I'm the one who bought a Glocktalks members 2008 G36 that had issues. He ran it through Glock several times and still issues. After his complete frustration with the problem, I purchased the troubled Glock and decided to run my own tests for pure pleasure to see why my favorite firearms company could find no wrong.
Feel free to read the history and new report and create some good clean discussions on the subject. I will try to field some questions as I have time and hopefully some of the very intelligent folks on GT can bring some more light to this problematic issue with some G36 and now the new Gen4 versions starting to crop up.
I will not answer or get involved in any non-constructive side topics and only plead to everyone to keep it clean and positive so this can help others. I did experience problems like Chris and others I had try did too. So it wasn't the old Limp Wrist that everyone wants to throw out.
I've been shooting Glocks since they came to the US and continue to carry one daily. I fully trust them and appreciate them for what they are. I don't stick my head in the sand though and deny a Friday or bad supplier doesn't get into the mix every now and again.
Thanks and I hope it this will lead somewhere eventually to help the ones with problems. The G36 is a fine gun with a very important role. Unfortunately nothing is perfect.
I don't see or shoot many G36's. For whatever reason, it doesn't seem to be a "popular" off-duty weapon among the folks I see come through our range.
The last couple of them I can remember shooting seemed to run just fine in my hands, using the duty hollowpoints of the time (which change among the major makers).
The owner of the first one complained of frequent feeding problems. It worked just fine when I tried it, but he took it to a friend at another agency who was a Glock armorer. That armorer told him that while the gun could use some cleaning and wasn't sufficiently lubricated, that otherwise it was in good condition and working normally. Last I heard, that owner got rid of that G36 and bought a different make/caliber of gun.
The last one I shot was very recently (although it was a gun made in the mid-2000's, I believe). Good feeding & functioning using duty hollowpoints (230gr Golden Sabre), shooting 1 & 2-handed, slow & rapid shot strings. Nothing out of the ordinary. No pinched finger. Good to go.
The G36 is an interesting model. Same overall length as the G30 (with a longer barrel than my 3.25" CS45, being just barely longer than my 3.75" 4513TSW), but with more length between the sights than the G30.
If I didn't already own a CS45 & an "original" 4513TSW, both of which also use 6-rd magazines, I'd buy a G36.
There are no problems to be worked out. The OP had a lemon gun from years ago. The G36s, by all accounts, have been running fine for about almost 10 years now in the hands of people who know how to shoot, not nancy limp-wristers who think they can manage a compact, lightweight .45 acp. :rofl:
It says you bought the gun in June 2008. That is nearly 4 years ago. And your experience is your own and not typical of G36s. You got a bad gun with a weird problem. Deal with it. Stop whining. Just because you had a problem with your G36 does not mean it's indicative of EVERY G36.
By the way, the three brands of ammo listed on the blog (Remington, Winchester and Blazer) are all notorious for being weak. Standard velocity out of a 5" barrel for .45 acp is about 830-850 fps. I would gander those three brands are probably in the 750-800 range. I try to avoid them if at all possible. And I don't care what the box or their website says. Read the fine print. All cheap ammo will say somewhere, "Subject to change" or "Subject to variances." This is their get out of jail free card to manufacture weak ammo and save on powder, in turn maximizing profit. You can't blame a gun that won't run on ammo that is not even SAAMI spec. Try American Eagle, Speer Lawman, Sellier & Bellot or Fiocchi. Stay away from Winchester, Remington, Blazer, PMC and I am sure many more off brands that I won't even bother to gamble on.
Not saying ammo is the problem with the G36 in question, but it certainly isn't helping if the problem can't be duplicated with Corbon +P ammo.
A lot of American ammo is weak. Corporate greed rules the day. Glock made the mistake of redesigning their gen4's for real ammo and it has backfired. Most American range ammo is weak and a lot of new shooters buy Glocks. It's no wonder between the weak ammo and poor grip that a lot of guns are not generating enough energy to positively extract and eject consistently.
I was having the exact same issues with my G36 as mentioned. I replaced the extractor and bearing with the older Non-LCI versions and the problems went away completley. Give it a try.
I bought a problematic/defective Glock 36 back in 2010. It is still the worst gun I've purchased, a lemon no doubt. I know a few guys with G36's who have had no issues at all but you and I were not so lucky.
Stay away from Winchester, Remington, Blazer, PMC and I am sure many more off brands
No problems with any of this ammo with my G30 but my 30sf wouldn't cycle my duty ranger+p 230 grain reliably or cheaper stuff. Why is it so hard to believe that Glock can make a bad massed produced gun once in a while?
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A handful of bad G36s over years and years (and conveniently only with certain ammo and often people new to .45s and certainly people new to compact, lightweight .45s), perhaps, but there is nothing wrong with the G36 in general.
Now the new gen4 G17 and G19, that is another story. When hundreds of people are having issues in a short time period, there is a problem.
It is amazing that after the documented history of the problems of your G36 that Glock wouldn't just replace it with a new pistol and keep the customer happy!
I think it would be cheaper to replace the entire pistol than to send their attorney goons into court at $500 an hour to be represented.
We are not talking about a Wilson Combat Supergrade that sells for $5000. Geez, a $500 retail gun that costs Glock about $150 to make.........you do the math!!!
Sad story. Greed over a $500 pistol? Replace the damn thing.
I own a G36 and have not had an issue with it so far. I reload my own .45 ammo and keep it just around 900fps. I use a Lone Wolf barrel because I reload.
Just came back from the range with my new Glock 36. Fired 200 rds . FMJ JHP 230 gr. Winchester white box. Not one problem! Dead on at 15 yards. Checked with Glock when it came in last week,my gun was made in May,2012. I guess they got it right. Slim ,love it. 7 rds its ok,what i had in the service.33 yrs law enforcement always worked on that first shot! I will take the slim G36 in .45 cal. Love it!
Maybe some folks might not care, but I know of a couple of Glock employees who carry G36's. Doubt they'd do so if they felt there was an inherent problem.
It says you bought the gun in June 2008. That is nearly 4 years ago. And your experience is your own and not typical of G36s. You got a bad gun with a weird problem. Deal with it. Stop whining. Just because you had a problem with your G36 does not mean it's indicative of EVERY G36.
By the way, the three brands of ammo listed on the blog (Remington, Winchester and Blazer) are all notorious for being weak. Standard velocity out of a 5" barrel for .45 acp is about 830-850 fps. I would gander those three brands are probably in the 750-800 range. I try to avoid them if at all possible. And I don't care what the box or their website says. Read the fine print. All cheap ammo will say somewhere, "Subject to change" or "Subject to variances." This is their get out of jail free card to manufacture weak ammo and save on powder, in turn maximizing profit. You can't blame a gun that won't run on ammo that is not even SAAMI spec. Try American Eagle, Speer Lawman, Sellier & Bellot or Fiocchi. Stay away from Winchester, Remington, Blazer, PMC and I am sure many more off brands that I won't even bother to gamble on.
Not saying ammo is the problem with the G36 in question, but it certainly isn't helping if the problem can't be duplicated with Corbon +P ammo.
A lot of American ammo is weak. Corporate greed rules the day. Glock made the mistake of redesigning their gen4's for real ammo and it has backfired. Most American range ammo is weak and a lot of new shooters buy Glocks. It's no wonder between the weak ammo and poor grip that a lot of guns are not generating enough energy to positively extract and eject consistently.
If a gun sold in the USA won't reliably fire American made range ammunition, then it is junk.
The G36 problems were discussed long and hard on this and other bulletin boards well before your time. It was not the GlockRed Herring called limp wristing that caused the problems. As a result I waited and waited until Oct 2010 to get mine. No issues so far, don't keep meticulous records about how many rounds downrange.
I have a Glock 36 with no issues experienced. I even tried to limp wrist the g36, but it still shot fine. Even had my 14 year-old daughter shoot it and try limp wristing. Still, no issues.
Just sold a bi-tone XDs and same day picked up my 36, two trips to the range and 200 rounds, I haven't had any issues. I had no issue with the XDs other than it was too thin to shoot comfortably, great for carrying .
My G 36 was my EDC for almost 4 years. I put over 4k rds of blazer, Wolf, you name it through it. That little gun never missed a lick.
I often walk out of the house and draw and fire if I have not changed mags / reloaded in a while. The gun FTE. After that, I had the strangest malfunctions, FTE, FTF, probably 1 in every 15 rounds.
What a dilemma, I could not carry it as it was totally unreliable and could not sell it for the same reason.
I rebuilt the slide, bought new mags and fired 500 rds through it, all clean as a whistle.
Then, after that much of a concentration in shooting it, I sold it. (After making sure it was 100% again)
There was definitely an issue and rebuilding the slide fixed it. I believe it had something to do with the extractor.
I miss the little guy, I think I might buy it back.
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