my Glock 44 fired out of battery today

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At the range today, and on round #472 after the last cleaning (1242 total rounds through the gun) my G44 fired out of battery. Something must have been stuck in the chamber that prevented the round from going all the way in and it held the slide open just a touch. It was enough for it to bulge the case and obviously blow it out when it went off.

Most of the gasses went out the sides, as you can see by the cool soot pattern on my hands. Didn't hurt, but it got my attention.

We took it apart and verified that rounds would not drop into the chamber all the way. Those same rounds went into another G44 just fine, and other ammo wouldn't go into mine. We could not see anything in there, no lead fouling (all plated ammo which hopefully helps with that) was obvious and after much scrubbing with the OEM brush, some cleaning patches and a brass rod we got whatever it was out. Still couldn't see any visible difference but rounds chambered again.

Put it all back together and fired the last 28 rounds I had on hand, no ill effects from what I could tell. Accuracy wasn't off.

We checked the other G44 and it does the same thing, you can pull the slide open just a touch and the striker still falls when the trigger is pulled and would touch off a round. So it's either both the guns we have being 'defective' or it's a design thing.

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Thanks for sharing this experience with us and glad things turned out for the best.
 
I expect this to occur with every semi auto rimfire I own, eventually.
Wait, let me expand...every semi auto blow back I own.
 
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Triggernosis said:
Based on the first photo, it's obvious that you failed to throw it in a mud puddle and run over it with a truck before you shot it. Try again.
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If I am not mistaken, if it is a Grock, after doing the above, you are supposed to then shoot yerself in the leg while drawing from a Serpa.
 
Fairly certain itā€™s inherent with design. @zuerjoha showed me method to practice dry firing glock that involves setting it slightly out of battery.
 
Sigequinox220 said:
Fairly certain itā€™s inherent with design. @zuerjoha showed me method to practice dry firing glock that involves setting it slightly out of battery.
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The paper trick doesn't trip the striker though. The G44 is just bad, unfortunately. Gaston hath forsaken us. :(
 
zuerjoha said:
The paper trick doesn't trip the striker though. The G44 is just bad, unfortunately. Gaston hath forsaken us. :(
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Ahh yes thatā€™s right...

whatā€™s all the hype about the 44 anyway? That gun became WAY more popular than I anticipated.
 
John Travis said:
That's a problem.

If the slide was far enough out of battery for the breech to be unlocked, the disconnect should have kept it from releasing the striker.

Send it back before you fire it again.
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Someone suggested I get all science on it, so mine will open 1.75mm / 0.067" and still fire. I've got two friends with them as well, getting them to measure theirs and see how they compare. One has 4k+ rounds through it, the other is brand new / unfired.

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Mine @1250 rounds, purchased in Feb: 1.75mm
Friend A @0 rounds, purchased yesterday: 1.88mm
Friend B @4k rounds, purchased in Jan: 1.6-1.9mm


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I was planning on buying a 44, but Iā€™ll most likely reconsider. My cousin has one and Iā€™ll inform him of this issue.
 
Looking back, I see that it's a .22 rimfire, which means that it's probably a straight blowback,

Firing .067 out of battery is too far. A third of that would be too far with a blowback. Send it back,
 
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John Travis said:
Looking back, I see that it's a .22 rimfire, which means that it's probably a straight blowback,

Firing .067 out of battery is too far. A third of that would be too far with a blowback. Send it back,
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Why? you can see that of our 3 samples they're all the same. What would sending it back do if it's just how the pistol is designed (or flawed)?

If other G44 owners were reporting tighter tolerances then maybe these 3 batches are old/bad. Anyone else with a G44 and a set of gauges?
 
Wow, I am sure glad no injuries, but not only did 1 glock malfunction but 2!

No wonder we are all gonna die from a new virus!
 
There's not a .22lr autoloader that's slamfire proof. Change makes of ammo and give it another go.
 
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NKD said:
My man Jayne.

He's got his ducks...errr goats...in a row across the board! God saddled him with too big a brain.
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I'm getting more people on board with the whole round counting thing. Friend B actually knows the exact total too, and I suspect Friend A will start tracking now that he's got a gun that's starting from new.

When you see my slightly used XYZ for sale with "only 500 rounds fired", you know I'm lying.
 
Jayne said:
Why? you can see that of our 3 samples they're all the same.
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Well...because it's not supposed to do that?


Jayne said:
What would sending it back do if it's just how the pistol is designed (or flawed)?
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If enough of them show up with the same problem, it would force them to issue a recall and correct the design flaw...or refund your money.

I wouldn't shoot the flippin' thing on a bet. My eyes are gettin' old, but they're the only ones I've got.
 
BASIL said:
What kind of OCD freak counts rounds fired from a .22 ? o_O
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I guess I'm an OCD freak :D When I post one for sale, I include number of rounds fired...I track rounds AND PROBLEMS per range trip, and by cartridge brand and bullet weight, and have my mags numbered so I know if issues are traced to a mag...

But I'm an engineer, and the rubber hits the road when the data hit the log book...
 
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