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I've taken my Glock 17 Gen 5 to the range numerous times with only rare failure-to-feed, and most of those are something obvious like my dumb ass not seating the mag all the way.

Today, every 3rd or 4th round would fail to feed. Same gun, same mags, same ammo, no prior issues, and weirdest of all the problem spontaneous resolved itself after putting 50ish rounds through it.

I clean my firearms like clockwork after every trip to the range, so I know it's not dirty.

Since the issue went away after ~50ish rounds I suspect I did a crappy job of lubricating it the last time I cleaned it and cycling it enough spread the lubricant around. Either that or I was distracted and initially limp-wristing (I took a newbie to the range, handed her another gun, and she hit a squib load on the second freaking round. Definitely rattled me for a bit because that could easily have been a Really Bad Day).

I've taken my Glock 17 Gen 5 to the range numerous times with only rare failure-to-feed, and most of those are something obvious like my dumb ass not seating the mag all the way. Today, every 3rd or 4th round would fail to feed. Same gun, same mags, same ammo, no prior issues, and weirdest of all the problem spontaneous resolved itself after putting 50ish rounds through it. I clean my firearms like clockwork after every trip to the range, so I know it's not dirty. Since the issue went away after ~50ish rounds I suspect I did a crappy job of lubricating it the last time I cleaned it and cycling it enough spread the lubricant around. Either that or I was distracted and initially limp-wristing (I took a newbie to the range, handed her another gun, and she hit a squib load on the second freaking round. Definitely rattled me for a bit because that could easily have been a Really Bad Day).

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Limp wrist bitch

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Revolver, baby. Say it like you mean it. Zero failure to feed.

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You're not wrong. Unfortunately the only revolver I brought along yesterday was out of action for awhile to clear a squib from the barrel.

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Gen 5 glocks have active gaydar system and will discourage fags from shooting them. It's a new thing, glock is trying to change the "glock fag" image. You must have registered.

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Depending on brand of ammo, QC has been sliding. You could've had a batch of bad rounds.

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I'm leaning away from an ammo issue. I was shooting factory loads and was halfway through a case of a thousand rounds. Unless one box in the middle was from a different production run for some reason it'd be strange to get QC issues like that.

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Ya, a momentary problem in production could make a string of rounds with wrong powder loads. Chrono testing 50 or so and noting the variances could give insight to the ammo.

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Probably self cleareanced some parts that weren't fitting well.

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glocks should run. period

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I clean my 1911 about once a year and it has never once not gone bang when I pull the trigger. I shoot 2 or 3 times a month. I used to clean obsessively every time I went shooting but the older I get, the less time I spend cleaning my guns. Shameful, I know. I don't think I have cleaned my AR in about 3 years now. Thankfully it's a piston model not DI.