Glock 26 with Glock 17 mag failures?
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My 26 has ran flawless with the 33 round glock mags.
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I don't particularly like shooting G17 mags out of G26 but whenever I did, no failures.
Youtuber Nutnfancy has had such failures on camera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSGS9eg9XJM
Please consider this post only a link relevant information about the OP, and not an endorsement of NNF or his style.
Please consider this post only a link relevant information about the OP, and not an endorsement of NNF or his style.
TreeDoc
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G26 3,000 + and counting, 0 failures. However, I don't throw it a water tank, bury it in mud, drop it from a cliff, drag it down a dirt road, fill it with sand. I just shoot it and clean it when I'm done.
edmo01
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The wife's Gen4 G26 has never malfunctioned even with G19, G17, or G18 mags...
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I never had any problems even with a 33 round mag in my G-26. Looked kind of cool or funny depending on your point of view.
Jesse H
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Gen 4 G26 with ~500 rounds down range. Usually grab 10, 15 and 17-rounders when I'm at the range and no issues. This is with early "LE only" mags, gen 3 and gen 4 mags.
Our qualification course is 50 rounds, so it's nice to load it all up into 3 17-rounders and be done.
Our qualification course is 50 rounds, so it's nice to load it all up into 3 17-rounders and be done.
psyopspec, I did see that video, it looks like nutnfancy was having the same issue or a similar one that i was having with my G27. I wish I could figure out what it is that's the issue. I've tried to get it to fail in a lot of different ways and can't duplicate it and then during regular shooting it sometimes it will happen.
^^ My only guess might be the physics that come into play with an extended mag. Shooting a G26 with a 33 round magazine adds a weighted pendulum, possibly magnifying any softness in the wrists that might not induce malfunctions with other magazines.
My personal experience is limited with the longer mags. I have one or two kept in a state where legal, but they haven't been pulled out in a while. I vaguely recall having 1-2 similar malfunctions in a Glock 19, but wasn't too upset since I considered a mag that long nothing more than a range toy.
Still, I too am curious as a gun guy and a science nerd, about the higher rates of problems given a higher capacity mag.
My personal experience is limited with the longer mags. I have one or two kept in a state where legal, but they haven't been pulled out in a while. I vaguely recall having 1-2 similar malfunctions in a Glock 19, but wasn't too upset since I considered a mag that long nothing more than a range toy.
Still, I too am curious as a gun guy and a science nerd, about the higher rates of problems given a higher capacity mag.
The physics intrigue me as well, I have read things saying slide velocity is different on the baby Glocks vs the compact or full size so the compact or full size mags don't run 100% in the baby Glocks. I've heard the round "nose dives" into the base of the feed ramp with the larger mags and I don't know what to think. It seems the nose dive issue may be what I'm seeing but I don't know. Either way, they are 100% with the subcompact (baby Glock) mags and it isn't very often I have an issue with the larger mags. I'm kinda a geek and I like to know how and why.
I had a g33 that shot fine with extended magazines until I put my pinkie on the mag and squeezed too hard. I thought that if I ever needed it for self defense, that adrenalin would probably cause me to use a death grip on it. I traded it for a g32 so that I could keep all three fingers on the grip.
Apple a Day
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Who makes a good sleeve/adapter for the extended mag's?
I've used G19 mag's and never had an issue
I've used G19 mag's and never had an issue
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