11Aug05

Weapons Issues, from a friend in the Federal System:

"Yesterday, during a carbine session, we had another Bushmaster go d own with a loose, gas key. It was a new weapon with only five-hundred rounds through

it. We called Bushmaster, and they asked us to send back the bolt and bolt

carrier, promising a turn-around of two days.

We also had a G22 go down due to pin shear. It was the main pin that holds

the trigger assembly in. We saw this problem frequently in our first batch of G22s. We were hoping we had seen the last! This is the first such inciden t in quite a while. Fortunately, Glocks are easy to fix. Our on-site armore r had it back up and running in a couple of minutes."

Comment: Loose gas keys are a perennial problem with the AR-15 system. A permanent fix requires that key bolts be both peened and lock-tighted in pl ace. Not sure why this is often not done at the factory!

With its army of trained armorer, who can fix most Glock problems in minutes, Glock offers its institutional customers a real advantage, as we s ee.

/John