Glock, out of battery?

[Caribou]

I know! My Glock doesn't use batteries either. Sorry, I couldn't help myself. Okay, on to my question.

I was watching a show that reminded me that in a contact shooting that some pistols will go out of battery and not fire. I looked at my G-17 and noticed that about a quarter of an inch of barrel sticks out in front of the slide. How effective is this at preventing my pistol from going out of battery?

Can I put a G-17 barrel in a G-19 or a G-19 in a G-26 to improve the chances of my weapon firing. How about a threaded barrel? This should also increase bullet speed slightly. I really like the polygonal barrel so I am probably not interested in most of the after market stuff.

 

[Glock Fan]

Many models of semi-auto pistols won't shoot if the barrel is pressed up against something. This is why many who carry firearms as part of their livelihood carry a revolver as a BUG. Unlike a semi-auto, you can press the barrel of a revolver against a surface and it will still fire.

 

[Deserteagle]

First of all, Im not a pistol "expert" but let me take a whack at this.

If for some reason your gun was contacting the bad guy, you would have to pushing on them pretty hard for it to start pushing your slide back. Honestly I don't see why you would ever do this. If you are in a deadly force situation, you should be shooting, not shoving your gun into them. If it did happen to contact them and come out of battery then your gun will probably not fire. There are lots of stories of people not letting the slide go forward all the way because they hold onto it so it does not go into battery and the striker fails to hit the primer hard enough.

However, if for some reason you are worried about this, a longer barrel "may" help. (I havent tried it). I tried pushing on my barrel and it did not cause the gun to go out of battery. There are several models of after market barrels that are slightly longer if you really wanted to use one. I have never tested the functionality of my Glock as it is pressed up against something though. It doesnt sound very safe.

I would be more worried about having a good draw, keeping a safe distance, and getting shots placed than worrying about the gun going out of battery from pushing it hard against somebody.

 

[Glock Fan]

First of all, Im not a pistol "expert" but let me take a whack at this.

If for some reason your gun was contacting the bad guy, you would have to pushing on them pretty hard for it to start pushing your slide back. Honestly I don't see why you would ever do this. If you are in a deadly force situation, you should be shooting, not shoving your gun into them. If it did happen to contact them and come out of battery then your gun will probably not fire. There are lots of stories of people not letting the slide go forward all the way because they hold onto it so it does not go into battery and the striker fails to hit the primer hard enough.

However, if for some reason you are worried about this, a longer barrel "may" help. (I havent tried it). I tried pushing on my barrel and it did not cause the gun to go out of battery. There are several models of after market barrels that are slightly longer if you really wanted to use one. I have never tested the functionality of my Glock as it is pressed up against something though. It doesnt sound very safe.

I would be more worried about having a good draw, keeping a safe distance, and getting shots placed than worrying about the gun going out of battery from pushing it hard against somebody.

Without going too much into detail, there are situations in the LE and EP fields where this may be an issue. Special training is done to be able to survive the very specific and rare instances where a "contact shot" may be required.