I have only 65 rounds through mine. 50 rounds of Defender Ammunition 147 grain FMJ and one magazine of 115 grain JHP -- it's was some old JHP, I think Remington Golden Sabers, but no issues. Thankfully ammunition prices are dropping so maybe I'll get more bullets downrange in the near future.
--Jason--
One reason I haven’t tried to buy a new gun recently is that I wouldn’t be able to find enough ammunition to vet it if I did, and couldn’t afford to buy enough ammo if I found some for sale. #justkeepshootingthe.22Originally Posted by Blades
My 26Gen5 was used when I got it so I have to mention that up front. I traded my 19Gen5 with the cut out for it because I could not stand the cut out. Initially when I got it I had failures to feed like M2CattleCo just posted. The gun came with a +2 magazine and when I got home and took the magazine apart I found the original owner put the mag together without the insert. I attributed the failures to feed to that magazine and put it away.
My next outing was with my own magazines that feed fine in my 26Gen3's. I got the same failures to feed and also had a failure to extract and a stovepipe. I have never had any problems feeding or extracting with my 26Gen3's that I carry and use in GSSF. So I lost faith in the 26Gen5 and traded it off. (I use Lawman 115 grain ammo most of the time).
It didn't do anything my 26Gen3's can't so I have not invested in another one. I have a GSSF certificate to use and I am leaning toward a 17MOS although I thought about a Gen5 26.
My 26.5 also had problems with earlier gen mags, then I figured out it only likes mags with the "7" follower. As long as I stick with those it is as reliable as any other Glock I own, but it does not like the legacy mags and with the original followers.
Interesting - I only have the newer 26 magazines (and a few Magpuls that are only for the range, mostly used as Barneys.). I wonder if that’s a factor in my not having problems.
Ken
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My early Gen5 sans breech cut and front serrations is, as they say "flawless" with 5 mags, all with #7 followers.
That's with various 115 and 124 ball and 124 +p HST and Gold Dot.
Thousands upon thousands of rounds through two Glock 26.5 pistols without any issues. I use mostly Russian surplus, Blazer, or Speer Lawman.
All of my Glock magazines are Gen 4 and Gen 5 G26 and G19 magazines.
Regardless of brand, none of my guns have ever choked as much as I read on forums.
Grip it correctly, clean it, lube it, use OEM mags… works for me. Some of you guys have a dark cloud following you around!
I think they were/are oversprung. I had a Gen3 and a Gen4 26 that are still around that ran fine with no fuss.
At some point Glock increased the recoil spring strength on these guns and it was not a reliability enhancement for the 9mms.
If it needs to be clean, lubed, and held a certain way to function, it’s a snowflakey POS that’s barely working as-is.
I am curious why you excluded the part about using OEM magazines and then spun a general recommendation into an extreme generality?
In post #957 he states he used Factory 10, 15 and 17 round mags and displays a picture with a failure to feed so I think it was already addressed by him.
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