So, while the actual percentage of rails reported broken is within any accepted manufacturing tolerance, it is not an acceptable situation to the GLOCK Corporation. Within the specific range the breakage rate has been less than 0.0188%. The specific problem that has been identified is the potential of breaking a rear frame rail in pistols manufactured during this time period. The GLOCK Corporation has identified a problem with a very small percentage of GLOCK pistols produced between September of 2001 and May of 2002. Later, I bought a G23 that also had the frame replaced for some other reason it was also a trouble-free pistol for as long as I owned it.Īwesome thanks! I also found this info from this very website:Ģ002 Frame Upgrade – Rear slide rail We had no problems with them before or after the frame replacement. I have a recalled E-series G17, and a friend had a G19. As far as I know, this upgrade applied to all frames sizes and calibers. to find out for sure if your pistol is affected by the upgrade (not all pistols in this range will be affected, and there may be ones outside this range, too). The approximate serial number range for the frame rail upgrade/recall is EGX*** through ESK***, although you must call Glock Inc. Most folks I knew went for the 1- prefix frames. I think Glock gave the owners an option for the frame replacement you could get the same serial number with a "1-" prefix if you didn't mind waiting while Glock made it (took about 2-4 weeks, IIRC), or you could get a frame with another serial number immediately. Often the pistol would keep shooting, and the person wouldn't find out about the broken rail until they went to clean the pistol. Click to expand.IIRC, it was a bad batch of metal frame rails, and occasionally, one side of the frame rail would break during firing.
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