Failure to Feed Critical Duty in G19

[olderguy]

Tried 30 Rounds of Hornady Critical Duty in my G19 today and had one jam. It was the last one in a magazine of 10 and it wedged at the bottom of the ramp. Has anyone else a problem with Critical Duty in a Glock? Round nose ball shoots fine all day.

[RockIsland]

Tried 30 Rounds of Hornady Critical Duty in my G19 today and had one jam. It was the last one in a magazine of 10 and it wedged at the bottom of the ramp. Has anyone else a problem with Critical Duty in a Glock? Round nose ball shoots fine all day.

Never had that problem, we have 15 round mags here.

Maybe the follower sticking? Is it a factory mag or aftermarket?

I usually run HSTs as my carry ammo. I've never had any feeding issues with anything in mine.

[olderguy]

Factory Mags, springs feel strong.

[ArmyVet]

Factory Mags, springs feel strong.

That's odd.
I would mark the mag for range use only just in case...

[red dog]

Happened once, don*t get nervous. Mark the mag. Keeping banging away. Happens again think about using that mag for range use only. Sometimes the stars align and you*ll get a WTH. May never occur again.

[fallenleader]

is the mag clean? glock mags are weird to disassemble.

[Orive 8]

I've been carrying Critical Duty 135gr FlexLock in my Glock 19s and Shadow Systems MR918s for some time now (7 years or so). It has worked 100% reliably. I only had one failure to feed with that ammo, it was in a Glock 43.

Only time I have ever had any failure to feeds in a Glock 19 (I've owned 52 different 19s over the years) was with some FMJ ammo in a couple of Glock OEM 10 round mags when I was shooting IDPA back around 2009/2010. Changed the followers and they were good to go.

[ar15jules]

is the mag clean? glock mags are weird to disassemble.

Burry Glock Armorer's tool, pinch mag, pull back on tool. Not really weird at all.

[olderguy]

Burry Glock Armorer's tool, pinch mag, pull back on tool. Not really weird at all.

Disassembled the one that failed. There was a little plastic from when it was manufactured that was keeping the forward end of the follower from traveling freely on the last round. Could be that a ball round would make the ramp, but the Critical Duty caught the bottom of the ramp.

I removed the excess plastic and reassembled. It seems to travel freely now, but it is still going to be used only at the range.

[fallenleader]

Burry Glock Armorer's tool, pinch mag, pull back on tool. Not really weird at all.

when i say weird, its the little tangs it has.
compared to all other firearms i've got experience with where you just press a detent in and slide the floorplate off. which can you disassemble by hand or with a bullet.

thank you though, i'll get the tool.