G44 KABOOM

[DirectDrive]

Purchased gun for my grandson we were taking turns shooting it. We had Ran about 5 mags through it and it was my turn to shoot. I pulled the trigger 1st round out of that mag I felt stuff hit me in the face gun jammed I looked down to clear it and noticed the extractor gone and slide crack. Guess I will be calling Glock Monday.

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Notes :
1) Not my thread
2) OP said barrel was clear
3) "Winchester ammo"
4) Outdoors, temp 45°
5) Less than 50 rounds through pistol

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[StacattoP]

Dammmm...... That's Glock perfection right there! I can't believe it

 

[Kruel J]

Sorry Glock, you know I love you but.........polymer ain't ok for slides.

Go back to doing what you do best, and it ain't wasting time on a needless .22LR.

 

[E4mafia]

Wait they put polymer on the slides?

da fuq, hope the original owners are ok though.

 

[User 1234]

..a needless 22 with a ten round mag and no threaded barrel option...

 

[StacattoP]

Wait they put polymer on the slides?

da fuq, hope the original owners are ok though.

Yeah the g44 is a polymer slide

 

[Member 34319]

There is a video on YouTube of a guy that had a squib followed by a kaboom in a TX22 and it only bulged the barrel.

Just rubbing that Taurus part in for fun really!

 

[E4mafia]

Glocknade back on the menu! This time not limited to older gens with super hot home loaded 40. This time its factory intolerance

 

[JohnnyMac]

Uff da...Glad nobody got injured.

 

[coyote223]

How about linking the actual thread, since some of us can't log in and find it,,,

 

[StacattoP]

Glock 44 kaboom. Update Glock response. In OP - AR15.COM

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[HA556]

Yeah the g44 is a polymer slide

No thank you!

 

[DirectDrive]

How about linking the actual thread, since some of us can't log in and find it,,,

You have all the pertinent information in post #1
If your Google Fu is weak, then have the neighbor kid find it for you.

 

[DirectDrive]

Wait they put polymer on the slides?

G44 uses a hybrid steel/polymer slide.

 

[DirectDrive]

There have been reports of first round fail to feed with G44.
Nose up.
One guy speculated that it might have been an out of battery discharge.

Best Internet Guess so far.

 

[Kruel J]

G44 uses a hybrid steel/polymer slide.

Nice way of saying a polymer slide with some small steel inserts. Not exactly a "hybrid".

 

[DirectDrive]

Nice way of saying a polymer slide with some small steel inserts. Not exactly a "hybrid".

Opinions are like bungholes, aren't they ?

 

[Member 34319]

Guy is still working on getting CCI to work with Taurus to make repair. However, he actually shoots if after the squib and kaboom and it seems to run still.

 

[CountryGent]

Sorry Glock, you know I love you but.........polymer ain't ok for slides.

Go back to doing what you do best, and it ain't wasting time on a needless .22LR.

^ What this guy said. (Not a Glock fanboy nor a detractor. They put out a good piece. But the 44 seems like, perhaps, a misstep.)

 

[nammac]

Glocknade back on the menu! This time not limited to older gens with super hot home loaded 40. This time its factory intolerance

Of the muscular .22 LR.