January 14, 2018, 07:49 PM | #1 |
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Glock 22 Issues
Hey Firing Line...
I sold my brother in law my Glock 22, never had so much as a FTF or FTE out of it. Today at the range shooting Remington White Box, he had 10 failure to fires out of a box of 50. The primers looked like they were well struck but failed to ignite. If it were one or two, I could blame it on the ammo, but 10 of them leads me to believe it ain't the ammo. Since I sold the gun to him, I'd like to make it right. Any suggestions? I'm thinking about replacing the striker and spring but wanted to see what the group thinks.
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January 14, 2018, 09:21 PM | #2 |
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If the primers look well struck what's to make you think it isn't the ammo?
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January 14, 2018, 09:34 PM | #3 |
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Give the brother who bought the G22 another box of ammo from a different brand.
Doing that will likely be less expensive than the box of ammo and there's no evidence mentioned in the thread there's any problem with the Glock. I agree with Post#2.
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January 15, 2018, 07:44 PM | #4 |
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Good point gents. I'm going to clean it and test fire it before going any deeper into it.
I'd just never seen so many fail like this before.
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January 15, 2018, 09:15 PM | #5 |
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GF bought a used 9mm that FTF'd 1 out of 20 the first time out. I put those well struck rounds in my G26 and fired every one.
Took it back to the LGS of purchase and they said heavy oil in the striker. I cleaned it with a spray cleaner and no issues since, it was an M&P 9c btw. Hope your fix is that easy... |
January 15, 2018, 10:10 PM | #6 |
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I would try a different brand of ammo also. Could your firing pin channel be full of oil?
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January 15, 2018, 10:55 PM | #7 |
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Pull the back off the slide and clean out the firing pin chamber, spring, pin, extractor. There should be no problem with WhiteBox ammo.
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January 17, 2018, 07:29 PM | #8 |
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Thanks guys, the gun is currently in pieces. My plan is to clean out firing pin chamber etc, re-lube and and try it with different ammo. I am hopeful that solves it. Will update after I take it to range.
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January 20, 2018, 06:22 PM | #9 |
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Cleaned, lived, and taken to the range. Shot assorted Winchester, Remington and Blazer through it without a hiccup.
I'm chaulking this up to some funky Sig ammo. Thanks for your suggestions guys.
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