Glock 17 misfire

pkr

My father just turned 76 and got a Glock 17 for his b-day. I took him out to the range last night to shoot it for the first time. We had 100 rounds of UMC ammo. on his first clip the first shot did not fully eject. The second shot did not eject at all, and so on for the first five shots. I finished the clip and it functioned perfectly for me. He struggled through a second clip with misfires and ejections on every shot. I then shot a clip with no problems. In all I shot five clips of ammo with no problems what so ever, yet on every shot for my Dad it jammed in some fashion. Pretty weird huh. His hand positioning was good. Is their something with the trigger safety that could be causing this to happen? I would blame it on the ammo but it worked flawlessly for me. Needless to say he was disapointed. Has anyone ever heard of this happening and why?

firing pin

The reason is he is what we call limp wristing. With a Glock you have to lock your wrist so it functions right . Take him back to the range
I bet this will solve the problem and make him happy with his gift.
Good luck

MIKE WISKEY

SOUNDS LIKE HE IS 'LIMP WRISTING' THE PISTOL. THE PISTOL HAS TO HAVE SOMETHING TO RECOIL AGAINST. IF YOU DON'T HOLD THE PISTOL TIGHTLY AND RESIST THE RECOIL IT WILL SHORT CYCLE.

William81

The above two posters are correct. I had the same thing happen the first time I took my wife out to shoot one of my Glocks. We changed her grip and stance just alittle and the problem never occured again.



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SixStringer

I had the same problem with my Kahr at first. Infact, some of my friends cant even fire it.

austin247

Glocks are notorious for that problem when they are fired "limp wristed". Making sure the wrist is locked should eliminate the problem.

LIKTOSHOOT

247, you Travis County??? LTS

competentone

Yep, yep, yep--all the answers sound right.

I try to suggest to new shooters:

Think as if you were going to punch someone; you're going to tighten all the muscles of your arm and hand--that's the way you want to grip the pistol. When holding a firearm, you're holding a launching platform that will hurl a bullet faster than the speed of sound; grip the gun with that in mind!

punchie

Have to disagree with competentone on one point. Grip firm but not hard. If you grip too hard you start to lose some of your fine motor skills for trigger control causing another problem with accuracy.

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pkr

Thanks for the help guys! When I take him back to the range we will work on it.

pkr

Thanks for the help guys! When I take him back to the range we will work on it.

varmit hunter

Griping to hard will lead to a fast case of the shakes.

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