I expected the contents of the original post before I opened the thread- and I had to open it anyway.
I had similar issues with a Glock 17c - and I REALLY tried to work it out. I had 7 mags, some new, some not; tried different types of ammo, 115g, 124g, 147g, fmj, jhp, from the Hornady 135g critical duty to the crapammo, from the G2 mags to the G4 - nothing I did seemed to matter. It never ran for me. I'd go back to back with a CZ75 BD, Beretta, Stoeger Cougar, and a 1911 in 9mm. They always ran flawless but the Glock never did. I was told by someone I trusted - just replace a few parts. I replaced a bunch of parts, nope.
I had a serious professional certified Glock guy and combat vet that I trust replace all of the internals with the cool parts - Ghost this, ZEV extended that... blah, blah. I was all in, and I got extra work done. I figured - everybody says they run 100%, and EVERYBODY cannot be wrong. He put TFO's on it, cerakoted the slide, and micro-slicked the barrel. After that work was done, it still had light primer strikes. Then I was told that it probably needed a heavier trigger return spring. *sigh*
I tried to sell it for $450 (with disclosure about the issues) back when people were paying WAY more than they are now. No sale. I think I traded it for a Ruger revolver. Life is too short to play the "just fix one more thing, over and over" game.
Lots of people love them, and they can have them. Maybe the guy who got that G17c from me put a $4 spring in it and ran 50k rounds without a problem. Who knows. I'm not a hater - I'm really not. From my experience, I trust SO many other firearms - more.
I look at a G19 once in a while, and I might try again, but it would take so much for me to trust them... maybe Glocks are just not for me.
