I got one very lightly used from a buddy. I heard about some sort of issue with the rear frame rails shearing off in guns made around 2000. This gun's SN is EEF---. Any worries?
Your EEF s/n is from ~5/2001. Glock's reported bad s/n range is 9/2001 to 5/2002. I was unlucky enough to have had two from the bad range and one from 2011; total of three Glocks with rear rails breaking off.
Theoretically, yours should be OK.
Since Glock explained it was from a bad batch of rails during that specific timeframe, just shoot and don't worry about it.
The weakness isn't confined to 2001-2. Reports are that we're long past the bad run, but this is still a likely failure point on the gun, and there's a decent chance it will take the slide with it if it fails.
Please define more clearly (in this context) "likely failure point", "decent chance", and "it will take the slide with it if it fails". Please provide sources, links, and any other info you can.
Because NONE of this is matching up with how I understand the past problem, the potential for future similar problems, and the functional results of the few that have failed in this area.
I'd bet the farm Glock will replace your frame should you ever have trouble relating to your OP. Just do a quick inspection of it each time to field strip for cleaning.
actually most shooters don't notice a broken off frame rail till they get home to clean it..... The gun still runs.
A G34 in USPSA Production would use ammo loaded to the minor floor of 125,000, so a 125 grain bullet going just over 1,000 fps. That is not hot by any means, in fact downright soft. Running a 147 grain at 850 fps is like shooting a .22LR.
That was my experience as well, even in .40 pistols.
A G34 in USPSA Production would use ammo loaded to the minor floor of 125,000, so a 125 grain bullet going just over 1,000 fps. That is not hot by any means, in fact downright soft. Running a 147 grain at 850 fps is like shooting a .22LR.
It is allowed under rule 21.5. Personally I use the 17lb OEM except in my G31 carry guns, it's a 20lb ISMI on a steel guide rod. But then the practice load is running a 180 floor and the carry ammo is about a 196 floor. Course you only need 165 for running the .357SIG in Limited Major.
82 USPSA Handgun Rules, February 2014 Edition
21.5
Exchange of minor INTERNAL components (strikers, sears, springs, connectors/disconnectors, and other wholly-internal parts)
INTERNAL parts: This clause is NOW interpreted to mean that a broad range of INTERNAL parts may be modified or replaced – either with OFM or aftermarket parts.
Special Notes/Clarifications:
• Strikers, sears, springs, connectors/disconnectors, and any other part which is NOT visible when the gun is in battery is considered an INTERNAL part and may be modified or replaced unless otherwise prohibited in these provisions (see section 22 for specific prohibitions).
I'm still not seeing how the slide gets damaged by rail failure, short of it coming off the frame and hitting a concrete floor.
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