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Originally Posted by Buffalobob
I did as I was told and went to the gunshop and they had no gun butter but they had the Militec and the TW 25B so that is what I bought. I also got some better ammo also. I field stripped it and there was hardened grease in the slide rails and after some work with carb cleaner and Gun Scrubber, I got the grease softened up enough to get most of it out. Then I coated it with the Militec and used a heat gun on it. Then I lubed the rails and called it good.
The empty PMC brass was loaded back up with max (not +P) loads of HS6 and Power Pistol and Hornady 90 and 115 gr XTP.
Took the pistol back to the range and it was just a different gun all together. There was almost no recoil and very little right twist any more. Everything feed perfectly without a single stoppage. The funny thing is that the 124 Golden Saber +P had less muzzle movement than the PMC ammo had the first time around.
The whole issues seems to have been the hardened factory grease and once that was gone it was really smooth and pleasant.
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BuffaloBob,
In addition to the viscous Glock factory grease, the lightening cuts on the G34 slide allow for a slightly lower 'margin of error' with regards to cycling due to chamber pressure, obstructive fouling, infirm posture or grip, etc...
While shooting IDPA, I've seen various Glock 34's choke during courses of fire that required shooting using support side hand only, using lower quality ammunition with a less effective powder burn (Wolf, which the 17/19 seem to have no trouble with).
Also, the tendency continues if you try and suppress the pistol. A friend and I tested a Suppressor Package (
AAC Evo 9mm) on a Glock 34, and it had continual problems cycling, leading to more evidence that the slide lightening changes the feeding characteristics. The suppressor in question has a built in Nielson, which compensates for the diminished recoil by adding back-pressure specifically to help the weapon cycle.
The longer barrel also tends to send 147gr 9mm's supersonic in addition to the issue of decreased reliability.
Just a few things to consider that I hadn't seen mentioned... Hopefully it'll be of use to others considering the G34.
Cheers,
Aaron