Originally Posted by
torrefaction
Hey all...first post here, kinda been lurking on the advice of a friend. I'm a pretty recent owner of a Gen4 Glock 19. I was a relatively avid shooter in my youth and I'm just getting back into it...now to the point.
I was at the range for the second time with the new pistol. I ran about 150 rounds through it the first time out and it shot flawlessly...I love this gun. (For the record, I'm firing Remington UMC Target..not reloads or anything.)
This time I went with my girlfriend, to try and get her comfortable with it. Now here's where it started to act strange. Everytime I'd fire through a mag, I'd bang through it with no problems. Nearly every other shot she'd fire, I'd have to tap or rack because either there would be a feeding issue, or it would (seem) to not eject the previous shell. I say seem because I'm not 100% exactly what happened, but when I'd rack it'd pop an empty casing.
I noticed that she may have had her thumb resting on the mag release, so I'm thinking this potentially could cause the issue. I'm assuming if she had it lightly pressed the bullets wouldn't spring in entirely correct. Any suggestions here? I tried to get her to correct her grip a bit, but I'm obviously not anywhere near being an instructor as I'm still trying to refresh my skills. (I'll probably be investing in some lessons for her in the near future. I don't want to teach her any bad habits while I'm trying to learn.)