I Hate How Much I Love my Zev OZ9 | Reliability Issues and Possible Solutions

In this video I discuss my continued reliability issues and some possible fixes.

[@blackflag-bountyboys]

My Zev trigger is fire, but finding the wall is tricky lol

[@billdrill22]

I really like mine too. They have been in the aftermarket game for a while for a reason. They put out great stuff.

[@AnDy.Strong]

It’s frustrating and disappointing. I’ve put about 500 rounds through my OZ9C and I’ve experience 2 malfunctions. One was a STOVE PIPE shooting ZRS Buffalo Cartridge 115g. The other was a SQUIB shooting magtech steel case 115g. Luckily the squib happened on the last round. Did not notice until I got home and started to clean the barrel. Now I’m skeptic when I take it out to the range.

[@billdrill22]

I get it. The gun is fantastic, shoots so much flatter than my other striker fired guns, and has great features. 2 malfunctions in the first 500 rounds isn’t that bad though. There is typically a break in period for every gun. See how it shoots in the next 500 rounds and then make your decisions on what to do from there. Seems like you and I are having different issues, mine being failure to extract, but after changing the extractor mine has been 100% reliable. Also, the squib was likely from the ammo, not the gun.

[@AnDy.Strong]

@@billdrill22 I actually enjoy shooting it. Love the ergos and the trigger is, in my opinion, underrated. I blame the ammo as well , that magtech is sh*tty. Thought I was going to start a fire with all those sparks.

[@shootyliam]

I have the oz9c entire lower but the thing is that my slide and assembly for that is built without Zev parts.i also have the dpm kit that I threw in there as well. A lot of people have the same issues you’re having so imo #1 id try throwing an oem g17 gen3 slide and oem internals on there and see if that cycles good. If it does theres an issue somewhere in the upper. If that’s the case - try the Zev slide with all oem glock internals and see if that cycles. Also make sure your right screw on your sight isn’t too long because that can cause the extractor pin to not work properly. If you’re still having issues try changing the ejector with a Glock gen 4 or 5 version instead of the one that comes with the Zev. Also try a few runs with an oem guide rod and without the dpm kit. One of those should be the problem. If I were to guess I think it’s the slide internals(probably the extractor pin assembly, extractor not in spec or isn’t hooking on to lip of casing, ejector not flicking the casing out during fire) Hope everything works out TLDR : change extractor pin assembly, extractor, and ejector

[@billdrill22]

You’re pretty much on the money with making some internal changes. I’ve run 2200 rds through it in its stock configuration before changing the guide rod to DPM and already checked the optic screw. I’ve changed out the spacer sleeve, cups, and extractor to Glock oem, and I polished the feed ramp. Put 140 rds through it today of mixed ammo and it ran everything so I’m assuming that did the trick. Time will tell but I’ll also be doing a follow up video once I have more data on reliability. Thank you for the feedback

[@charles17508]

Apex ejector

[@billdrill22]

Put in a Glock oem one and haven’t had an issue yet. Was planning on trying that one if the Glock oem one didn’t work.

[@boomee78]

My friend go back to glock or walther pdp

[@billdrill22]

Nah. I think I got it fixed… by using oem Glock parts😂

[@dodger_dogg_actual]

Don’t waste your time with changing anything that goes in the striker channel, it has nothing to do with feeding or extracting. I had the same problem you’re having with my OZ9. I sent it back to Zev and they replaced the extractor. I then changed the barrel because the Zev barrel was consistently failing plunk tests with several types of ammo. I replaced it with a KKM and it’s been running great ever since. It just sucks that I had to spend more money on an already expensive gun. I also have a Zev HyperComp and haven’t had any issues with it.

[@billdrill22]

I appreciate the heads up. I can absolutely see the barrel having issues, but I did change the extractor, channel spacer and cups and it’s actually running great now. Only put 150 rds through it, but it ran the magtech it wouldn’t run the other day, so I’m hoping it’s fixed

[@dodger_dogg_actual]

@@billdrill22 Glad to hear it’s running well for you now.

[@billdrill22]

Thank you. Yeah, so far so good.