G44 KABOOM

[LSWC]

I wonder if this is a materials issue or manufacturing issue. Are all G44's made in the US currently or is production split between US & Germany?

 

[DirectDrive]

You know theres some really nice top end full metal conversions for Glocks. Advantage Arms, Tac Sol etc. Why anyone would buy one of those hybrid abortions is beyond me.

It wouldn't be much of a stretch for aftermarket slide makers jump in and offer an aluminum alloy replacement slide for these G44's.
There might be some G44's for sale on the used market in the near future.

 

[wired]

I wonder if this is a materials issue or manufacturing issue. Are all G44's made in the US currently or is production split between US & Germany?

Austria . Germany , whatever.

 

[Heyjoe]

Doesn't look like the R&D team did much R.... OR D. WTF?

 

[DirectDrive]

Doesn't look like the R&D team did much R.... OR D. WTF?

It was tested with pristine Euro Ammo made in Tyrolia by guys with Man Buns.
Everything was fine.
Then the crazy Americans came at it with cheap a$$ bargain bucket ammo from the Gun Show !
And the rest is history.

 

[RedRover]

It's legendary alright.

What a bubblegumshow!!!

 

[DirectDrive]

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It's legendary alright.

What a bubblegumshow!!!

Glock is going to have to hire a bunch of those parade pooper-scooper guys to get them out of this.

 

[Heyjoe]

Just do it right the first time.

How can it be lucrative to do things this way, where the end user gets to be the test dummy?

 

[41mag]

I don't recall EVER seeing/hearing of ANY 22LR ammo doing that to ANYthing.
Should be plenty helpful to analise the video. And Gl*ck is reknown for being better at their designs/builds than many over the decades.

 

[Sawdust]

22plinkster put this up today.

https://www.facebook.com/233036316782341/posts/2720746188011329

Pic from the above kaboom...
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It may not be the slide structure at all. After a closer look at that barrel picture and video, it seems like the weapon experienced an out of battery detonation. If that's the case, there are serious issues going on here.

 

[wired]

Yeah . Thats an out of battery detonation.

 

[StacattoP]

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I have never really understood the hate or the fanboy status for glocks. They are a manufacturer of firearms with a great track record with some warts and hiccups along the way. They are not unlike many other companies that make firearms, cough cough sig. I would bet money if this is a widespread problem they will stand behind these guns and come out with a retro-fit slide. Maybe outta metal this time

But Glock will probly charge you for it! Sig didnt make any mistakes it was a voluntery upgrade remeber look at my avatar lol

 

[The Heretic]

....so is there a claim that 'someone' is mistakenly overloading the 22LR for them G44s???

Or used cast bullets?

 

[Member 34319]

So, I did a little digging last night. So far there are only two people posting their guns up that had the same issue. Military arms and 22Plinkster both shared a picture or video, not their actual gun.

It appears that both of the two kabooms occurred on the first round of a new magazine. The bullet nose dives into something, either the mag itself or the ramp. The slide wacks the rim and things blow up.

Sadly this type of out of battery is usually survived with little damage to a gun....

Unless it's made of plastic!

The extractor appears to be held in only by the plastic portion of the slide. Not reinforced by any metal? They are what appears to be taking the blunt of the damage.

 

[revjen45]

Musta been made after lunch on Friday.

 

[41mag]

Just speculation: designers may have chosen a "less catestrophic" destruction sequence???

 

[DirectDrive]

Just speculation: designers may have chosen a "less catestrophic" destruction sequence???

It looks to me like they didn't plan for an OOB discharge with the extractor pivoting in polymer and polymer that close to the blast zone.

According to rimfire guys that have chimed in, OOB discharge is not uncommon with rimfires.
Stronger, conventional designs shrug it off and drive on.

 

[Mike97124]

It just boggles the mind that during the release video, Glock said that they had a lot of rounds shot through their "test" G44's by a lot of people and they didn't have any problems. Yet here the first ones are released and getting into the hands of people using them like they normally shoot their guns and there are reported problems.

It sounds like they should have put a disclaimer on their video and reviews that said something to the affect that all demonstrations were in a controlled environment under laboratory conditions and that actual use results my be very different.

I'm glad my Beretta .22 runs just fine... even if it wasn't actually made by Beretta.

Mike

 

[clearconscience]

Well I guess they should have made a carbine and called it good.

.22lr tends to be pretty dirty ammo I wonder if thats causing any issues.

Well glad I didn't buy one.....yet

 

[41mag]

According to rimfire guys that have chimed in, OOB discharge is not uncommon with rimfires.
Stronger, conventional designs shrug it off and drive on.

geez, I feel so left out.....
My first 22LR handgun experience was with a Roooger Bear Cat in 1961. Since then I've owned many versions of most designs, and by accurate cumulative accounting methods, fired at least 14 megabazillion rounds of rimfire ammo of all economic and known engineering design perimeters, including the quixotic Russian Black Powder 'Junior' version. To this date, exactly ZERO have provided an "OOB" discharge....I feel slighted and lonely.....