Appreciate your complaining and lack of effective troubleshooting.

Allegedly Glock is saying this gun needs 200 rds nato to break in the spring. I can't speak to the accuracy.

Short stroke for sure. Recoil spring is too heavy. Springs are hard to get right and when millions of guns are built on an assembly line there will be a few bad springs that lead to this issue. I don't buy whole guns new but when I build my slides I get a variety of spring weights to try because cuts in the slide and optics can change what you need. Seems like an easy fix to get it cycling. Now the inaccuracy is probably because of the barrel and that sucks too because glock should be getting that right. You definitely should send it back for that. You aren't holding it improperly or anything those comments are wrong. You aren't limp wristing and so it's definitely the recoil spring. I have experience building several Glock clone slides and it's the issue 95% of the time. The PSA dagger recoil springs are notorious for this but I fixed all my builds with proper ISMI springs.

The plastic dust cover was done to lighten the slide. Your ejection was very weak. The ammo was barely generating enough force to cycle the gun.

Stick to Gen 3 guys.

I had the same problem. I cleaned it of all grease, re lubed it and she runs great! I had 4 ftf out of the first box of 50. After cleaning I shot another 50 without a single issue. What ammo are you using

The dust cover is polymer to lighten the slide. I know another owner that is having failure to eject/stovepipes multiple times in a mag. I recently purchased a new old stock G29 gen4 and it gave me nothing but failures to feed regardless of mags and ammo. They took it back, changed a few small parts and when i got it back the issue was still there. Sometimes you get lemons but the issues in the 17L are apparently common enough.

That is why I generally wait six months to a year before entertaining the thought of purchasing a new to market model of anything. Just in case there are bugs...

Factory gun, PMC 9mm.. it should have run without issue. That gun needs to be sent in. I feel your pain. Don't listen to the comments below blaming anything your doing-- that gun is a lemon. PS: I'm a former Glock Certified Armorer

Your looking at the glock but it's your skill level

Looks like the slide is short stroking. Might want to adjust your grip and shoot 124g out of it until it is broken in. I also have a Gen 5 17L and it has run perfect for over 1000rds. Not a single issue.

Gen 3 , accurate and reliable. Just my personal preference

I’ve heard several complaints about this gun already. Good thing I passed it up.

1) Replace the recoil spring assembly 2) Install your dot. The milling on the slide has reduced weight ; adding the sight may be the correction. Try both recommendations as the fix together.

Just purchased the 19 Gen 3. Not a Glock Fan Boy but it's the most recognized handgun in the world IMO.

That plastic piece is a no go in my mind. Sure, they save a few production pennies, but long term, that should be at the minimum, aluminum of good quality or the same high end polymer of the frame.

Unacceptable. This is becoming all too common in the industry around the board. Sorry you had to deal with that.

"Malfunction is caused by ammo or operators grip... always. Glocks don't malfunction unless you fail to believe in them... so it is always operator error." - Generic Glock Fanboi (sorry...) Seriously though... surely something is wrong with it from the factory. I don't have a 17L, but I do have several long slide aftermarket and aftermarket prototype long wheel base Glocks... which have had minor issues I don't have with stock Austrian Glocks.

Not a gun problem its your grip. Accuracy is also a grip problem.

Thing is though you cant call a company trash just because his gun is a lemon. I have a gen 4 17 not the L version. And its never jammed. 5k rounds through it. Its roughly 8 years old.

we all get one that just doesn't work right great video nick

Geez looks as long as my 10 mil G40. 😂. My pig 🐖 gun

Saw a video where another guy had the same problem and his Taurus Ts9 was way more accurate than the Glock 17L.

So Glock really cheaped out and put that plastic dingleberry thing on the front? I had very little interest when I heard Glock was releasing the 17L Gen 5, and now I have exactly none. And I agree. Either Glocks work of they don't assuming they haven't been obliterated with aftermarket garbage, and it would definately be going back and gotten rid of. Recently went through these same problems with a 43X, and it was immediately sold and gotten rid of. Unfortunately, now that the man Gaston himself is gone, I suspect we'll be seeing a lot more of this from Glock in the future.

I hate that for you, Nick.

SMH. This is the reason gen5 17 is main Glock 😂 not a fan of unproven gun setups no matter the brand. They had another gun that was jamming last year at a Show because of a “heavy” optic & people were in disbelief, funny enough i believe it was the 49. something that small making a gun jam I don’t want it. 17g5 already long enough

There have been other guntubers with the same issue

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j7eSrLWSxJPUl5c.htmlsi=lbSEntYhEaFZDpGF That type of malfunction indicates a short stroking of the slide. Recoil spring tension. Extractor tension. Slide to frame fit. Could be rubbing.

You should be worked up. We spend our money 💰 we got to depend on these guns

I'm one of the unlucky guys when it comes to Glocks. Two of the three I've purchased new had issues out of the box. Sucks when a new gun starts having fits when it's new. That's a pricey loss, but is probably better than wasting your time beating your head against the wall with Glock's customer service.

I like Glock but that plastic guide piece is crap.

Ummm I don't trust the guide rode being held by a 3D printed plastic. Nope that's a failure point if you ask me. Already have trust issues with these polymer frames busting lol jk but really Glock. Cheap mofos that just want to burn your pockets with no innovation on their new gens 🤣

🤣😂🤣 now according to the glock fan boys a glock never has a malfunction,, you no they are gonna blame you or the ammo,, you no this don’t you,, and I think the gun is hideous looking,, it looks like a dill doe with a hand grip mounted on it,🤣😂🤣