Strange glock failure.

A guy can go crazy trying to diagnose a problem like this, or just send it to Glock and let them fix it right. Easy solution and no headaches over it..
 
That is because the gun is not FIRING "out of battery". The safety systems are letting the striker lightly mark the edge of the primer but the gun is not going off.
 
Might just be because it is a light strike, but all the brass I've seen that came out of a Glock had an oblong firing pin indentation on the primer.
 
The dimples on the primer are deeper then I'd like but the gun did not fire so in that sense it worked. They're that far off center because the barrel has not finished camping up into the slide. This results in the axis of the barrel being lower then the striker.
 
+1 to the weird primer markings...hopefully Glock gets your 19 back to you soon in good running condition. A fine example of Murphy's law in action :(
 
Lightning strike. You just have one of the few 4th gen lemons that made it out of the glock factory. Glock has great CS so they will fix it. It's unfortunate the 4th gens are still having issues, I'm not a Glock fan boy but I've never had one fail me. Hopefully this is the last of any issues.
 
Just got a call from glock...

I'm impressed. Mailed WED 8/20 at 11 am. Delivered 9:54 am Fri 8/22 and I got a call from them at 11:07 monday morning.

Tech said he was easily able to duplicate the failure and it would be going to an armorer this afternoon. The early diagnosis is an out of spec extractor or extractor has a burr. Will let you know what the final is but so far I' really impressed with how quick they got on a simple repair given the volume of guns that must go through there.
 
Nope

Their policy, as it was explained to me, was that customer pays shipping to them and they pay the return ticket.
 
"All Glocks will fire out of battery. They just usually make it into battery so it isn't an issue. When it is an issue and it's .40 - kaBoom."


Is this true of all Glocks?

If so, what is the purpose of allowing a gun to fire out of battery? :confused:
 
Last edited:
Their policy, as it was explained to me, was that customer pays shipping to them and they pay the return ticket.
Click to expand...

I still think its pretty lame for the customer to have to pay for it being shipped there. I can see it IF they would reimburse you for their own faulty product.
 
That is lame, I'd tell them to keep the gun and give me a refund. Nobody should have to pay shipping for warranty work on a brand new gun. Glock makes decent guns but their arrogance in these situations is of putting.
 
I'd tell them to keep the gun and give me a refund. Nobody should have to pay shipping for warranty work on a brand new gun.
Click to expand...

In essence, what you are saying is that Glock should send someone out to pic up your gun for you and take it back to their factory. That's ridiculous! The OP has the option of returning the gun in person to the factory or even to a Glock Armorer. Just because he doesn't want to do that, but elects to ship it back to the manufacturer, doesn't mean the gun manufacturer has done anything wrong. No gun manufacturer should have to pay to pick up your gun for service.
 
In essence, what you are saying is that Glock should send someone out to pic up your gun for you and take it back to their factory. That's ridiculous! The OP has the option of returning the gun in person to the factory or even to a Glock Armorer. Just because he doesn't want to do that, but elects to ship it back to the manufacturer, doesn't mean the gun manufacturer has done anything wrong. No gun manufacturer should have to pay to pick up your gun for service.
Click to expand...

I half agree with you. The point is the manufacturer put out a faulty product, they should reimburse the initial shipping.
 
In essence, what you are saying is that Glock should send someone out to pic up your gun for you and take it back to their factory. That's ridiculous! The OP has the option of returning the gun in person to the factory or even to a Glock Armorer. Just because he doesn't want to do that, but elects to ship it back to the manufacturer, doesn't mean the gun manufacturer has done anything wrong. No gun manufacturer should have to pay to pick up your gun for service.
Click to expand...

Except they all do....including Glock, the OP's experience is not typical. It's a simple matter of emailing a return shipping label. Nobody is suggesting a person needs to physically come pick it up.
 
Last edited:
Well, no, not all do so. All absolutes have limits which is why I never say never or all.
Click to expand...

The overwhelming majority of them do, even when it is not a brand new defective gun, which it is in this case. The person I was replying to (Skans) clearly has little to no experience dealing with gun manufactures customer service.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top