i am wondering if any of u every had a kaboom in your glock ?
i have read many articles on the internet about kbs and glock guns scare me.
did glock fix the barrel issue on these guns ?
i want to buy a glock 29 and i just dont want it to blow up in my hand
please give me your advise if i should buy a glock or not
I've had a Glock 27 since 1997 and have fire thousands of rounds through it. Never had ANY issue with it. Not everything you read on the internet is true.
I've never had a KB with any gun, the glocks that seemed to have a problem were the 40 calibres but if you are that afraid,they make aftermarket barrels with supported chambers,also the 40 is a high pressure round,and I've shot some Border Patrol issue stuff that seemed hotter than any stuff I bought off the shelf
using factory ammo you have no reason to expect your Glock to do anything other than operate as designed. The chamber is "unsupported" and that is part of what makes Glocks to reliable. I think there are better platforms out there, but do own a Glock myself - in fact i want another one. if it is what you like, then go for it.
Other brands of pistols have had KBs as well. Just visit the gunzone.com. I've had one KB out of all my Glocks past or present, and it was a case failure on factory reloaded ammo in the 9mm in my G17 maybe eight years ago. Burned my index finger a bit, and blew the magazine out. I still have that G17, and I put a couple hundred rounds on some steel today, just like I do every month. Just get a Glock and feed it new factory ammo.
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I had three Glock 19's "break" on me in a year and a half in Iraq. Glock's do not like sand at all. They become jam-o-matics in the fine sand. The Army's Sigs are so much more dependable. Nothing biased, just a fact.:smile:
What isn't told is the comparison scale. Adding up military, police and civilian ownership around the world the amount of Glocks out there is staggering! Because of the mass numbers it may seem Glocks have problems but talk to career gunsmiths and ask how many 1911's and Smith revolvers they have seen KB and/or mechanical problems verses Glock. ALL makes have failures for many reasons and as noted in the previous post most are traced back to operator errors but on a balanced comparison scale Glock is mighty good.
Its been my finding that malfunctions are usually owner fault. As in not taking care of or visually inspecting the firearm. They need maintenance just like an automobile. You should oil them check operation etc. I would think If you take care of and inspect your firearm you shouldn't have problems.
I agree with jem102 - the large population of Glocks in service provides greater exposure to failure, so the number of failures are going to be larger than for makes that do not have the market penetration of Glock. From what I've been able to surmise, KB's are quite rare. Use jacketed projectiles and stay within SAAMI pressure limits and you'll be fine.
Does anyone have a source for credible failure data on Glocks and other brands? I'm sure the manufacturers do, but they are probably not willing to share this info with the shooting community.
From 2001-2004 I had a G19, and I put about 5k rounds a year through it and never had one issue, no KB, no jams, no misfeeds, it was 100% reliable. I did take care of it, cleaned and lubed it after nearly every time shooting it. I would shoot a box or 2 a week at the range, and a few times a year we would go to my inlaws and I would shoot a as much as I could.
I have a 19, 23, 26, 30 36 and never had any problems and I have shot brass and steel cased out of them with no issue's they seem to like any ammo that I give em but as stated above its not the gun it's the ammo you fed it
The only problem I've had with a Glock or any other pistol was ammo related . The brand I was using would sometimes have a extra hot round once in a while . I quit using that brand and have never had the problem sense.
Next time you have the pistol broken down(if you have a glock) just take the barrel out and put a round into it. Turn the barrel upside down and you'll see a small area at the bottom that is exposed showing a small amount of brass. That's the area of concern. When weak brass is used that's where it happens.... Hence the Kaboom.
Thanks. I don't have a Glock but I can envision what you're describing. So I suppose that in that small section where the brass is exposed, it won't contain the explosion if it's weak because the barrel isn't covering it?
with the glocks if you want to shoot cast lead reloads i would get an after market barrel, no matter the cal. factory ammo no problems with factory barrel.
I think as soon as folks get comfortable with the fact that when you fire a gun, you are holding a controlled explosion.
Only then, will we understand and even more so, respect the boundaries of each guns limitations.
Would you put rocket fuel in your daily driver? Then expect it to run flawlessly year after year? JMO
During my years in IPSC and IDPA I watched 6 Glocks go Kaboom; In every case, the guns were 23s in .40 and in every case somebody was using reloads (jacketed bullets, no lead) and were trying to get that magical load that would get them one step closer to that higher classification. 2 of the barrels were aftermarket, the others were stock.
They did not understand that the real path to that "M" card is loading a consistent load within the design envelope of the cartridge and practice, practice practice!
Instead, they ended up ruining 6 guns permanently.....
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