The corporation really doesn't take accountability. And there is a difference between the two, 'kay? The firearm is fantastic. And you know, I want you to understand that while I'm gonna be tough on Glock, I'm not talking about Glock the firearm, I'm talking about Glock the corporation. As we get to the end of Gen Three and the beginning of Gen Four, Glock begins to suffer ejection issues at a very massive scale, extraction issues on a major scale. So Gen Four's really the first time that they're gonna begin to actually play with parts and swapping out parts and trying different things. That was really us in the community defining it for them. But before then, they weren't really recognizing the different generations of Glock.
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But I want you to understand that Glock never really recognized that until they came out with the Gen Four and they actually started to change parts of the weapon, okay? And that's why they stamped the slides on Gen Four with Gen Four. Every time they made a little change, we called it a different generation. But they never recognized it as Gen One, Two, and Three. Again in the mid '90s, they made some more aesthetic changes. In the late '80s, they made some changes to the aesthetics of the weapon. I mean really, just makes a weapon that is just completely reliable and dependable and changes the face of what we know about the pistol market. Glock comes out in the early '80s, completely revolutionizes the firearm industry. And then the last 10% I'm gonna cover at the end for all of the other calibers to kind of diagnose, because chasing an extraction issue, you know, most people chase symptoms and I'm gonna help you methodically get to the root cause of your problem. We're gonna solve 90% of the problems right here, right up front, with ejection and extractor changes from an LCI system to a non-LCI system. I'm specifically again talking about nine millimeter and 40 cal. So let's start to understand ejection and how we got here and why it's such a problem here in the Polymer80 community.
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I'm also gonna be talking about Apex Glock Failure Resistant Extractors, 'kay? And I'm gonna be talking about their springs, as well. This does not come in your OEM parts kit. When I say non-LCI, I mean a non Loaded Chamber Indicator bearing. This is what comes in your OEM parts kit. When I say LCI, I'm referring to a Loaded Chamber Indicator bearing. I'm also gonna be talking about spring loaded bearings and I'm gonna be using a term like LCI and non-LCI. When I'm talking about MIM, we're talking about the extractor. And basically what that means is they take a whole bunch of metal powder, they mix it into a feedstock, and they come out with a new piece that is infused, and it's called Metal Injection Molding. Now MIM, M-I-M, is Metal Injection Molding. And when I'm talking about extractors, you're gonna hear me use the word MIM when I'm talking about an OEM extractor that comes in your OEM kit. Then I'm gonna be talking about some extractors. This I'm referring to as the Gen Five 19X ejector, 'kay? So those are ejectors. I'm also going to be talking about 47021 ejectors.
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I'm gonna be talking about a 30274 ejector, which is mid to late Gen Fours. I'm gonna be referring to a 336 ejector, which is what comes in your OEM parts kit. I'm gonna be talking about three different types of ejectors.
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And when I'm talking about ejectors, I'm talking about this piece right here, looks like this. Now understand that this is the housing, right, this is the trigger housing. What I'm gonna do really quick is cover some of the terminology that you're gonna hear me use in this video. All right, now it's time to settle our ejection issues, get us all squared away, get the casing out, get it extracted, and have a beautifully functioning firearm.