Some general background my Glock 34 I bought new and it has been fussy and jammed from day one. I started with Federal 147 grain American Eagle and it took a distinct dislike to this this ammo. I called Glock and they sent me mag followers which I changed, and around the same time changed to Fiocchi 115 grain. Many range sessions and it has settled down in my hands but in my younger sons ( large 14 yr old ) hands it continues to jam. I have carefully observed him he is not limp wristing. THis came to a head when I took some new shooters out last week-weekend and the Glock crapped out bad. one of the shooters I figured was going to have trouble with it, the other was shooting my 41 mags and 357 magnums and doing really pretty well, and I did not notice limp wristing in his case.
Anyway it had multiple jams that day, and I had changed back to Federal ammo. One of the jams was particularly nasty and took quite a while to clear. Once I got it cleared I put the round back in the clip and shot it and the rest of the mag..no problem, then fired two more magazines with no issues. Let me also get clear I really haven't had a problem in my hands in over 505-700 rounds of use, it alsways seems when I let someone else shoot it.
Well needless to say I am less than happy with this situation and I don't keep guns that don't work well, FUNCTION is everything. I talked to my smith and he said that Federal ammo is very mild, and several reputable manufacturers of semi auto rifles have disclaimers and won't even talk to you if you are using Federal ammo. He suggested I get a 16 Lb and a 19 lb recoil spring from Wolf and try changing out the between the weights. I of course wonder why fiddle with the recoil spring when these tend to be loaded not shot rounds I am having problems with ( actually in the beginning it was both but I haven't seen the spent ejected rounds in a while).
My next question is it seems that you need to change the guide rod out when changing over to wolf springs. Anybody have brand recommendations? Another thought is get a set of springs as I hace some Remington target 9mm ammo and I bet this is fairly mild also.
Bottom line is there any Glock Doctors out there I am definatly listening. I will never consider this a carry gun at this point, and I really want a reliable range target shooter, but it doesn't even fall into that catagory now. Glock legendary reliablility.........HMMM
Anyway it had multiple jams that day, and I had changed back to Federal ammo. One of the jams was particularly nasty and took quite a while to clear. Once I got it cleared I put the round back in the clip and shot it and the rest of the mag..no problem, then fired two more magazines with no issues. Let me also get clear I really haven't had a problem in my hands in over 505-700 rounds of use, it alsways seems when I let someone else shoot it.
Well needless to say I am less than happy with this situation and I don't keep guns that don't work well, FUNCTION is everything. I talked to my smith and he said that Federal ammo is very mild, and several reputable manufacturers of semi auto rifles have disclaimers and won't even talk to you if you are using Federal ammo. He suggested I get a 16 Lb and a 19 lb recoil spring from Wolf and try changing out the between the weights. I of course wonder why fiddle with the recoil spring when these tend to be loaded not shot rounds I am having problems with ( actually in the beginning it was both but I haven't seen the spent ejected rounds in a while).
My next question is it seems that you need to change the guide rod out when changing over to wolf springs. Anybody have brand recommendations? Another thought is get a set of springs as I hace some Remington target 9mm ammo and I bet this is fairly mild also.
Bottom line is there any Glock Doctors out there I am definatly listening. I will never consider this a carry gun at this point, and I really want a reliable range target shooter, but it doesn't even fall into that catagory now. Glock legendary reliablility.........HMMM