Have You Changed Out Your Glock Guide Rod?

[Javier730]

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.

[jbirds1210]

I have worn out a couple of the springs over the years, but never had the plastic part itself break. I made a single bulk purchase of them on EBay years ago and I'm certain it was a lifetime supply. The onky part of a Glock I've ever had break was the extractor. It had a huge chunk break loose and the gun never missed a beat.

[carlson1]

Buy the Glock put on whatever night sight you like and move on.

[Dr.Wayne]

I changed out the glock 43 guide rod, using one from "theglockstore.com" its a tungston guide rod for about 90 bucks. First thing I noticed is that the recoil was reduced alot, you could get shots off much faster. Other thing I noticed, the accuracy was much worse. I sent it back, determined it wasnt worth 90 bucks, even if it had the same accuracy. After inspecting it, it seems like the guiderod was maybe 2-3 hairs too short, and didnt really fit as snug as the factory guide rod.

[Dr.Wayne]

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.

[Javier730]

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.

It makes the trigger feel lighter. It will definitely help your accuracy. Ive got one on all my glocks.

[bortaz]

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

I haven't found that it makes the trigger pull any lighter, but it does seem to make the trigger more crisp. I haven't weighed the trigger pull, but it's not noticeably lighter than a standard Glock. Definitely not 3.5 pounds.