The dreaded Glock ejection issues

[BPTactical]

Trying to avoid all the shipping it back to them hassle. Can't I just upgrade it myself?

They may well just send the parts, they have in the past.
Text me the sn Ray and I will what I can figger out.
You may not have to ship it, I KNOW somebody

[TheBelly]

Trying to avoid all the shipping it back to them hassle. Can't I just upgrade it myself?

If its a Recoil Spring Assembly (RSA), they'll ship you the new one with a label to ship them the old one.

[TheBelly]

One last thing, I assume this is with factory ammo? I only ever have this problem with weak extraction when I use my reloads, which I usually load lighter because 1) thats the charge they're most accurate at and 2) its easier to pickup brass when its 2ft away and in a nice pile.

If you really don't want to send it back, you could always try stretching the extractor spring just a tiny bit to make it slightly longer, increasing the spring force, though I don't know if that'd help at all.

Not sure how much it would matter, but is the recoil rod/spring factory and look okay? If you have another glock you could pilfer one from, try that too. It seems to me that if that is too stiff it'd cause the action to cycle slower and with less force on extraction. But that shouldn't be the new Gen4 style (double spring) so I don't see how that would be it. I heard the Gen4's had a lot of problems with 9mm extraction because of that double recoil spring.

I know how much a malfunctioning glock can be (old G22) so I feel for you. Hope you get it sorted out quickly!

eta: I'm no glock expert, just tossing ideas out there to help cover all angles and maybe spark an idea in someone else's head.

in my gen 3 G34 that I use for competitions, I've replaced the original captured guide rod with a stainless un-captured one. Then I just took my reloads, like BC's: they are light loads for accuracy, and the gun to a range and just cut a half link at a time until it worked right.

its weird to be grinding off the spring a bit at a time on the range, but whatever. It works.

[ray1970]

They may well just send the parts, they have in the past.
Text me the sn Ray and I will what I can figger out.
You may not have to ship it, I KNOW somebody

Text messages sent, my friend.

You are a gentleman among gentlemen.

[rpm]

Bert will likely get your problem fixed, however I had a gen 3 19 that was experiencing all of the maladies described all over the internets. I replaced the extractor with a Lone Wolf and one of the newer 30274 ejectors. These replacements seemed to solve the issues though we did part ways in the end.

[BPTactical]

Text messages sent, my friend.

You are a gentleman among gentlemen.

No problem Ray, ejection issues happen from time to time with age.

[ray1970]

No problem Ray, ejection issues happen from time to time with age.

So all I probably need is one of those pills I see on TV?

[BPTactical]

So all I probably need is one of those pills I see on TV?

Very possibly but remember, if ejection persists for 4 hours or longer seek help.

[Richard K]

Call Glock. Give them the serial number of the gun and the number stamped on the ejector. Tell them about your problem and that you are a Glock armorer or have access to one. They will, more than likely, send you a new extractor and ejector free. I've never had a malfunction with any of my Glocks but did have one with erratic ejection. They sent me a new one.

[ray1970]

Call Glock. Give them the serial number of the gun and the number stamped on the ejector. Tell them about your problem and that you are a Glock armorer or have access to one. They will, more than likely, send you a new extractor. I've never had a malfunction with any of my Glocks but did have one with erratic ejection. They sent me a new one.

Thanks. I don't have time in my schedule to deal with that kind of thing.

I got a little advice from someone who's opinion I respect. He basically pointed out that perhaps my weak/erratic ejection was being caused by slow cycling of the slide. I swapped out the 17# factory recoil spring for a 15# spring. We'll see what happens next time I take it out.