Being a relatively new Glock owner.... I am not overwhelmed with confidence. I did some googling and saw one post where they said if you don't clean them constantly this will happen.
I think this happenes more to Glocks because statistically there are so many more of them in circulation.
There can't possibly be more Glocks in circulation than there are 1911s and variants! Even if the only handguns sold in the last 10 years were Glocks, I doubt the number could approach what has been a mainstay for 60-70 years.
Being a relatively new Glock owner.... I am not overwhelmed with confidence. I did some googling and saw one post where they said if you don't clean them constantly this will happen.
Umm...several actually. The most prominent being LAPD SWAT, and SIS units, who combined, make up more officers than a lot of mid-sized city police forces. FBI SWAT, both HRU and Regional teams also carry 1911's. I own BOTH 1911's and Glocks, I clean them when needed, and I DON'T run unjacketed bullets, or reloads through my G's, but I do in my 1911's. Only problems I've ever had, was with a reload through a 1911. Double stroke powder charge, BOOM!!, ruined Pachmyrs, sore hand, powder and brass bits in my face, a small scar on my upper eye(thank god for OAKLEY), and more than a bit of embarassment. Fact is it can, and has, happened to every firearm, and will continue to happen, as long as we still are allowed firearms. So take KB's and KB stories with a grain of salt, it happens.(BTW, new magazine, new grips, and factory ammo cured my KB problem with that 1911.)How many police forces around this country carry 1911's and take them to the range and into duty like cops do?
And, uh, this happens to 1911's too....
The Gun Zone -- 1911 kB!
Umm...several actually.
I think your fears are unfounded. I've owned a Glock for 15 years, and I've never worried about it blowing up. Not cycling is the reason I don't carry it...