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Dr.Wayne wrote:

Javier730 wrote:

bortaz wrote:I upgraded both my and my wife's G26 Gen 4s with tungsten guide rods from Glockstore.com.

After about 100 rounds through mine, I began having FTF and FTE. After fiddling with it at the range that day, it got to where I could not even chamber a round and the slide would not return to battery.

I kept fiddling with it, and eventually got the slide to work after I put the polymer guide rod back in.

I called Glockstore, and after dealing with an obliviot customer service drone whose only answer was basically "You're out of luck, you passed the 30 day mark already", I emailed Lenny Magill personally and actually got a phone call from a manager.

The manager agreed that he believed my problem to be an issue with the spring tension on the new guide rod. He had me go to the range and shoot the gun using the OEM polymer one. It worked fine without a single problem.

The guy told me he thought the springs were messed up when they made the guide rod, and sent me 2 new tungsten ones. He sent them without making me send in the old ones before hand, which I appreciated. I replaced both of the tungsten rods with the new ones, and a few days later went to the range and shot without any problems.

However, after about 300 rounds through my wife's gun with the replacement rod, we encountered the same problem. So, I took both the tungsten rods out, and replaced the polymer ones back into both guns. These are our carry guns, and I just can't risk them not working when we need them. I'm out about $60 or $70 for each of the tungsten rods, but it was a lesson learned, so not all is lost.

Yup. You wanna keep your carry pistol as stock as possible. The more you need with it, the more likely it will malfunction. Only thing I swapped on my glock were the sights when I threw on the trijicon night sights and the 3.5lb connector. I didn't carry it after putting in the connector until after shooting a few hundred rounds through it.

what do you think about that connector? good results? The trigger definitely messes up my accuracy with that heavy wall.

bortaz wrote:I upgraded both my and my wife's G26 Gen 4s with tungsten guide rods from Glockstore.com.

After about 100 rounds through mine, I began having FTF and FTE. After fiddling with it at the range that day, it got to where I could not even chamber a round and the slide would not return to battery.

I kept fiddling with it, and eventually got the slide to work after I put the polymer guide rod back in.

I called Glockstore, and after dealing with an obliviot customer service drone whose only answer was basically "You're out of luck, you passed the 30 day mark already", I emailed Lenny Magill personally and actually got a phone call from a manager.

The manager agreed that he believed my problem to be an issue with the spring tension on the new guide rod. He had me go to the range and shoot the gun using the OEM polymer one. It worked fine without a single problem.

The guy told me he thought the springs were messed up when they made the guide rod, and sent me 2 new tungsten ones. He sent them without making me send in the old ones before hand, which I appreciated. I replaced both of the tungsten rods with the new ones, and a few days later went to the range and shot without any problems.

However, after about 300 rounds through my wife's gun with the replacement rod, we encountered the same problem. So, I took both the tungsten rods out, and replaced the polymer ones back into both guns. These are our carry guns, and I just can't risk them not working when we need them. I'm out about $60 or $70 for each of the tungsten rods, but it was a lesson learned, so not all is lost.

carlson1 wrote:Unless you are trying to melt down a Glock your guide rid should be just fine.