Lee Enfield
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I bought a new Glock 30 this week and it seems to have a few issues. I have not had a chance to fire it yet, but a few things struck me as being slightly off. Here's what's going on:
- When hand-cycling rounds, the gun chambers, but WILL NOT EJECT a live round with a mag in place. If I remove the mag the round pops out with no problem. I was finally able to eject a live round with a mag in place, but it took so much force I was worried about breaking the extractor. When I pull the slide back, it opens just enough to see all of the case before it locks up completely. It happens at the same position every time, with EVERY SINGLE ROUND. Not good. Also, after hand-cycling these 10 rounds, there appears to be brassing on the ejection port and on the feed ramp. This is with factory ammo, which drops in the chamber and falls out fine by the force of gravity.
- The mags are pretty stiff to load, which is normal for new mags. When full, they are really hard to seat with the slide closed, and I worry about how much tension is being placed on the mag catch and that tiny little plastic notch on the magazine. After seating a full magazine once, and then removing it, there a noticable indentation in the mag notch where it engages the catch. My friend's G27 mags, even when new, did not take as much pressure to seat. I am worried that the magazines and or catch may wear out prematurely because of this. (I also owned a Kel-Tec S2k rifle that used Glock magazines. It wore them out to the point where they fell out when firing, on a regular basis. I'm hoping it's something Kel-Tec screwed up with that particular design, but I don't know how it would be different with the Glock).
- When reinstalling the recoil spring assy. after field stripping, the guide rod sometimes sticks way out the front, even with the slide closed. Pushing the guide rod usually makes it snap back into place. I think I may not have had it seated correctly, as it hasn't done this the last few times I field stripped the gun.
- Sort of unrelated, but I pulled the trigger forward after I had dropped the striker, just to see what it would do. I later noticed that the manual says not to do this. Hope I didn't break anything.
Yeah, I know Glock Talk would be the forum to go to but I'm still waiting for them to activate my account! I was hoping you guys could offer some advice.
- When hand-cycling rounds, the gun chambers, but WILL NOT EJECT a live round with a mag in place. If I remove the mag the round pops out with no problem. I was finally able to eject a live round with a mag in place, but it took so much force I was worried about breaking the extractor. When I pull the slide back, it opens just enough to see all of the case before it locks up completely. It happens at the same position every time, with EVERY SINGLE ROUND. Not good. Also, after hand-cycling these 10 rounds, there appears to be brassing on the ejection port and on the feed ramp. This is with factory ammo, which drops in the chamber and falls out fine by the force of gravity.
- The mags are pretty stiff to load, which is normal for new mags. When full, they are really hard to seat with the slide closed, and I worry about how much tension is being placed on the mag catch and that tiny little plastic notch on the magazine. After seating a full magazine once, and then removing it, there a noticable indentation in the mag notch where it engages the catch. My friend's G27 mags, even when new, did not take as much pressure to seat. I am worried that the magazines and or catch may wear out prematurely because of this. (I also owned a Kel-Tec S2k rifle that used Glock magazines. It wore them out to the point where they fell out when firing, on a regular basis. I'm hoping it's something Kel-Tec screwed up with that particular design, but I don't know how it would be different with the Glock).
- When reinstalling the recoil spring assy. after field stripping, the guide rod sometimes sticks way out the front, even with the slide closed. Pushing the guide rod usually makes it snap back into place. I think I may not have had it seated correctly, as it hasn't done this the last few times I field stripped the gun.
- Sort of unrelated, but I pulled the trigger forward after I had dropped the striker, just to see what it would do. I later noticed that the manual says not to do this. Hope I didn't break anything.
Yeah, I know Glock Talk would be the forum to go to but I'm still waiting for them to activate my account! I was hoping you guys could offer some advice.