It would be interesting if we could get an honest count on what the "works vs doesnt" numbers actually are. Seems to be a lot of emotion and some deception going on here, and its really hard to tell whats really going on.
Add to that, Glock may have gone a little overboard with the marketing, and some are taking them at their word as far as "all" ammo working. I think thats probably being a little over-optimistic.
How many 22's of any make have you ever owned, that worked with anything you ever put in it? How many had a preference that worked, and worked well, and thats what you used in it?
Or, did you just keep using the stuff that doesnt work, and keep bitching about it, and telling everyone its a POS?
The boy who did the video above has been posting over on GT and there has been a pretty lively discussion going on over there. He seems to be having a completely different experience that I, and a few others there seem to be having, but, it is what it is, he seems t be havi g them, and hes got it on video.
The one thing thats been annoying me is, a lot of people who dont have the gun, and/or havent shot the gun, are adding to the craziness, by simply stirring the pot, seem to have some sort of agenda, and often, seem to be trying to pass off every little thing posted anywhere, each as an individual event, even when its obvious, its just the same one or two events, being represented as such. I guess thats just the nature of the internet.
From the sounds of things, or at least from what Ive been reading in different places, the positive reports seem to be a lot more numerous than the "actual" negative reports. But of course, its the negative that seems to be dwelled on and emphasised.
Im not discounting the negative reports by any means either. After all, these guns are man-made objects like anything else, and youre always going to have a percentage that have issues.
All I can say about mine, based on my experience with them is, using ammo the gun likes, loading the mags as Glock recommends, and using a little common sense, cleaning, maintaining, and lubing the gun as it should be, both that I have run great, and shoot well enough to be fun little guns. They arent a "target" gun by any means, but, they are fun.
Right now, I have 1700 rounds through one gun (three failures, two of which were bad ammo, leaving one unexplained failure), and 300 rounds through the other (0 failures). And thats across 9 magazines now.
If it looks like something that interests you, all I can say is, there only one way to find out.
