Glock Gen4's - Good to Go Yet?

[Westtexasrancher]

I think the Internet has blown the issues way out of proportion. I work for a major firearms retailer and I haven't seen a single gen4 gun come back for issues; as a rough estimate too I'd say we sell more gen4 19's than just about any other handgun.

Most people don't shoot a handgun much tho.

[ST911]

Over-extrapolation of data, internet hysteria, lack of common definitions, lack of meaningful diagnostics... What's not to love? Gotta love the interwebs.

[JBP55]

Most people don't shoot a handgun much tho.

Maybe not much by your standards but my Gen 4 G17 just hit 48,000 flawless rounds today.

[Westtexasrancher]

Maybe not much by your standards but my Gen 4 G17 just hit 48,000 flawless rounds today.

Obviously the people here are the exception. I mean in general, most people buying guns don't shoot them a lot.

[Tamara]

...my Gen 4 G17 just hit 48,000 flawless rounds today.

God, that word grinds me to a halt.

[peterb]

Obviously the people here are the exception. I mean in general, most people buying guns don't shoot them a lot.

Yup. I suspect that for anything other than a .22, a couple of boxes once a month would at the high end for the typical handgun owner. At that rate it'd take a few years for the reported extraction problems to appear.

[JBP55]

Maybe not much by your standards but my Gen 4 G17 just hit 48,000 trouble free rounds today.

Tamara, Is this better?

[gtmtnbiker98]

God, that word grinds me to a halt.

Me too.

[BWT]

Maybe not much by your standards but my Gen 4 G17 just hit 48,000 trouble free rounds today.

Tamara, Is this better?

I think it's doubt. You've never had a single failure to extract, failure to feed, failure to fire, failure to eject, nothing?

That's impressive. So impressive people are doubtful. What do you do to your gun and what lube do you use?

[JBP55]

I think it's doubt. You've never had a single failure to extract, failure to feed, failure to fire, failure to eject, nothing?

That's impressive. So impressive people are doubtful. What do you do to your gun and what lube do you use?

Nothing, and I have no reason to mislead anyone relative to this. It has probably been 6+ years since I had an issue with any of my Glocks and several others had the same issue on the range at the same time with the same ammunition. Some of the 9mm WWB from the same batch failed to fire. I suppose it was a primer issue.
I clean and lube all new pistols before shooting and repeat after shooting. I use Weapon Shield CLP for cleaning and lubricate with 3 parts Mobil 1 20W50 and 1 part Dextron ATF. I believe in preventative maintenance and only shoot factory ammunition.