As for the glock hysteria in the thread. I rented a glock the other day at the range. I had exactley 3 stove pipes and 4 FTE.And that was only shooting 50 rds.
Out of the untolled hundreds of thousands of rounds that I have seen shot through pretty much every model of Glock in existence, I have only seen this happen about 5-6 times. I would have to say that either you are not telling the truth, you were shooting faulty ammo or the malfs were shooter induced. I doubt very seriously that it was any fault of the gun.
BTW, stovepipes and FTE's are the same thing...
varoadking, while Glocks may not be the MOST accurate handgun on the planet, there are very few stock guns that beat them. Below are a few pics from my range...
6 shots fired at 100 yards from a makeshift bench. 5 of the shots are in 5.094" with the 6th shot opening the group up to 9.875".
The gun was my everyday G23 with all of the modifications that we offer shooting 165 PMC FMJ's. Can I do it every day on demand? probably not but the gun can.
This is 5 shots fired from a standing position at 7 yds. with my G17. If I hadn't pulled my 3rd shot out to 11:00, it would have been about a one-bullet-diameter hole. The bottom group is also 5 shots but it is a little sloppy.
Most any of my Glocks will shoot around 2" at 25 yards which is far from what I would call "inaccurate". It all depends on the ammo that I use, the position used, distance and, of course, how well I'm shooting on a particular day.