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Mike, James, et al,

I found the comment about the chamber of the Glock to be rather
interesting. While I never really considered it in any detail, I did
find that I had to seat my reloads just a tad bit deeper to ensure
proper feeding.
When I started reloading for my M17 I did have a jam about every
fourth or fifth round. Well, I hesitate to call it a jam, because all
I had to do was gently push the slide into full battery before
squeezing off the next shot. How'd I figure this out?? Well, on every
fourth or fifth round fired the recoil sounded different. I knew the
ammo I had loaded was good (no double charges, etc.), but it took me
about 50 rounds to see what was really happening because everything
LOOKED normal. Only upon closer inspection did I discover the slide
wasn't fully in battery sometimes.

I called Glock to ask about the reloads and they were quite nice.
Asked me about my loads, etc. They affirmed for me that it was a good
idea to seat the bullets a bit deeper than normal as the feed ramp in
the Glock is very tempermental. I asked them about the gun firing
when not completley in battery and they affirmed that this does
occassionally happen in the Glock -- there isn't any inherent danger
in it really. If the slide is far enough out of battery the firing
pin won't strike the primer anyway. Besides, anybody should be able
to clearly distinguish this under most circumstances. (Guess I'll
have to stop that night-time range practice!!). This makes sense to a
degree -- even the good 'ol 1911 will fire if not completley in
battery. I also was in the frame of mind to ask about factory loaded
ammo and why it feeds so well. Obvious answer: factory stuff is
loaded under stringent quality control control measures. My next
question is has anybody given thought to polishing the feed ramp?? I
haven't tried it , but this episode did make me think about it.
Anybody else have any similar experiences with loading for the
Glock?? Oh yeah, I only load jacketed stuff -- no lead.

David A. Horton
University of Alabama