Glock Gen4's - Good to Go Yet?

[MEAT]

GEN 4 G17 (05/11), 6k with no issues
GEN 4 G19 (07-12), 700rds with no issues so far
GEN 4 G34 (on its way...)



Hey Shenaniguns, what's your current round count?

[steve]

Interesting. Are you getting a new Gen 4?

I am at almost 4k rounds with my 2009 Gen 4 17RTF, absolutely no ejection related issues. Some FTRTB but I finally diagnosed that as a bum RSA, replacement with a new OEM part brought it up to 100% function. Maybe 2009 is the cutoff? Hard to say...

Yes, I am going to roll the dice again. A 2009 RTF is a Gen3. Gen4's were not produced until Feb of 2010 (Somewhere around that date).

[steve]

Does Glock pay for shipping round trip for your pistol, when it needs to be fixed?

Sometimes yes. I think it depends on the situation, for me they did.

The customer service from Glock for me has been excellent.

[Clay]

Any more reports of late 2012 manufactured Glocks?

[Kyle Reese]

My July 2012 manufactured G17 Gen 4 digested 400 rounds of Winchester M882 type ammo (Q4318) yesterday without issue. Ejection appeared to be clean and none of the casings schwacked me in the face/head.

[GJM]

At this point, I prefer my Gen 4 Glock 9mm pistols to my proven pre -2009 models. The main reason is the Gen 4 pistols are noticeably more accurate, and so much so, I can't detect a practical difference between their accuracy and a P30 when shooting groups at 25, and steel at 40-60 yards. Besides accuracy, I prefer the texture, mag release, slightly smaller size, and even trigger characteristics of the Gen 4 models, which seem to have more roll. The trigger may be a famialarity thing. I do believe, with the Gen 4 RSA, they don't digest very low PF ammo as readily as a broken in old Gen 3.

[JBP55]

At this point, I prefer my Gen 4 Glock 9mm pistols to my proven pre -2009 models. The main reason is the Gen 4 pistols are noticeably more accurate, and so much so, I can't detect a practical difference between their accuracy and a P30 when shooting groups at 25, and steel at 40-60 yards. Besides accuracy, I prefer the texture, mag release, slightly smaller size, and even trigger characteristics of the Gen 4 models, which seem to have more roll. The trigger may be a famialarity thing. I do believe, with the Gen 4 RSA, they don't digest very low PF ammo as readily as a broken in old Gen 3.

I do not own a P30 and I agree with everything non P30 related stated above by GJM.

[ST911]

Any more reports of late 2012 manufactured Glocks?

Have several under my purview, all GTG.

Mine... gen4 G19 UBK###, born 11/2012. 1150 rounds between 12/10/12 and this morning. Ammo has been various duty and training loads. This was in actual shooting and skills work through various COFs and drills, not ejection-watching.

1 case struck my head while shooting in a compressed position early on.
1 case struck my vest while moving and shooting in a compressed position.
1 case was in my field of view as I transitioned to a target on the right.

The latter two were during 5 runs on the old FAMS TPC today.

Buy one and shoot it.

[Clay]

Thank you.

[Driften]

My G4 G17 has never had problems of any type.....