Levan9X19
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This topic of barrel pitting is like the topic about blue dots appearing on samsung smartphones. Everybody knows there is a problem yet no word from manufacturer on it.
Recently a friend of mine bought brand new Gen3 G26, and returned it the same day because inspection of barrel revealed pitting in brand new gun. I was unable to make photos. My Glock 26 was with the same serial number, only lust one digit was different. Shot exactly 1001 rounds out of it, without any problems. Than my second friend bought new gen3 G26 with the same prefix, only last digit was different, so all three G26's from the same batch. After several months and couple of magazines fired, during cleaning he discovered severe pitting. This time I was able to make photos. you can see them bellow. Brand new Gen3 G26 barrel after a 20 or 30 rounds fired.
So what is it? My guess is the process they use has a small percentage of defective barrels, and defects show up after you fire it. If Glock admits that there is a distant possibility that some of their guns might have pitting, it means you are playing the lottery every time you buy a Glock. Same with samsung, they cant admit that after some time you might get those blue dots and spots on your smartphones which makes your camera useless. I can not explain why XX4 glock is bad, XX6 glock is ok, XX8 glock is bad.
The cleaning solvents they use are basically regular gun oil or Hoppes 9. I use hoppes 9 since last ten years, no problem. Some say it has to do with ammoniac, not true, we use frequently german Robla and all our Glock are fine with it. Some say it has something to do with ammo, again can not be an issue, we use Federal, IMI, Magtech FMJ ammo which runs just fine in other handguns.
One week ago I bought a brand new G42, wonderful gun, but with weird markings near feed ramp which where made obviously after the barrel was blued. Some say magazines on some G42's appear to be modified with dremmel tool. I understand there is huge demand for handguns but this does not justify the fact that a company with good reputation should sell unreliable products. But than we have also an R51.... the last photo is a barrel of my G42.
Let me add, that I am the HUGE Glock fan BUT at the same time I think Glock is doing something wrong with the latest Glocks. Never ever I heard about a problems with Glock pistols for the last 20 years these guns are sold in my country, once we started receiving Gen4's and US made glocks I hear all the time about problems with these guns. I am happy with my US made glock but this whole story make me feel bad about Glock....
Recently a friend of mine bought brand new Gen3 G26, and returned it the same day because inspection of barrel revealed pitting in brand new gun. I was unable to make photos. My Glock 26 was with the same serial number, only lust one digit was different. Shot exactly 1001 rounds out of it, without any problems. Than my second friend bought new gen3 G26 with the same prefix, only last digit was different, so all three G26's from the same batch. After several months and couple of magazines fired, during cleaning he discovered severe pitting. This time I was able to make photos. you can see them bellow. Brand new Gen3 G26 barrel after a 20 or 30 rounds fired.
So what is it? My guess is the process they use has a small percentage of defective barrels, and defects show up after you fire it. If Glock admits that there is a distant possibility that some of their guns might have pitting, it means you are playing the lottery every time you buy a Glock. Same with samsung, they cant admit that after some time you might get those blue dots and spots on your smartphones which makes your camera useless. I can not explain why XX4 glock is bad, XX6 glock is ok, XX8 glock is bad.
The cleaning solvents they use are basically regular gun oil or Hoppes 9. I use hoppes 9 since last ten years, no problem. Some say it has to do with ammoniac, not true, we use frequently german Robla and all our Glock are fine with it. Some say it has something to do with ammo, again can not be an issue, we use Federal, IMI, Magtech FMJ ammo which runs just fine in other handguns.
One week ago I bought a brand new G42, wonderful gun, but with weird markings near feed ramp which where made obviously after the barrel was blued. Some say magazines on some G42's appear to be modified with dremmel tool. I understand there is huge demand for handguns but this does not justify the fact that a company with good reputation should sell unreliable products. But than we have also an R51.... the last photo is a barrel of my G42.
Let me add, that I am the HUGE Glock fan BUT at the same time I think Glock is doing something wrong with the latest Glocks. Never ever I heard about a problems with Glock pistols for the last 20 years these guns are sold in my country, once we started receiving Gen4's and US made glocks I hear all the time about problems with these guns. I am happy with my US made glock but this whole story make me feel bad about Glock....
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