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Let Freedom Ring,
Posted on 03/13/2008 9:51:30 AM PDT by MichaelP
WINTER HAVEN | The Police Department is ditching $38,000 worth of guns after two .45-caliber GAP Glock Model 37 pistols exploded in separate training incidents a year a part, causing minor injuries to an officer and a cadet.
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Nice. I’ll be happy to take them off their hands for free in order to properly dispose of them in a safe, sane manner.
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Let Freedom Ring,
Glad I sold my Glock and bought a Kimber.
Exactly. Or faulty cheap low bid ammo.
My 2 have cycled 1000’s of rounds and keep on shooting.
Do the .45 GAP models have the unsupported chamber, like the .40SW Glock 22s?
Never had a problem with any of my Glocks.
Reliable as hell.
I’ve got three, and thrown hand loads, cheap steel jacketed foreign ammo, +P, etc through them. Never a single solitary failure.
Sometimes I think I could put a rock into the chamber and they would fire it just fine....
That’s probably what happened. Some one tried to load in a regular .45 instead of the .45 GAP, although I don’t know how they would get one in the chamber.
I know, I know, I'm just to kind. I admit it, I am just ot kind.
Now GLOCK .45’s.
Ditching that orphan of a cartridge is a good idea, KB’s not withstanding.
My original NRA training counselor referred to Glocks as “Glops” and wouldn’t allow them on his shooting range.
What’s the difference between a .45 ACP and .45 GAP?
“GAP” is new to me.
He is a goober.
...And a guy I shoot with who was once state IDPA champion only uses Glock 19s and 17s in IDPA. And another range officer I know scoffs at anything but a Wilson or Les 1911.
Whatever. Glock is without question an extraordinarily reliable handgun.
My department has issued Glocks (40 and 45 cal.) for over fifteen years with no problems. I think it may be related to that particular model.
I think so but I have 2 32’s.
.45 GAP is a special cartridge that was introduced by Glock. Incompatible with .45 ACP.
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