Annoyance with my new glock 17

The ejector on your gun needs adjustment or replacement. Send it back and have Glock do it.

Regards,

'Brandon Lamb' wrote

# during the 210 rounds i went through last night the damn thing kept ejecting # the brass straight up and back and by the time i was done i kept flinching # almost every shot because i kept getting hit in the head and arm, and had # brass going down my vest, so i had to zip all the way up, with hot brass and # it was really pissing me off. Shouldnt the brass be ejected OUT to the # right?

Some prudent filing on the ejector may solve this problem.

# # Other than that i love my glock and cant wait to spend $100 each on hicap # mags, whoo!

If you wait for the AW Ban to sunset, they will be much cheaper!!!

# # Brandon

# cant wait to spend $100 each on hicap # mags, whoo!

Have you been to counseling over this?

My G23 was doing something similar yesterday too. Got one brass down the back of my shirt after it bounced off my hat. Ugh!

But, overall, I love my Glocks.

Scott

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Most of the time, ejected brass coming back and striking you in the forehead is caused by an incorrect grip. You could be holding on too loosely, or could be putting too much grip into your weak hand. Check with a reputable firearms instructor for the correct grip. This should correct this situation.

Cheers: Jon

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# during the 210 rounds i went through last night the damn thing kept ejecting # the brass straight up and back and by the time i was done i kept flinching # almost every shot because i kept getting hit in the head and arm, and had # brass going down my vest, so i had to zip all the way up, with hot brass and # it was really pissing me off. Shouldnt the brass be ejected OUT to the # right?

Yes. I thought Glock had a new ejector to fix that problem. Perhaps that was just for the model 30.

Try different ammo. Different loads will send their brass in different directions and distances.

# My initial inclination is that you are most likely limp-wristing my # friend...

A lot of Glocks seem to suffer from this problem.

'<'My initial inclination is that you are most likely limp-wristing my '<'friend...

What does your friend say about that?!!!

The case should eject at about a 15 degree angle back from breach face. Is this pistol used (but new to you) or is it a new model, recently manufactured? There was a problem with older Glocks doing this and they made retrofit extractors for these. Limp wristing can cause your problem and so can an incorrect or defective recoil spring assembly. There are 90 degree extractors available, see: http://glockmeister.com/catalog/ advanced_search_result.php?keywords=e... Whether new or not, I'd take it to a Glock smith for a look.

Is this pistol used (but new to you) or is it a : new model, recently manufactured? There was a problem with older Glocks doing this and they made retrofit extractors : for these. Limp wristing can cause your problem and so can an incorrect or defective recoil spring assembly. There are : 90 degree extractors available, see: http://glockmeister.com/catalog/ advanced_search_result.php?keywords=e... r : Whether new or not, I'd take it to a Glock smith for a look. : Danno

This is brand new out of the box, it sounds like it might have been the ammo, someone told me the wal-mart winchester ammo seems to be loaded a bit hot and it is cheeeeap ammo so i wil ltry a box of good ammo next time i go shooting and see how that works.

Is the manufacture date 2002 or 2003? It wasn't sitting on a shelf for years, thereby having old style parts in it, right? While I handload most of my rounds, I have fired many Wal-Mart Winchester (white boxed) rounds in 9mm, .40 S&W, and .45 ACP, in Glocks and other pistols with no problems. Your 17 should eat these rounds with no problems too. It never hurts to try other ammo as you are doing, the more information the better. BTW, the Winchester target loads are a mid-powered round. To compare ammo, load the magazine with 5 of one and then 5 of the other ammo. You can test accuracy (2 targets or hi-lo on one), recoil, feeding, and ejecting problems. Empty the magazine in about 10 to 15 seconds as this gives you time to really line up and place your shots. You will learn little if you just pop them off in a hurry.

Good luck,