Glock 19 problems

[Eggysrun]

Was at Pawnee today shooting with my wife (and what seemed like the rest of colorado, very crowded lol) and were having some issues with my Glock 19 I wanted to trouble shoot here.

Bought it brand new a few months ago, roughly 500 rounds shot through it. I've lightly cleaned it once, but nothing major.

I had zero problems shooting the glock, no jams, no misfires, nothing. Well aimed shots, double tapping, rapid fire and nothing but reliability.

But then my wife would shoot it and while I'm trying to load magazines kept bringing it over cause of these problems:

1. Brass not ejecting
2. Brass getting stuck in the slide
3. Round getting half way into the chamber and locking the slide back slightly.

These things commonly happened on her FIRST shot on any magazine fired. Sometimes we had a good uninterupted 15 rounds and then other times maybe 2-3 times having these problems.

I suspect it was how she was holding and firing it that was the problem but I'm no expert.

[Goodburbon]

Limp wristing. My mom does the same thing with her glock 17

[bigun1962]

Send your wife to a good NRA instructor. I suspect you are correct with your last comment. I have 20 Glocks from Gen 1- Gen 3 and nothing but good luck with them. I personally have 492000 rounds and counting through a 17. The guide rod broke at about 300000 rounds and the gun kept functioning until cleaning.

[sellersm]

Yup, limp wristing/grip issues. My daughter has the same problem when she's not focusing on a good, tight grip.

[Irving]

+3 on limp wristing.

[kwando]

+3 on limp wristing.

This

[TriggerHappy]

What ammo are you running?

[Goodburbon]

To expand on that point. a major contributing factor can be gripping the gun too low. The web of her thumb needs to ride up as high as she can get it.

I was surprised when I got her this ultra super reliable never fail weapon that can be dropped from a plane and still function etc, and it fTE on the first magazine she fired. I asked online if Glocks needed break in, or if there were any known problems. I was quickly admonished for "limp wristing" the weapon, to grow a pair, there was nothing wrong with the gun etc. Sure enough, I took my mom out shooting again and paid attention to her grip and it was horrible. She was gripping low on the grip, and she was acting like TJ hooker with her support hand and stance.

[SA Friday]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...32856867071363

Here you go. This is the problem. her grip and arms are flexing too much during recoil and stunting the slide from fully cycling. Weak wrist jam.

[Great-Kazoo]

Was at Pawnee today shooting with my wife (and what seemed like the rest of colorado, very crowded lol) and were having some issues with my Glock 19 I wanted to trouble shoot here.

Bought it brand new a few months ago, roughly 500 rounds shot through it. I've lightly cleaned it once, but nothing major.

I had zero problems shooting the glock, no jams, no misfires, nothing. Well aimed shots, double tapping, rapid fire and nothing but reliability.

But then my wife would shoot it and while I'm trying to load magazines kept bringing it over cause of these problems:

1. Brass not ejecting
2. Brass getting stuck in the slide
3. Round getting half way into the chamber and locking the slide back slightly.

These things commonly happened on her FIRST shot on any magazine fired. Sometimes we had a good uninterupted 15 rounds and then other times maybe 2-3 times having these problems.

I suspect it was how she was holding and firing it that was the problem but I'm no expert.

You have my card get her in a class. That issue itself can be resolved in 5-10 min tops, class is still the full time frame.