddy, shooting our Glocks. He had a 23, I had a 27 I just picked up new a month ago and am still testing for reliability. Today as I passed the 120 round mark on it, I noticed the slide did not return to battery. I field stripped it and found that the recoil spring containment assembly had failed. The flange on the sheetmetal collar that contains the larger spring had broken, allowing the spring to decompress and put the Glock 27 out of action. A little annoyed but not too much as this is the first failure of any kind in 4 Glocks I have owned. Just thought I'd mention a heads up on this and will look for a more robust recoil assembly.
Glock 27 recoil spring assy failure.
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WalterGAII
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My niece, currently in a police academy, had the same thing happen to her off-duty 27. I've heard other similar stories with the 27.
I am selling my 27, not necessarily for this reason (but it would concern me if I had kept it). The Wolff spring/rod assy seems the way to go for the 27... the OEM unit not reliable.
Personally, I prefer the 19/23.
I am selling my 27, not necessarily for this reason (but it would concern me if I had kept it). The Wolff spring/rod assy seems the way to go for the 27... the OEM unit not reliable.
Personally, I prefer the 19/23.
In the mini Glocks, its best to throw away the Glock OEM recoil spring/guide assembly and replace it with a Wolff non captured recoil spring/guide assembly.
Replacing the broken unit with another Glock OEM unit will result in the same thing happening later on down the road.
"But I don't want to use aftermarket parts in my Glock...its supposed to be perfect...I want to use Glock parts only!"
Well, when the Glock OEM unit fails during a life/death situation....
Replacing the broken unit with another Glock OEM unit will result in the same thing happening later on down the road.
"But I don't want to use aftermarket parts in my Glock...its supposed to be perfect...I want to use Glock parts only!"
Well, when the Glock OEM unit fails during a life/death situation....
Recoil rod failure is common in the G27. The assembly is fragile to begin with.
Even the G30 is plagued by problems caused
by the recoil rod assembly. They dont break, but they do bend and cause functioning/ejection problems.
Alot of people sell off their Glock's because of this little quirk...then they curse Glock and call it junk. All they have to do is invest a measly $34 on the well designed Wolff guide rod and spring.
Its not the end of the world...
[This message has been edited by dvc (edited February 23, 2000).]
Even the G30 is plagued by problems caused
by the recoil rod assembly. They dont break, but they do bend and cause functioning/ejection problems.
Alot of people sell off their Glock's because of this little quirk...then they curse Glock and call it junk. All they have to do is invest a measly $34 on the well designed Wolff guide rod and spring.
Its not the end of the world...
[This message has been edited by dvc (edited February 23, 2000).]
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Subject: Glock Small-Frame Recoil Springs Recall
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An LE teletype message has originated with the Brunswick (Maine) PD
regarding the simultaneous failure of the recoil springs on three (3)
Model 27s with which they had been training. The alert states that the
breaks occurred all with less than 200 rounds through the guns.
A call to GLOCK Inc. revealed that they had a recall on the recoil
springs in their sub-compact pistols shipped from 08/99 to 12/99. GLOCK
is sending out new recoil springs with a warranty to fix this problem.
- Dean Speir <DeanSpeir@prodigy.net>
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Subject: Glock Small-Frame Recoil Springs Recall
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An LE teletype message has originated with the Brunswick (Maine) PD
regarding the simultaneous failure of the recoil springs on three (3)
Model 27s with which they had been training. The alert states that the
breaks occurred all with less than 200 rounds through the guns.
A call to GLOCK Inc. revealed that they had a recall on the recoil
springs in their sub-compact pistols shipped from 08/99 to 12/99. GLOCK
is sending out new recoil springs with a warranty to fix this problem.
- Dean Speir <DeanSpeir@prodigy.net>
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John Hollister
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The springs in a Glock pistol are the only parts not manufactured by Glock. Recently Glock received a batch of faulty G26/G27 recoil springs from thier subcontractor. The lip of the metal barrel that retains the outer spring shears off.
Most of the effected pistols went to the LE market according to my "G" source. The bad recoil spring assemblies fail very quickly, usually within the first hundred rounds.
The fix is as simple as replacing the assembly, which Glock will do for free.
No one's perfect ... not even Gaston.
John Hollister
Glock Armorer
Most of the effected pistols went to the LE market according to my "G" source. The bad recoil spring assemblies fail very quickly, usually within the first hundred rounds.
The fix is as simple as replacing the assembly, which Glock will do for free.
No one's perfect ... not even Gaston.
John Hollister
Glock Armorer
There is one sure way to break your stock glock recoil assembly. That is buy not putting it all the way down into what I call the cradle. The glock has two indentions cut where the rod rests against the barrel. If the rod is not seated in the proper one, the butt on the recoil rod will break. I have seen this happen a couple of occassions. It does exactly what happened to yours. Pay close attention in putting your glock back together.