Hello:
I had 468 rounds through my Generation Three Glock 30 before I went to the range today; No malfunctions whatsoever and all different kinds of factory ammo.
Today I had a 100 round box of Winchester White Box 230 grain FMJ and 26 rounds of Remington 230 grn. JHP.
All went well until I got down to the last 20 rounds of the wwb fmj. I loaded both of my mags with 10 rounds apiece and I fired the first mag rapid fire reloaded with second mag and had a failure to extract on the 5th round of the second mag. Shell was left in chamber keeping next shell from loading and angled up.
This is the first malfunction with this gun and it occurred on round 563. I cleared the malfunction fired the remaining 5 shots with no incident.
I then reloaded both mags with 10 rounds apiece of the Remington JHP and repeated the drill -- 10 rounds rapid fire, quick reload and 10 more rounds rapid fire. No incidents on the repeat.
There's a gunsmith at the range where I shoot and he looked at the pistol and removed the extractor from the slide, examined it and said all looked good except a little build up on the extractor which could be expected after 126 rounds.
His opinion was that it was a bad round (case rim bad).
He said just keep on shooting it and he wouldn't be afraid to carry it. I've had no malfunctions with any of my carry ammo through this gun (over 250 rounds).
Question:
1) Could this have been caused by limp wristing? I was beginning to get a little tired but was concentrating on my grip. Don't think it was a limp wrist.
2) My thinking is fire 50 more rounds of my carry ammo through it and if all's well just keep on carrying it.
Does a bad case seem feasible for a failure to extract?
I normally carry a Glock 23, but sometimes switch to this relatively new Glock 30 (little over a year old) in the winter.
I'm new here so I hope this isn't in the wrong forum, and if so I appologize.
Any opinions or recommendations would be appreciated.
Thanks,
JM
I had 468 rounds through my Generation Three Glock 30 before I went to the range today; No malfunctions whatsoever and all different kinds of factory ammo.
Today I had a 100 round box of Winchester White Box 230 grain FMJ and 26 rounds of Remington 230 grn. JHP.
All went well until I got down to the last 20 rounds of the wwb fmj. I loaded both of my mags with 10 rounds apiece and I fired the first mag rapid fire reloaded with second mag and had a failure to extract on the 5th round of the second mag. Shell was left in chamber keeping next shell from loading and angled up.
This is the first malfunction with this gun and it occurred on round 563. I cleared the malfunction fired the remaining 5 shots with no incident.
I then reloaded both mags with 10 rounds apiece of the Remington JHP and repeated the drill -- 10 rounds rapid fire, quick reload and 10 more rounds rapid fire. No incidents on the repeat.
There's a gunsmith at the range where I shoot and he looked at the pistol and removed the extractor from the slide, examined it and said all looked good except a little build up on the extractor which could be expected after 126 rounds.
His opinion was that it was a bad round (case rim bad).
He said just keep on shooting it and he wouldn't be afraid to carry it. I've had no malfunctions with any of my carry ammo through this gun (over 250 rounds).
Question:
1) Could this have been caused by limp wristing? I was beginning to get a little tired but was concentrating on my grip. Don't think it was a limp wrist.
2) My thinking is fire 50 more rounds of my carry ammo through it and if all's well just keep on carrying it.
Does a bad case seem feasible for a failure to extract?
I normally carry a Glock 23, but sometimes switch to this relatively new Glock 30 (little over a year old) in the winter.
I'm new here so I hope this isn't in the wrong forum, and if so I appologize.
Any opinions or recommendations would be appreciated.
Thanks,
JM
