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If they want to make a political statement they should contact their representatives in the Senate and Congress...  

A KCSO Deputy I know has two early 42s and says that they run fine on every ammo he has found. I know two other people who say the same thing. I just want to get ours to be the same.

The guy I spoke with today said that the updated parts they are putting in will almost certainly fix our issue (the slide occasionally locking back with rounds still in the magazine). He said we should call back if it doesn't work with any normal ammo. Once we get it back. I found some more UMC in the safe, you better believe I will run some of that crappy, underpowered stuff through it to make sure it is reliable when I get it back.

Update: A Glock tech just called me to ask a few questions and let me know that there are going to "update" some internal parts and get it on the way back to us next week. They paid the FedEx both ways

I had a Pearce extension magazine extension fail when it fell on the concrete floor of my garage. It spilled Gold Dots all over. As a result, I no longer trust extensions. I do have an x-grip that allows me to get a nice grip on a 19 magazine in my 26, however.

I just called Glock customer support.  I explained in probably too much detail exactly what the gun has been doing.  All he really wanted to know was the serial number and how many rounds have been through it.  He indicated that it should be able to fire any common commercial ammo and is sending a return label for me to send it in.  I will follow-up when I get it back.  Hopefully it won't take too long. 

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Prag, I really appreciate the offer and I remember what a nice guy you are from Randy's class, but with our kids and other obligations, the only time we (the wife and I) get to shoot together is if we meet at TAC at lunchtime. She really likes the low recoil of the 42. I just asked her if she would consider a Shield since there is such a good deal on the TGO but she dryly suggested I just get her ammo that works and don't make her get used to another gun. I am going to call Glock tomorrow and see what they say. I would hate to get rid of it if it could be something as simple as switching magazines.

  Trust me, if I thought I could get my wife to like a 9mm, I would.  I tried to get her interested in a shield and she seemed to think it was big :-\ . The only 9mm she thinks is comfortable to shoot is my Glock 17 which she says is too big to even put in her glovebox.  I looked really hard at the Kahr p380 but it (like a lot of .380 pocket pistols) has a reputation for being ammo sensitive. She doesn't care for my Ruger LCP, but it will be available to her in the event we send the 42 to Glock.  I usually carry something larger anyway.  I will get the serial # off of the 42 tonight and probably call Glock customer support tomorrow. 

On Monday my wife put 50 rounds of 100 grain ammo through it and it locked back prematurely two times.  Just like when your car messes up when you drive it but not at the auto shop, my concern is that it we might go to the hassle to send it in and it would work fine for them.  

One more thing: I don't think she's limp-wristing it. I had her rapid fire it with the XTP in it and it ran fine.

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We have a Glock 42 which is primarily my wife's gun.  First off let me say that I have had several Glocks and every 9mm Glock has been flawless with every ammo and my .40 Glocks have been nearly flawless.  I did have a few FTE issues with steel case ammo on a Gen 4 27 but they were in the first 50 rounds ever put through the gun.  Anyway I have had a few other .380s and my experience as well as my impression from others is that small .380 pistols just tend to be picky.  I personally had a P3AT and an older LCP that wouldn't eat steel cased ammo well.  My current LCP runs Hornady XTP, PDX1 rounds and fmj just fine although I don't recall if I've ever tried steel cased ammo for it or any heavier, 100 grain FMJ.     To get to the point of my question, The Glock 42 has been flawless with the following ammo: Hornady XTP, Critical Defense, and Winchester White Box FMJ.  The gun doesn't stovepipe or fail to feed.  What it does do though is the slide will lock back with rounds still in the magazine.  We noticed this with Remington UMC which I think is probably loaded light and it also does this with 100 grain Freedom Munitions FMJ.  According to a thread on another forum, some G42s have this issue because the nose of a longer bullet can come into contact with the slide lock under recoil.  This would explain the issue with the 100 grain bullets but not the issue with the Remington UMC.  I haven't measured but someone one the other thread said that WWB actually has a short OAL which makes it great for the Glock 42.  I like the XTP rounds in .380.  I have bought them loaded (with the Hornady bullet) from Fiocchi, Freedom Munitions, and (I think) Precision One).  They all work fine in the 42.       One part of me is irritated because a Glock shouldn't be ammo picky.  Really no modern semi-auto should be ammo picky.  On the other hand, it is a .380.  I have heard a lot of people saying that they stick with certain ammo for certain guns and it does work 100% with the carry ammo of my choice.  My wife doesn't carry the pistol often but she has been taking it with her a little more lately so I am giving this some thought.  She is still pretty new to firearms and just got her HCP last year.  She likes the gun and shoots it pretty well. It has really low recoil which I think is awesome for a small woman with limited experience.  If she weren't recoil sensitive I would have already gotten rid of it in favor of an M&P Shield or a Glock 43.       The question is this:  Is this degree of ammo sensitivity acceptable or should I consider sending it back to Glock? 

I went through this recently because my 2006 Pathfinder was getting a loud whine from a timing chain issue.  I bought it in cash when it had about 30k miles on it and have driven it for about 6 years.  I looked at several trucks and SUVs and went round and round in my head about Silverado/Sierra vs Tacoma vs Tundra vs 4Runner until a got nervous about letting go of that much cash and just got my stupid Pathfinder fixed.  My favorite thing about my Pathfinder is that when we drag my kids into the woods to hike/bike ride/camp etc.. I don't stress about all the goldfish crumbs or the scratches from my kids climbing on my roof rack or running a bike into the car.  I guarantee if I bought a new F150 Platnium I wouldn't be quite as calm and laid back about my car.     Erik88-  When someone comes into my office to discuss a divorce, one of the first things we talk about (after kids) is assets and liabilities.  I have found there are quite a few people driving $60,000 vehicles with nearly no equity in them and plenty of high net-worth folks who like to buy cars in cash for $10,000 or less.  That is not to say that everyone driving a nice vehicle is irresponsible.  There are plenty of folks in East Tennessee with great incomes.

As others have said, the Ruger or the Glock 27 would probably be the best options.  Personally, I would look for a Glock 26.  I owned a 27 for a while and went back to a 26.  Either is a good gun but I find 9mm more fun to shoot in small packages. 

  I like to play "spot the gun" as well.  Occasionally, I have spotted some interesting things like ankle holsters, shoulder holsters etc... One Sunday a gentleman in front of my Wife and me at Church must have a very well concealed pistol on his right side, but he had some kind of single-stack (probably.45 ACP) magazine on his left side snagged on his sweater.  I pointed it out to my Wife who said she would have never noticed it otherwise.    

I just had lunch at a local restaurant and a white-haired gentleman wearing slacks, a white dress shirt and tie was open carrying in front of me in line.  No one seemed to notice at all.  As I left he was on the phone eating his meal and no one paid any more attention to his cute little baby 1911 (Sig 938 perhaps?) than they might have if it might as well have been a knife or a phone on is side.  Personally, I rarely ever OC and probably wouldn't do it in a business, but the fact that most people don't notice makes me not worry at all abut a little printing now and then.    

I have tried several methods and the only way to minimize bounce is to minimize the weight of the weapon. A Ruger LCP is perfect as a work-out carry.

This test doesn't mean much unless you were to line up a Glock 17, M&P 9, Walther PPQ, and the VP9 and do the same thing to all of them.  A lot of us (myself included) suspect that a Glock 17 would have held up better.  Without a more extensive (& more expensive) test we don't really know anything.  

While I agree that this type of test is extreme, the initial drop it in the mud puddle, definitely seems like something that could actually happen and it did cause a failure.  That says a lot more to me than "Hey look this broke after I threw it at something."    

I have found Meprolight and Ameriglo to be great quality. Tritium works great. I really like the Ameriglo Operators because they make it easier to quickly distinguish the front sight from the rears.

A guy I used to talk to working out at the Y here in Knoxville was a part-time volunteer for the park service in the GSMNP.  He had pictures on his phone of large cat tracks which he swore were a cougar but he said the park service would not acknowledge large cats in the park.  I am certainly no expert, so while the presence of cats is interesting I had no opinion on the accuracy of the tracks.

Just a few months ago, I saw a video from a mountain biking forum where a guy found a cougar doing a pretty significant stare down for a minute or two which to him I'm sure felt like years.  He tried to yell and make himself appear big.  The cat was not impressed and didn't run away.  The cat was making some pretty aggressive noises which you could tell, made the mountain biker a little nervous.... He hopped on his bike and rode away after that.    Edit-  I think it was in Northern California or Oregon.  Don't remember which.  I have done quite a bit of mountain biking out west and I imagine the cats are like Black Bears in that most of them choose to avoid people but the 1% that get aggressive could be dangerous.  I also recall one of the "animals attack" TV shows had a story about a small women mountain biking in the Southwest who actually was stalked and mauled by a mountain lion.  The attack resulted in lots of stitches but ultimately she was saved but a couple of mountain bikers who got off their bikes and threw rocks, sticks and bike tools at the cat until it ran away. 

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