New to me Gen 4 G21 ejecting shells into my forehead

[1oddtech]

Just bought a used Gen 4 G21 from a local gun shop. Went thru it and set it up similarly to my Gen 4 G23. Finally got around to do some target shooting and just about every ejected round hit me in the forehead. Google search says I'm limp wristing it or the ejector is bad. I realize a .45 ACP isn't going to fire like a .40. Anything else to check on it?

 

[Clb]

Springs?

 

[1oddtech]

Ghost ultimate 3.5lb connector, 6.0lb trigger, 6.0lb firing pin and reduced power firing pin safety spring

 

[[486]]

it cycling smartly or lazily?

you could probably change the face angle of the ejector slightly with a file so it hits the case a little different
or hold it sideways, that works too

 

[1oddtech]

I've only put 13 rds thru it so far but it seems to cycle normally. I'm going to disassemble the slide and check the number on the extractor.

 

[FrankenToy]

Position your forehead differently...

Have you tried different ammo?

 

[1oddtech]

No I haven't yet

 

[[486]]

I've only put 13 rds thru it so far

well there's your problem
stuff those mags full of cheaper .40 and blast away for a while to bed shit in
see what the pissin' hot 10mm does after that

 

[1oddtech]

I'm a dummy, I meant is a G21 not a G20. I'm sorry for the confusion.

 

[Clb]

+1 on hot n sweaty
Brand new?
The amount of rough edges in the fire control system is amazing.
I found this in ( pic below from potato) the safety plunger bore on my 36...

Anyone seen Johnny Glocks utube channel?
Seems to be a guru of sorts.

I'm sure someone will slam me for boomer fudd posting
So

 

[1oddtech]

I bought it used, if it was doing this with the original owner I know went they would have traded it in

 

[Clb]

Try different ammo, grip and stance.
Shoot it till you get comfortable with it.
Also try a detail strip and clean.
Sounds like a mechanical issue more than ergonomics but...

 

[ThePanzerFuhrer]

Find someone with a smaller forehead?

 

[JD Mark]

Stop shooting like this:

 

[Clb]

Yea get them dots in alignment

 

[[486]]

Stop shooting like this:

or start, if you weren't

 

[Roc Doc]

Grow longer arms.

Dude I know bought a .50 DE and at 5'6" his arms weren't long enough and the shells would hit him in the forehead if he wasn't wearing a cap. For me, they fell at my feet.

 

[Steve300xcw]

My 1911's never had that problem

 

[1oddtech]

My 1911's never had that problem

I was waiting for that comment

 

[Clb]

 

[[486]]

My 1911's never had that problem

(foams at the mouth about cracked slides and frames)

 

[Don.]

Since it’s used, try a new ejector.

Then stop limp-wristing it.

 

[Landslide]

It's throwing casings into your forehead for buying a Glock - every shot you make, it's going "POW - dummy smack" "POW - dummy smack"

 

[Don.]

It's throwing casings into your forehead for buying a Glock - every shot you make, it's going "POW - dummy smack" "POW - dummy smack"

Naw, it’s for getting a Glock in .45AARP.

 

[[486]]

Naw, it’s for getting a Glock in .45AARP.

it is only a compensator away from 45 super

 

[DMG]

My 1911's never had that problem

Hard to get hit in the head with an empty when it jams

 

[Steve300xcw]

Hard to get hit in the head with an empty when it jams

Were not talking about 9mm 1911's

 

[DMG]

Were not talking about 9mm 1911's

Is a 9mm really ever a 1911?

 

[Steve300xcw]

yes

 

[DMG]

No, it identifies as a 1911. Not the same. John Browning designed a separate, probably superior platform to fling 9mm.