Robert Richardson
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- Jan 28, 2009
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Good explanation.Its not just Glocks. And it's not just cops...but with the prevalence of body cam video those are the shootouts that you get to see. Also, a lot of agencies issue Glocks, adding to the prevalence of Glock malfunctions in those videos. The last OIS we had locally, the officer had a malfunction with his P229, and often when we investigate non-officer-involved shootings we encounter at least one jammed handgun.
The balancing of inertial forces is a huge factor in the function of a semi-automatic pistol. The recoil operation is balanced by reciprocal force from the shooter's grip in an ideal situation. But in the real world, sometimes your grip isn't firmly established, or the gun may come into contact with a door frame, steering wheel, ground, window, or even the bad guy himself. Your finger may be pressing up on the slide catch,or your frantically established improper grip may actuate the mag release. Heck, I had one guy in our last class (a lefty) who kept sticking his thumb in front of the ejection port of his Glock 48 and bouncing spent brass back into the action...and he kept going back to that grip even after I showed him multiple times what he was doing. And as a result, he kept jamming up the gun. It didn't happen on the static range, but when we started doing more dynamic stuff the extra stress took over and he compromised his grip without even realizing that he was doing it.
There's a lot of subtle things that can affect reliability in a semi-auto handgun...and most of them aren't encountered by shooting with proper fundamentals on a static range. All quality handguns should tolerate that, and most can. This is why I don't believe that a particular round count alone is enough to prove out a new gun for reliability. You need to shoot it from various positions, right-hand-only, left-hand-only, "limp-wristed", etc. If the range will allow it, see if it will run with the slide in contact with the barricade. You can't replicate every possible failure point but at least you can determine if the gun will operate reliably in less-than-ideal conditions, and maybe identify where it becomes marginal.
Someone got their hand greased.I'm surprised that with the Glock Perfection that the US military picked Sigs, wonder why.
I'm surprised that with the Glock Perfection that the US military picked Sigs, wonder why.
I'm surprised that with the Glock Perfection that the US military picked Sigs, wonder why.
The Army actually has quite a few handguns.Both passed the minimum requirements. Sig was more 'modular', but was also cheaper and had ties to ammo manufacturing that allowed a cheaper overall procurement price tag of roughly $100 million. Even if we say no shenanigans or politics entered the decision, that's 100 million reasons Sig got the nod.
Of perhaps some interest, many "special" people in the military get a Glock instead.
I have no bad stuff to say about any of my hand cannon’s.
S&W, Glock, Beretta, DW no issues I complete agree with @92FSTech. During classes it’s normally a modified Glock or a Canick that’s malfunctioning. One additional pistol I am not confident in is the Hellcat it appears to be very ammo sensitive.
Here’s a video
Post the malfunction videos, so we can analyze why they may have happened.
Around 2:20 in video there is a failure.
Let me know what you expert's come up with as to why this Glock failed when he needed it not to fail. I think it failed while he was firing it through his windshield.
I'll post more videos as I run across them.
..Glock failed when he needed it not to fail...I think it failed while he was firing it through his windshield...
Whatever happened he never got it cleared. He gave up and looked like he was looking for a rifle or a med kit.Looks like a lot was going on while the officer was shooting through the windshield?
Hard to tell for sure with the poor lighting, but I'd venture to say the gun's slide might have been impeded by something in the car, possibly causing the jam? RDS could have contributed, being more to get caught, in the tight space?
Whatever happened he never got it cleared. He gave up and looked like he was looking for a rifle or a med kit.
I'm thinking failure to eject the spent case. Because the next rd wouldn't chamber. He spent a lot of time trying to clear it.