Please don't confuse this with the KB issue. I want to know about how many rounds your glock went before your glocks started to wear parts out. I have a g17 purchased new this summer. Unfortunately the connector/trigger bar assy jumped to 6.5 Lbs after only 2000 rds! I carefully polished the parts and properly greased them yet after another 200 rds the problem came back. I would like to know what and how many rds it took for various parts to go in your glocks. Thank you.
Part life span for Glocks
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man, that's weird
I would surmise the Glock trigger would get smoother and perhaps a bit lighter with use, due to mated parts like the sear and striker protrusion wearing in. Don't take this wrong, but have you been lubing your Glock according to factory specs? The manual calls for one drop of oil on the hook of the trigger connector after cleaning. If this part gets dry, friction will cause the trigger to break at a heavier poundage. For what it's worth, I have three Glocks, all with the 5 pound connector. The trigger pulls between the guns do vary a bit, but the one I have shot the heaviest has the smoothest sear release.
Pat Brophy
I would surmise the Glock trigger would get smoother and perhaps a bit lighter with use, due to mated parts like the sear and striker protrusion wearing in. Don't take this wrong, but have you been lubing your Glock according to factory specs? The manual calls for one drop of oil on the hook of the trigger connector after cleaning. If this part gets dry, friction will cause the trigger to break at a heavier poundage. For what it's worth, I have three Glocks, all with the 5 pound connector. The trigger pulls between the guns do vary a bit, but the one I have shot the heaviest has the smoothest sear release.
Pat Brophy
Send it back and have them replace the parts for you as well as give it a good inspection.
I have put thousands of rounds through various glocks and have never had a problem. I would even venture to say that at least 50 percent were +P or +P+ pressure ammo.
Good Shooting
RED
I have put thousands of rounds through various glocks and have never had a problem. I would even venture to say that at least 50 percent were +P or +P+ pressure ammo.
Good Shooting
RED
Glock 19 and 33
After shooting 4000 rounds in my 19( I bought it used) the striker return spring(may not be the correct name) broke. The part cost $1 to replace and my gunsmith did so in 2 minutes. After shooting 3300 rounds in my 33(purchased new) the same part broke. I have asked every person I know that has experience with Glocks why this happened and only recieved one reply. The armorer that did the work on my 19 said he had seen this on several pistols. noone else had ever heard of this happening. The armorer speculated that it was due to exposure to solvents as I clean my guns after every firing session, usually every 100 rounds
After shooting 4000 rounds in my 19( I bought it used) the striker return spring(may not be the correct name) broke. The part cost $1 to replace and my gunsmith did so in 2 minutes. After shooting 3300 rounds in my 33(purchased new) the same part broke. I have asked every person I know that has experience with Glocks why this happened and only recieved one reply. The armorer that did the work on my 19 said he had seen this on several pistols. noone else had ever heard of this happening. The armorer speculated that it was due to exposure to solvents as I clean my guns after every firing session, usually every 100 rounds
I have had...
...freaky good luck with all 9 I've owned. Never wore out a part, although I managed to clean the front sight off one of my first G23's years ago while shooting around a barricade. The stage required shooting around first the right side and then the left side of the barricade. In my haste to move from one side of the barricade to the other, I knocked the gun against the frame of the barricade and didn't notice anything until I brought it up to eye level on the other side to complete the stage; it was then that I noticed that my front sight hadn't made the trip with the rest of the gun.
Of course, this phenomenally good luck just means that they're waiting until the worst possible moment to break something on me. This is why I always carry two guns.
The part I've most often seen give up the ghost is trigger return springs.
...freaky good luck with all 9 I've owned. Never wore out a part, although I managed to clean the front sight off one of my first G23's years ago while shooting around a barricade. The stage required shooting around first the right side and then the left side of the barricade. In my haste to move from one side of the barricade to the other, I knocked the gun against the frame of the barricade and didn't notice anything until I brought it up to eye level on the other side to complete the stage; it was then that I noticed that my front sight hadn't made the trip with the rest of the gun.
Of course, this phenomenally good luck just means that they're waiting until the worst possible moment to break something on me. This is why I always carry two guns.
The part I've most often seen give up the ghost is trigger return springs.
Thanks you all for the feed back. As always the help and advise on this site is 110%. I have to go to Ontario for a couple weeks and as such will not be able to get on line. I will check up on this thread when I get back so please keep up the info.
Since posting this thread I have had hosted an IPSC range meeting at my place Friday night. Of course I had the pistol tore down to show the subject parts and get the input of intrested people. No one had ever seen it happen with a glock. Ok so Moe greases it up, assembled the gun, and whala 5 lb ....
Ever notice how you look like an idiot when something you bitch about just will not happen with an audience? That gun probably seen a total of 200 dryfires from a half dozen people that day and not once did it jump up in pull.
Today I go to an IPSC match in Moncton N.B. and no problem in 131 rds fired! I will keep you all posted as soon as this changes.
To answer a question asked of me about lube from Popsicle. I used just CLP to lube the parts as per Glock's manual. However since the problem developed and after reading other threads here and on the various Glock sites I now use Remington gun grease on the affected parts.
Since posting this thread I have had hosted an IPSC range meeting at my place Friday night. Of course I had the pistol tore down to show the subject parts and get the input of intrested people. No one had ever seen it happen with a glock. Ok so Moe greases it up, assembled the gun, and whala 5 lb ....
Ever notice how you look like an idiot when something you bitch about just will not happen with an audience? That gun probably seen a total of 200 dryfires from a half dozen people that day and not once did it jump up in pull.
Today I go to an IPSC match in Moncton N.B. and no problem in 131 rds fired! I will keep you all posted as soon as this changes.
To answer a question asked of me about lube from Popsicle. I used just CLP to lube the parts as per Glock's manual. However since the problem developed and after reading other threads here and on the various Glock sites I now use Remington gun grease on the affected parts.
After rereading your post, something came back to me that I hadn't thought about in a very long time. It wasn't the CLP. It may have been a lack of CLP.
The problem you describe happened to me shortly after buying my 19. I took it completely apart and cleaned every part. I then promptly put it back together without any CLP on it. I then took the slide back off, removed the barrel and spring and put a drop of CLP on the rails and the barrel hood. I then put it back together and started dry-firing it. (Did you see the part I missed?) After a dozen or so pulls the trigger starts to drag like an anchor. My first thought was that the gun and its trigger were crap!
I stopped though and looked back at the owner's manual. I started at the beginning and reread the instructions untill I got to the part about a drop of oil (You can see it coming can't you?) on the connector!
I said to myself "I meant to do that to see what would happen. Yeah, that's it, it was a test!" (Nobody was fooled, not even me.)
I put a drop of CLP on the connector and VIOLA!, the damned thing worked again just like it was supposed to! (I hate when I do that!)
This may be what happened to your gun.
You see? We are like brothers!
The problem you describe happened to me shortly after buying my 19. I took it completely apart and cleaned every part. I then promptly put it back together without any CLP on it. I then took the slide back off, removed the barrel and spring and put a drop of CLP on the rails and the barrel hood. I then put it back together and started dry-firing it. (Did you see the part I missed?) After a dozen or so pulls the trigger starts to drag like an anchor. My first thought was that the gun and its trigger were crap!
I stopped though and looked back at the owner's manual. I started at the beginning and reread the instructions untill I got to the part about a drop of oil (You can see it coming can't you?) on the connector! I said to myself "I meant to do that to see what would happen. Yeah, that's it, it was a test!" (Nobody was fooled, not even me.)
I put a drop of CLP on the connector and VIOLA!, the damned thing worked again just like it was supposed to!
(I hate when I do that!) This may be what happened to your gun.
You see? We are like brothers!