notorious
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Does anyone else have this problem? I have been told that some Glock 21 guns will jam or are known to jam.
Here's my setup (I am listing everything):
Glock 21 3rd gen FGR with factory night sights
Lasermax internal laser
Insight M6 light/laser
Ajax grips
I use non-metal lined magazines which are cleaned regularly to get the residue build up out. Those things get way more gunked up than most people realize. I have 8 magazines and it happened to 5-6 of them regularly. so I think it might be the gun that's doing it, not the magazines, but I am not sure.
It's jamming about every 3rd or 4th round, including Wolf FMJ, Winchester Ranger SXT, Winchester FMJ, and PMC FMJ.
Every few rounds, the bullet gets hung up on the feed ramp like the spring is not pushing it out all the way before the slide comes back and jams it against the front of the feed ramp. Sometimes the round doesn't even come up out of the magazine and the slide comes down on an empty chamber. That is the weird one, it recoils, kicks out the brass, resets the trigger, but the chamber is empty.
I am thinking it is the Lasermax recoil spring but since I didn't bring my stock guide rod last night, I couldn't swap it out to test.
The armorer inspected my weapon and detail stripped it and didn't find any components out of whack. He did say the Insight M6 sometimes will cause earlier G21 to jam because the recoil spring of the earlier guns (which mine is) will not handle the additional weight on the front and it causes the recoil to be off and the gun will not feed right. He said the M3 is fine since it is not as heavy. Has anyone heard of this?
I am going to take out the lasermax for sure and I am on the verge of buying new magazines to feed the hunger. Sometimes I feel like just buying a G34 and selling the G21 to be done with it.
Does anyone here have any info on Glock 21 being prone to jamming as I have been told by the armorer and a few other shooters I talked to? Any help would be greatly appreciated. This is my main gun and I need it to work.
Here's my setup (I am listing everything):
Glock 21 3rd gen FGR with factory night sights
Lasermax internal laser
Insight M6 light/laser
Ajax grips
I use non-metal lined magazines which are cleaned regularly to get the residue build up out. Those things get way more gunked up than most people realize. I have 8 magazines and it happened to 5-6 of them regularly. so I think it might be the gun that's doing it, not the magazines, but I am not sure.
It's jamming about every 3rd or 4th round, including Wolf FMJ, Winchester Ranger SXT, Winchester FMJ, and PMC FMJ.
Every few rounds, the bullet gets hung up on the feed ramp like the spring is not pushing it out all the way before the slide comes back and jams it against the front of the feed ramp. Sometimes the round doesn't even come up out of the magazine and the slide comes down on an empty chamber. That is the weird one, it recoils, kicks out the brass, resets the trigger, but the chamber is empty.
I am thinking it is the Lasermax recoil spring but since I didn't bring my stock guide rod last night, I couldn't swap it out to test.
The armorer inspected my weapon and detail stripped it and didn't find any components out of whack. He did say the Insight M6 sometimes will cause earlier G21 to jam because the recoil spring of the earlier guns (which mine is) will not handle the additional weight on the front and it causes the recoil to be off and the gun will not feed right. He said the M3 is fine since it is not as heavy. Has anyone heard of this?
I am going to take out the lasermax for sure and I am on the verge of buying new magazines to feed the hunger. Sometimes I feel like just buying a G34 and selling the G21 to be done with it.
Does anyone here have any info on Glock 21 being prone to jamming as I have been told by the armorer and a few other shooters I talked to? Any help would be greatly appreciated. This is my main gun and I need it to work.