I have pistols designed by three of the most legendary people, JM Browning, Glock and Walther.
The jamming-est is the 1911 (isses of a new, PARKERIZED weapon), then the Glock is second best to the Walther (Pre-war PP, converted to .380), which has jammed once in two owners, and that was due to a squib load, as witnessed on the range.
We did Glock clearing drills while I was an active duty cop, and the rangemasters had to deliberately set up our weapons to jam, because we would never experience jamming conditions otherwise.
From my experience, a good design, properly executed (slide rails should NEVER be Parkerized) and shot with a firm wrist, will likely never jam.
BTW, all you JMB freaks, can you make a 1911 into a decent machine pistol? You can do that with a Glock 17 (it’s called a Glock 18, and has a cyclic rate over 1,100 rps and is VERY reliable).
I rest my case.
NO apologies to Uncle for restarting the JMB-Glock wars on his nickel.
June 12th, 2007 at 12:59 am
I have pistols designed by three of the most legendary people, JM Browning, Glock and Walther.
The jamming-est is the 1911 (isses of a new, PARKERIZED weapon), then the Glock is second best to the Walther (Pre-war PP, converted to .380), which has jammed once in two owners, and that was due to a squib load, as witnessed on the range.
We did Glock clearing drills while I was an active duty cop, and the rangemasters had to deliberately set up our weapons to jam, because we would never experience jamming conditions otherwise.
From my experience, a good design, properly executed (slide rails should NEVER be Parkerized) and shot with a firm wrist, will likely never jam.
BTW, all you JMB freaks, can you make a 1911 into a decent machine pistol? You can do that with a Glock 17 (it’s called a Glock 18, and has a cyclic rate over 1,100 rps and is VERY reliable).
I rest my case.
NO apologies to Uncle for restarting the JMB-Glock wars on his nickel.