The man is asking about correcting an issue with his Glock. He didn't ask for replacement recommendations for his Glock.

Nobody is believing "marketing". They're believing in the stellar performance of something on the order of ten million pistols over the course of almost forty years. Pistols are mechanical devices which undergo changes over time, and inevitably at times, have issues. If you think Glocks should not be subject to such things, then you are the one who has been fooled by marketing.

You don't like Glocks. Fine, but don't come in here with petty gripes about one of the most successful pistol designs in history.

Glock changed the course of pistol design. Every manufacturer offers striker-fired pistols. Most police agencies employ striker-fired pistols. U.S. armed forces employ striker-fired pistols. Most civilians carry striker-fired pistols.

And that is due to Gaston Glock and his pistol design.

Here is an update as promised. I purchased 150 rounds of Winchester NATO 124gr and ran 100 through the gun with zero malfunctions. I then ran 50 of my own 124gr hand loads loaded with 4gr of Titegroup with zero malfunctions. Next was 15rds of Federal HST carry ammo with zero malfunctions. The gun ate all 165 rds without a single issue.

I was shooting to check reliability and not for accuracy. All shooting was from 15yds with the factory 10rd mags and a factory 10rd mag with a factory +2. The gun was more than accurate enough at the speeds I was shooting.

I chalk this up to just needing to be broken in as stated by Glock which is a first for me after owning so many of them. Like I stated before, anything man made can have an issue…..even a Glock.

FP2000H...I currently carry a 365 XL with a 507k

First 50rds 124gr Win NATO



50rds of my 124gr hand loads

issa miracle

Glad you tumor is benign.

I see that the G26 shares the same recoil spring (compatibility) as the G27, G33, and G39. I'm not an engineer but it seems likely this could be a possible problem if they are sprung on the heavy side to address problems w/ the other subcompacts. As I noted on pg.1 I had a similar problem w/ my Gen5 G26.

And then as Para noted, when it's time to change your RSA, what happens?
A few hundred rounds of re-testing. I guess that should be the norm for any parts replacement for a carry gun.
And then I'll admit, I've never dabbled in the area of non-stock springs of different weights but now I might pay more attention.

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Originally posted by dsiets:
And then as Para noted, when it's time to change your RSA, what happens?

Oh, it's just a silly, meaningless question.

As for this stuff about "it just needs to be broken in"...

The pistol doesn't need to be "broken in" which, traditionally, has meant the smoothing of bearing surfaces by repeated meshing.

If Glock is producing RSAs for the gen5 G26 that are too highly sprung, they need to correct it, don't they? The idea that you have to pound the RSA a few hundred times to get it to function properly means you'll have to deal with this every time you change the RSA. But, wait! Isn't your pistol "broken in"? Such a quandary. Did the pistol become un-broken in at some point?

There's no "breaking in" going on here. You're dealing with a manufacturing issue. The people who answer the phone at Glock need to stop telling customers that their Glock needs to be broken in. That's damn lazy of them, and this is coming from someone who usually has nothing but praise for those guys.

BTW, it won't surprise some of you that I happen to own a gen5 G26 and I guess I must have gotten one that was already "broken in" because I've not had such problems with it. The trigger pull had a hitch in it, so I smoothed it up with a 25 cent trigger job and a Glock OEM 3.5 pound connector. That's one thing you can say for certain about Glocks- their triggers are like snowflakes; no two are exactly alike. But, the pistol has functioned as it should, from round one on out.

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Originally posted by usncorpsman:
Here is an update as promised. I purchased 150 rounds of Winchester NATO 124gr and ran 100 through the gun with zero malfunctions. I then ran 50 of my own 124gr hand loads loaded with 4gr of Titegroup with zero malfunctions. Next was 15rds of Federal HST carry ammo with zero malfunctions. The gun ate all 165 rds without a single issue.

I was shooting to check reliability and not for accuracy. All shooting was from 15yds with the factory 10rd mags and a factory 10rd mag with a factory +2. The gun was more than accurate enough at the speeds I was shooting.

I chalk this up to just needing to be broken in as stated by Glock which is a first for me after owning so many of them. Like I stated before, anything man made can have an issue…..even a Glock.

FP2000H...I currently carry a 365 XL with a 507k

First 50rds 124gr Win NATO



50rds of my 124gr hand loads

Nice, man. Glad it’s running well now. Sometimes it can also be mag springs that need a little breaking in. I’ve had rounds hang up during feeding with Glock, Sig, and HK. Those kinks work themselves out eventually. That’s why testing prior to carrying is so important, but you know that already.

I love my P365, but a traditional double stack fills the hand nicely. I need to try out a Holosun. I’ve heard good things. I think the newer optic ready VP9s accept a direct mount of one of their models. Time to update the wish list.

Awesome, glad to see it worked itself out!

I must be the luckiest Glock shooter around. All my Glock stuff comes pre-broken in. Seventeen Glocks, I don't now how many dozens of magazines, and it's all been broken in for me by the Glock Fairy.

So silly

That's nice. He was less lucky. Maybe his next recoil spring won't be as stiff or he can squash it by just leaving the slide locked back.

I have been critical of the Seecamp dual spring setup in 9mms from the get-go, although I think needed in .40s.

From its introduction to the market in 1995, in the so-called gen2.5, the G26 has had such a recoil spring assembly setup. There have been minor differences in construction (polymer instead of metal guide rod components initially) but other than that, the G26 has always had a dual spring setup.

But now, suddenly, after nearly thirty years, and with the gen5, which was introduced seven years ago IIRC, the G26 needs "breaking in".