I wear a hat and yes it helps to shield brass from your face and always wear appropriate eye and ear protectionWebphisher said:The 9's love doing it to me. Always take a hat with you shooting, and the brim will protect you.
HAHAHAHAHA! Bro? You wouldn't beleve how consistant the brass is on me, lol. I could catch EVERY round with a sombrero, LOL!I bet if someone wears a sombrero they could catch the brass for reloading too lol
Yours may simply need a detail strip cleaning. Even if you only have a few hundred rounds through it, that's an older Glock and if it was owned by someone else before you, it may have a lot of residue built up around the extractor. If it was owned by someone before you, I'd detail strip and clean the slide, particularly the extractor and the cut-out in the slide that the extractor fits into. If you use any oil for corrosion protection, make sure to wipe absolutely dry the internal parts and internal areas of the slide, any excess oil in the internals of the slide will collect a lot of excess residue which could lead to various malfunctions.Well I'm danged glad to see this thread. I have a 1st gen. G21 and I HAVE to wear a hat, as it rains brass right into the middle of my head almost every shot! lol. I'm glad to hear it might clear up in a 1000 rounds or less. I guess I've put 250-300 through mine. But I'm glad to know an extractor will solve the problem in a worse case scenario.
Thanks again, guys.
Thanks for this information, Voyager. I'll check out all the extractor info for sure, as the gun doesn't have any kind of build-up that would cause the problem. It is an older Glock, but was sold as new to me, as it had no previous owner. I don't over oil it neither, using 4 drops per cleaning and I've only cleaned it once. The gun is clean...Yours may simply need a detail strip cleaning. Even if you only have a few hundred rounds through it, that's an older Glock and if it was owned by someone else before you, it may have a lot of residue built up around the extractor. If it was owned by someone before you, I'd detail strip and clean the slide, particularly the extractor and the cut-out in the slide that the extractor fits into. If you use any oil for corrosion protection, make sure to wipe absolutely dry the internal parts and internal areas of the slide, any excess oil in the internals of the slide will collect a lot of excess residue which could lead to various malfunctions.
Yours is an earlier G21 and it may use a different extractor. Early G21 slides had a 90 degree ejection port on the slide, and the extractor was correspondingly cut to 90 degrees. 90 degree extractors are no longer made for the G21.
Some of the early G21 slides however had a 15 degree ejection port just like all of the newest Glocks do, and they had a 15 degree extractor as well. If the slide has a 15 degree ejection port, you can use an LCI .45ACP extractor, Glock part number 1902.
15 degree vs. 90 degree ejection port:
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15 degree vs. 90 degree extractor:
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Since yours is an earlier version it almost certainly has a non-LCI extractor which means it also has a non-LCI spring loaded bearing. If you were to use an LCI extractor, you'd also have to swap the spring loaded bearing for a .45 LCI spring loaded bearing.
LCI vs. non-LCI spring loaded bearing: (they will be colored green for .45ACP)
http://media.photobucket.com/image/glock%20spring%20loaded%20bearing/EdgecrusherXES/Glock%2520Info/LCICompJPG.jpg
Thanks Pal! Invaluable info.I forgot to mention also, earlier G21's had different ejectors. The latest ejector for the G21 has 8196-2 stamped on it, if yours doesn't already have it, upgrading to that part may make the ejection better.