Glock Gen 4

Range Report Day 2:

Well I made a call to Glock and spoke to a technician there. He suggested that I try different ammo, his recommendation was to try CCI Blazer aluminum case and Federal Premium. I reminded him of the ammo shortage and he was sympathetic but told me if the new ammo did not function that I was to call him back and he would arrange to have the gun sent back to Glock for repair.

Well all I could find was Federal American Eagle 115 grain and some Mag Tech 115 grain and some Winchester White Box 115 grain. Now keep in mind that the Mag Tech I had was some old left over ammo that has been wet, I only kept it to shoot in the yard.

So off to the range we go, I load up the Glock's 17 rnd mags with the WWB and fire away. 2 mags both functioned perfectly so now I am thinking it may have been an ammo problem. So I load up some of the American Eagle and again 34 rnds no FTF's. On to the Mag Tech, I had a few FTF's with the Mag Tech ammo but I am chalking that up to the ammo having been wet. All in all I put nearly 200 rnds through the Glock with only one FTF with the Winchester white box and a around 10 FTF's with the Mag Tech.



One thing the Tech from Glock did tell me was not to shoot reloads in the Glock. He said that it would void the warranty from Glock if there was a problem. He also told me that some ammo is loaded lighter since it is meant for target shooting and reduced recoil. He said to avoid anything marked target ammo in the Gen 4 Glock.

The accuracy was good just as all Glocks are, but I am not happy with a Glock that is finicky about the ammo it eats. Normally Glocks gobble up any ammo and just shoot and shoot. The feel was nice with the new slimmer grip and the new stippling. I had my wife fire it and She said the recoil was light but it felt to big for her hand.

So as it stands right now my recommendation would be to stick with your Gen 3 Glocks til the Gen 4's have all the kinks worked out of them.

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