Glock 42 pontential problems?

Jonathan Waits · Mar 29, 2014

So my wife and I rented a Glock 42 a few weeks ago at H&H. We ran a box of american eagle through it and it functioned just fine and she seemed to enjoy shooting it. So we go back today to rent it again, so she could do a side by side comparison to the S&W bodyguard 38 revolver she borrowed from a coworker. Right off the bat we had feed issues. I thought maybe she was limp wristing it at first, but then I gave it a go, and same thing. Seemed like it happened at least once or twice per magazine load. Granted this is a rental gun, a popular one at that, and looks like it hadnt been cleaned in forever. I also had several failure to ejects. Now I am wondering if the cleanliness of the weapon would affect that, the extractor that is. The ammo was lawman, so maybe that was it too, but I cant imagine the ammo causing that type of failure unless the casings were just off somehow. So anyone who owns this pistol, can you tell me how many rounds you have through it, if you have had any similar problems or anything like that? I think of all the guns in this category, this is the most comfortable one for her to shoot so far, but I don't want her to carry it if its going to have those kind of problems.

jtischauser · Mar 29, 2014

I have one waiting for me at the make ready pro shop. I'll let you know.

Jonathan Waits · Mar 29, 2014

Thanks, I have been looking at stuff on it all day, seems 50/50, seems like folks either have no problems at all, or it's a jam machine with a failure to eject every other round. It does sound like an extractor problem when paired with certain ammunition. But keep me updated, I really want to like this gun.

Matt1911 · Mar 29, 2014

I bet cleaning and lubing it would solve a lot of the issues. Those rental guns rarely get any maintenance.

Jonathan Waits · Mar 29, 2014

That is kind of what I am thinking, but I have also seen lots of folks with the same problems, so I am kind of weary about it. I want it to be something she can train with and be comfortable with shooting, but I also want reliability. I would just get her the bodyguard 38, but it kind of hurts her hand after a few rounds, and in a defensive situation, thats not a big deal, she just has to pull it out and go boom, but if she wont get trigger time behind it because of the comfort of the gun, then I kind of feel like it defeats the purpose. I don't know, any advice on that?

Matt1911 · Mar 29, 2014

If it's sharp corners on the grip that are bugging her, hit it with some fine grit sandpaper to break the edges a little.

Jonathan Waits · Mar 29, 2014

I think its just the way the revolver sits in her hand and felt recoil. One of the reasons I think the liked the g42 so much was that it was soft shooting.

mikey80 · Mar 29, 2014

Jamie has one of these G42's and it runs like a champ. I would ask her.

Jonathan Waits · Mar 30, 2014

Ok, can you put us in touch? I would like Emily to try one that's a little better maintained and one we aren't restricted to whatever rental ammo they have. Or at least we can ask her about how many rounds and what all types of rounds have gone through it.

Matt1911 · Mar 30, 2014

Jamie is Zombie girl on here.

velo918 · Mar 30, 2014

Bought one for my wife and have run 500 rounds through it. No problems. PMC, Monarch, Winchester White box

zombiegirl · Mar 30, 2014

My 42 has had Atleast 500 rounds through it now. I've ran factory, self defense and a ton of reloads through it without any issues!

mikey80 · Mar 30, 2014

The range guns at H&H are, at all times, being "torture" tested.

Don't base your judgement off of that. There is a good chance the recoil spring is a little weak.

Matt1911 · Mar 30, 2014

Micah_Rowe said:
The range guns at H&H are, at all times, being "torture" tested.
Don't base your judgement off of that. There is a good chance the recoil spring is a little weak.

PM SENT

zombiegirl · Mar 30, 2014

I know it's a glock but I always clean my guns after each use regardless--not sure if that makes a difference with this particular one just M2C

Jonathan Waits · Mar 30, 2014

Well thats good to know. Sounds like its pretty iffy on the ammo, 3 separate reviewers I watched or read had problems with the barnes not cycling at all and Buffalo bore locking the slide back. Well if you ever hit the range with it and wouldn't mind my wife and I tagging along sometime let me know. I would like her to feel a little more confident in the purchase of one these and our experience on saturday kind of killed it a bit.

zombiegirl · Mar 30, 2014

I had her out at the range today

running like a champ!! Think I may shoot it at the GSSF match this weekend in Pryor

Jefpainthorse · Mar 31, 2014

hate to be a reality kind of guy... any pistol has "potential problems"... and Murphey tells us they will show up when they add the least to the situation at hand.

Glock tends to have some history with new product roll outs... so that leaves two choices:

Buy one- get a lemmon and have the fine folks in factory service fix it

Buy one... get a keeper and shoot it with confidence

of course... the third alternative... buy one and run it "100 flawless rounds" then hustle it off simply cause you don't like it as well as you thought you would.

Jonathan Waits · Apr 6, 2014

Yeah, well that's if I can even get one. We will see.

Jonathan Waits · Apr 10, 2014

Well we ended up getting the 42. I do have a question about Glocks in general though, are the spring guide rods in all glocks plastic? Is that a gen 4 thing? or is it just a 42 thing? Either way, the spring and guide rod feels cheap, granted my only other experience is with m&p's.