When do you start worrying about a weapon's reliability?
Do you start changing out parts on the first FTE/FTF/Double-Feed, or only when it starts to occur regularly?
I had an odd malfunction this morning with WWB being fired out of a new magazine in a Glock 19.
I wish I paid more attention when it happened, so I'm not sure what it was.
It was either an FTE or a FTE & a Double Feed, but I only discovered it when I replaced the magazine & rack to slide to load for the next string of shots. (I was just confirming a new sight arangement, Ameriglo I-Dot read with the .180 U notch & a Big Dot front, and yes, it worked out perfectly. Impact is right at the top of the dot @ 15 yards.)
Somehow, an empty case fall from the gun, and I look down to see a double feed.
That was the first 5 rounds of the day, and nothing else happened for the remaining 50 rounds.
I took the slide off and checked to see if the extractor looked like it was chipped, and it looks fine.
I'm not sure exactly what happened and not gripping correctly is a possibility too...but should I chalk it up to "Weird shit ocassionally happens, even to a Gen 3 Glock" or run about as if the sky is falling?
Gun was bought in 2005 and has about 10K-12K rounds through it.
Extractor was replaced earlier this year, but the rod, spring & plastic thingy at the end of the rod & spring were not.