Why different calibers?
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Iâll take my Zev EDC trigger over a factory Glock one all day everyday. Itâs the same pull weight, it just doesnât have the Glock sponginess to It. Glock triggers are pretty simple to begin with, so long as you inspect your new parts and know what they should look like and know how to install them you should be fine. You should also only be buying reputable parts. Most people have self induced issues by accidentally bending the connector or transfer bar or installing the trigger spring backwards when installing new parts. My G34 doesnât have a single Glock part in it and it has thousands of rounds through it at this point without issues.
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It is entirely possible to have a Glock with modified parts, or a ânot a Glock, Glockâ that is totally reliable.
But, IMO and IME, the best possible outcome you can ever hope for with a modified Glock, is equal reliability to factory stock. And a great meany fall short of that.
The ways to have a Glock that malfunctions are almost entirely
- Modify it
- Shoot reloads
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Lol, I have a highly modified âGlockâ that gets fed a steady diet of reloads. It doesnât malfunction. It is in serious need of a bath though, itâs been about a case of ammo fed through it since itâs last one. The Zev triggers are the same ones Zev puts in their Glock clones that they sell for a premium.
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All good, Iâm not saying 100% of modified Glocks or 100% of reloads are unreliable.
But the vast majority of âunreliableâ Glocks are modified and/or shooting reloadsâŠand as a %, the modified/reloads Glocks are far more likely to have reliability issues than a mechanically stock Glock shooting factory new ammo from a major ammo maker
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FWIW while we are sharing our personal firearms, of my currently owned Glocks, which have all been tracked and recorded, I have 1 malfunction or stoppage of any kind whatsoever out of over 9,000 rounds. And that 1 was a failure to fire of Winchester I bought at Walmart and Winchester is unreliable poo in my experience so I have a hard time even counting that one against the gun, but it happened so I recorded it
My former Glocks I wasnât as diligent about tracking so thatâs ^ the only hard data I have
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Oh, Iâll give you that. Sadly there are a lot of cheap manufacturers selling out of spec junk left and right on the internet these days in cheap aftermarket parts. Thatâs the downside to platforms that are so popular and have so much support already. People sadly get lost in figuring out whoâs reputable and who isnât without spending boatloads of money on junk to figure it out for yourself.
I am also extremely anal retentive with the QC on my reloads, and that is not the case for a lot of people first getting into it
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If we are counting bad ammo I do have a few FTF from Winchester white box from early on with that pistol, but those would have happened regardless of which gun they were in when the primer was struck lol
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I count everythingâŠhave a bit of a peeve for people who just write off malfunction after malfunction with a gun as âoh that was the mag not the gunâ or âthat was the ammoâ or âI limp wristed it wasnât the gunââŠI record and report it all, if it didnât work perfectly, it didnât work perfectly.
This is also why I have refused to buy or shoot winchester pistol ammo for a long time, I donât want to have to deal with âwell that was the ammoâ so I buy Federal/Speer/CCI/European from a NATO nation
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I have been curious about Glocks through the years but not enough so to purchase any. My carry pistols are all âGâ series Taurus. (gasp)
Just shut up.
The grip angle of Glocks just seems unwieldy to me. Too extreme and not natural after so many rounds and time with to me a more natural grip angle from the gâs.
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My 1st carry gun was a Glock26. It has had thousands of rounds through it. I replaced the barrel, guide rod & spring simply because of the amount of rounds thst I have fired. My wife will occasionally carry it but I donât carry it any longer because itâs too fat. I still enjoy shooting it & it is completely reliable. I had a Glock20 that I gave my daughter years ago & it was an outstanding pistol. Iâm not a big Glock guy but thay are certainly quality, reliable guns
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They are ready to go out of the box. I carried the G22 as my duty weapon when I was an LEO, which is now my bedside pistol, and carry the G27 as my EDC. When your life depends on a firearm you can trust it to a Glock.
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