Glock 17 gen4 Endurance Test: Week 40
53,526 rounds 9 stoppages (+1 w/non-LCI extractor) 0 malfunctions 1 parts breakages The only shooting I got in during the holiday was the inaugural KSTG match at the NRA Range. I shot the match with my...
View ArticleGlock 17 gen4 Endurance Test: Week 41
54,460 rounds 9 stoppages (+1 w/non-LCI extractor) 0 malfunctions 1 parts breakages Much of this week was spent trying new gear. While picking up some spare maintenance items at Glockparts.com I came...
View ArticleGlock 17 gen4 Endurance Test: Week 42
55,221 rounds 9 stoppages (+1 w/non-LCI extractor) 0 malfunctions 1 parts breakages Two short sessions this week were spent primarily working with the laser and getting in my 2012 Performance Challenge...
View ArticleGen4 G17 Quasi-Update
I’d hoped to get a comprehensive update on the test gun this week, but between SHOT Show and various projects that stemmed from it as well as the beginning of the teaching season — I’m teaching in NY...
View ArticleGen4 G17 Endurance Test Status
So it’s been more than two months since I’ve posted an update about the G17. Lots of people are asking, “What’s going on?” The answer is pretty simple. A busy teaching schedule and various other...
View ArticleEndurance Test Glock Broke
This is not the update I intended to file, and it’s just a short note as I’ve not yet had an opportunity to take the gun apart and examine exactly what is going wrong. Yesterday morning during an Aim...
View ArticleGlock 17 Endurance Test: Month 13
60,207 rounds 12 stoppages (+1 w/non-LCI extractor) 0 malfunctions 1 parts breakages As mentioned previously, pistol-training.com is moving to a monthly format for the Glock 17 endurance test updates....
View ArticleGen4 Glock 17 Endurance Test: Month 14
64,592 rounds 16 stoppages (+1 w/non-LCI extractor) 0 malfunctions 2 parts breakages Another month has gone by, and the gun is now just shy of 65,000 rounds. It traveled quite a bit this month as I...
View ArticleGen4 Glock 17 Endurance Test: Month 15
68,266 rounds 18 stoppages (+1 w/non-LCI extractor) 0 malfunctions 3 parts breakages The G17 didn’t get much range time this month and in fact hasn’t been shot since the Eleventh. But during that first...
View ArticleGen4 Glock 17 Endurance Test: Month 16
71,260 rounds 19 stoppages (+1 w/non-LCI extractor) 0 malfunctions 3 parts breakages It’s been a slow month ending with a difficult choice… The Glock suffered one stoppage: the casehead of a round of...
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