Originally posted by jljones:
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Originally posted by pingman274:
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Greensboro, NC just replaced their 320’s with Glocks. Sat beside an off-duty captain at dinner last week and he said they had a series of “malfunctions” which drove them to switch. I don’t know the more detailed information.
As it was said a couple of times in the thread addressing this, I’m
Skeptical, at best, when I hear reports of this or that agency replacing guns because of “malfunctions”.
The Kentucky State Police went to replace their Smith and Wesson 1076s and several key people wanted Glocks. Smith traded them one for one for 4566s.
They all of a sudden had “malfunctions”. Smith would show up, bring in ammo, and couldn’t duplicate the problem. The ones that wanted Glocks crowed loudly about the “malfunctions” and a vote of no confidence got them Glocks. All of the surplus 45 ammo was traded in for 40. The 45 ammo had to eventually be sent to the manufacturer for replacement due to being out of spec and not working in any pistol.
The Glocks stopped working with a light attached. Glock said it was impossible, that it was just officers “limp wristing”. Troopers were told to suck it up and stop it. Quietly all the mags were replaced with “8” followers and the problem disappeared.
And this is one example of many. So, I take zero stock in who adopts what, or who rejects what.