New gloves included with every Glock purchase!

[Intercooler]

I have read enough Glock issues to keep me away from them. In plastic I have an XD and it's been a joy!

One of the hot topics on the Glock board now is one that went off in a holster. Guess they are trying to figure it out how that occured but one more reason I like the safety on the back of the XD as an additional measure.


http://www.glocktalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1455870

One guy had an issue with an Underwood 115gr and they are still trying to figure out what the issue is with the G26 while my XD eats them like candy. He did get another G26 owner that was having a similar experience but the finger is pointed at you guessed it... the ammo.

[denclaste]

Since none of us have been able to  actually see the failed equipment and no authoritatve inspection results have been posted we actually have no idea of the causallity. I,ve seen 2 rifles destroyed by bore obstructions at NRA certified matchs; both caused by squib loads. I have no fear of my Glocks going up in smoke unless I do somethig really dumb. The only pistol I,ve ever had that caused worry was a new EAA Witness Match that pig bellied brass so bad you couldnt hammer a fired case back into the chamber. While sad to see, these kabooms are going to happen no matter how cautious we are. All we can do is follow all the applicable safety rules and hope Murphy doesnt find us.
Dennis

[DM1906]

I have read enough Glock issues to keep me away from them. In plastic I have an XD and it's been a joy!

One of the hot topics on the Glock board now is one that went off in a holster. Guess they are trying to figure it out how that occured but one more reason I like the safety on the back of the XD as an additional measure.


http://www.glocktalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1455870

One guy had an issue with an Underwood 115gr and they are still trying to figure out what the issue is with the G26 while my XD eats them like candy. He did get another G26 owner that was having a similar experience but the finger is pointed at you guessed it... the ammo.

The thread link is irrelevant to the discussion.  It was a completely different type of failure, if it was a failure.  Of course, the 50 or so experts on board have it all figured out.  How many AD's have you heard of that weren't caused by handler error?  Of all the handguns you have, which one in the collection is MOST likely to AD?  If you added a Glock, or 10 of them to your collection, the answer would be the same.  I'm not a Glock advocate, and of all the handguns in my collection, I have fewer Glocks than any other common brand.  If you own a 1911 (or clone), you have the pistol with the all time record for AD's (by a very large margin), and it isn't likely to lose that record in the next century.  Adding extra buttons and levers doesn't cancel the human factor.  All of the common brand handguns in good (original) condition are safe, when handled properly.  No one is less safe than any other.

Also, it isn't uncommon for auto-pistols to have a particular appetite.  Some are more picky than others, but they will all have a wide variety of ammo they will shoot.  Why that G26 doesn't like Underwood 115's, I don't know (were they +P, or +P+?).  It's certainly not the only 9mm with a picky appetite.  In any case, the Underwood 115 would not be on my list of recommended ammo for that pistol, and I'm surprised other sub-compacts don't experience the same, more often.  The problem is still the ammo, not the pistol.  If your XD shoots all you've fed it, that's good.  Have you tried all of the ammo available for your pistol?  There's probably at least one out there it doesn't like.

[Intercooler]

I sure have. Everything from 158gr down to 115+P+ by all the big names and not so big names. I think it would shoot pumpkin balls if you could load them into brass.

[4949shooter]

I can say the same thing for my early Gen 3 Glock 19. That pistol eats everything I have fed it. Same goes for the three .40 glocks I own.

My G20? This gun is more picky with the ammo I use in it. Other G20 owners say their twenties feed everything. I think you were right when you indicated in the other thread it could have been unique to that particular G26.

[sqlbullet]

The real comparison though, as DM1906 alludes, would be this:  Have you fired your XD when it had a bullet stuck in the bore, or with a known double charge of powder?

The answer, of course, is no, you haven't.  We all know these things will destroy any gun.  It appears to happen more often with a Glock for two reasons. 

First, there are more of them out there, and they are often owned buy guys who shoot lots of rounds.  Statistically they will have a higher number of incidents.  Whether or not they have a higher rate, I don't know, nor do I know where I would get data on the subject.

Second, due to the mystical abilities attributed to Glock perfection, I would suspect when a kaboom does occur, it receives a disproportionate amount of press.  If a Taurus blows up, everyone's reaction is "Meh...What did you expect from a second tier gun?".  Not so with a Glock.

I have one Glock in my stable - a G29.  It is an accurate and reliable gun.  It is remarkable only in it's size and weight.  Otherwise, it performs pretty much like my 1911's and Witness's.  I feed it quality ammo, either factory or handloads, and it goes bang when I pull the trigger, not kaboom.

[EdMc]

Lighten up gentlemen, I think IC only posted the photo as a joke. 

'I think...'      That has gotten me into trouble before....

[Intercooler]

I think they know. I put right in the beginning only joking.


Now if someone puts up a Witness one 

[EdMc]

Now if someone puts up a Witness one 

Witness? Don't those come with JB Weld for the cracks?   

Sorry, couldn't help myself.........

[Intercooler]

Only if you shoot the good stuff.

[sqlbullet]

Now if someone puts up a Witness one 

Witness? Don't those come with JB Weld for the cracks?   

Sorry, couldn't help myself.........

The JB Weld is only for the Elite line.  The standard models come with duct tape.

[EdMc]

Reminds me of when I went into a local pawn shop/gun dealer looking for a used Delta. He said we used to call them 'crackers'.  Right away I knew he didn't have one......

[pacapcop]

Ill take the Glock over the Witness,DE,or any other variation of 10mm in a pistol platform in a knock down,drag em out firefight.

[sqlbullet]

Ill take the Glock over the Witness,DE,or any other variation of 10mm in a pistol platform in a knock down,drag em out firefight.

Logically I agree.  And yet, most days when I check my holster, the 1911 has found it's way onto my hip.   

[pacapcop]

If only Sig made one,away with the Glock id go.