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- From: ANDY@MAINE.MAINE.EDU (Andrew T. Robinson)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: HELP WANTED: Glock 17 and LaserPoint sight mount
- Message-ID: <92357.191305ANDY@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 02:31:53 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: University of Maine System
- Lines: 43
- Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
-
- PLEASE SEND ANY FEEDBACK REGARDING THE FOLLOWING PROBLEM DIRECTLY TO
- ANDY@MAINE.EDU.
-
- This past Saturday I purchased a Glock 17 (9x19mm para.). Today
- I purchased a Tasco LaserPoint mount specifically for the Glock 17,
- and have a LaserPoint LP2 on order.
-
- I attached the LaserPoint mount today and then tried to chamber
- some ammunition. The weapon would not chamber automatically--some
- force had to be applied to the back of the slide to get it to go
- home. I tried 34 rounds (2 full magazines) and none of the rounds
- would chamber without assistance (please note that I didn't FIRE any
- of these rounds--just ran them through the action).
-
- The problem seemed to be ameliorated (although not eliminated) when
- I removed the LaserPoint mount. After running a few magazines through
- the action it seemed to be chambering more or less consistently. I
- thought perhaps this was just a breakin period so I attached the LaserPoint
- mount again and the chambering problem recurred. Looking at the ammunition,
- both the brass and the bullets (FMJ) were scored more than I felt reasonable.
-
- Somehow it would seem that the LaserPoint mount is deforming the receiver
- and interfering with chambering in some way--though it's not clear
- to me that that should cause the ammunition to get banged up. The LaserPoint
- mount is not a tight fit particularly, but the problem does seem to get worse
- as I tighten the allen screws holding the mount to the trigger guard. I'm
- at a loss, because keeping these screws lose would seem to mean that the
- sight would be jumping all over the place, relatively speaking, from the
- recoil of the weapon.
-
- This is my first "modern" auto pistol--past experience being with my
- father's 1911 .45ACP and old .22LR Colt Woodsman--and certainly my first
- laser sight. The Glock package says "Perfection," but this is far from
- it--The weapon ought to be able to chamber rounds without manual assistance
- beyond releasing the slide, and it ought to accept sight mounts made
- specifically for it without acting up (though the latter could be a problem
- with the Tasco LaserPoint mount).
-
- ANYONE WITH FEEDBACK REGARDING MY PROBLEM, PLEASE SEND MAIL TO ANDY@MAINE.EDU
- DIRECTLY, AS SOON AS YOU CAN!!!!
-
- Andy
-
-