I sold my G45 to a very nice older gentleman that wanted a Glock for self defense, he asked me to show him how to properly care for it and how to shoot it. I took him to the range and did the firearms safety rules and then when to show him how to properly grip the gun, all though that I emphasize good grip he did not hold on to it very well and I did not want him to make it malfunction due to bad grip. In the end the G45 function 100% and I was impress as I seen not just Glock but others too malfunction due to improper grip when novice gun owners don't hold on to the gun correctly, he had a good time getting to know his firearm and I'm confident that his G45 will serve him well.

I haven’t been able to make a glock malfunction even with just my thumb on the backstrap and finger on the trigger. The gun fired, cycled and fell to the desert dirt.

I never believed the whole limp wrist thing (because I could never do it) until an old girlfriend from many moons ago stopped firing my P226. When I asked what was wrong she said “it jammed”. WTF?? Yep - weak grip.

I could limp wrist my g29 with ease, so much that it was a real problem, but then again it was a 10mm.. sold it to a buddy who is a big beefy dude and he has no problems. I replaced it with a G20 and all is good

Have a friend whose wife has a Gen4 G19, both of them are able to limpwrist it resulting in stovepipes.

I tried to limpwrist it & couldn't get it malfunction.

I’ve got a buddy that can induce a limp wrist failure at will. Oh, not intentionally...not his will. If you want a limp wrist malfunction, just hand him the gun. He’s also one of those way-back-leaners. Despite my repeated coaching, it’s what he does.

Proper lube on the gun matters. People that subscribe to the “wet q tip” scale of lubrication will have more problems with Glock pistols malfunctioning.

Do you mean those who use too much, or too little?

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Originally posted by jljones:
Proper lube on the gun matters. People that subscribe to the “wet q tip” scale of lubrication will have more problems with Glock pistols malfunctioning.

I have to disagree, most handgun lubricants are very thin and don't stay on long when you are shooting for extended periods of time. I don't purposely run my Glocks dry but it happens and during thousands of rounds I seen very few malfunctions but non of them due to lubrication, I like to investigate when I experience a malfunction and 99% of the time I have been able to determine the cause. I do advocate for proper lubrication of all firearms and reasonable cleaning, everybody has different perception but good maintenance and cleaning goes a long way.

The only pistol I've ever been able to limp wrist was a brand new Glock 19.... did see my sister in law limp wrist one of my Ruger P95s but I never could get them to malfunction... and I would hold them loose.


with that said, would it not really be the elbow and not the wrist that causes the malfunction?

Depends on the gun and how broken in it is I suspect. My 12 year old boy and 16 year old daughter both fired my Gen3 19 without a single malfunction, and it had a lot of travel with both of them.

When a buddy bought a brand new Gen4 26 every other round was a jam. I could see he wasn’t firm gripping it and rattled off a full mag without issue. He tightened it up and figured it out quickly.

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Originally posted by jljones:
Proper lube on the gun matters. People that subscribe to the “wet q tip” scale of lubrication will have more problems with Glock pistols malfunctioning.

I use grease on all my glocks. Barrel and rails. Slide glide lite. Despite all the light oilers saying it will gunk up or induce failure. Matter of fact I use grease on everything.