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Do I need a new spring/guide rod for my G20?
5/10/2012 7:37:54 PM
Im in the process of making a few additions to my stock glock 20 towards the end of making it a "hunting gun". I had a Burris FastFire installed on the slide, ordered a LoneWolf 6" barrel and will be feeding it a steady diet of 165 grain and 180 grain Gold Dot's or XTP's. After doing a little reading last night it seems that some guys who go this same route opt to get a lighter/heavier spring for their guns. I have yet to shoot my gun at this point so it may very well run just fine but would i be well advised to just buck up and get a new spring now?
5/10/2012 8:32:14 PM
Did you get a chance to check out my 20 at the last Magcamp??
My 20 has a 6" KKM and Wolf 20# spring and steel rod. That said, some of the 10mm I have fired wouldn't even be considered 10mm rounds. I had some fun show reloads that were very light and the 20# spring worked fine for those and my much hotter reloads. I think its just a good, but not needed precaution for shooting hotter round to get a 20/22# spring.
It also has polished internals and an aftermarket trigger spring and connector of some kind, don't really remember. I think the trigger pull is probably a little too light, but getting more used to it.
With this setup I crono'd some reloads and factory ammo. My choice for factory stuff if you can find it would be the Hornady "Custom" (same looking box as the Critical defense) 180gr XTP. I also reload something that is almost identical to this with the 180gr XTP's. After running through my reloads I found that my sweet spot with this bullet was almost identical to the factory "custom" stuff. Only I had a slightly higher FPS but not much. The second choice for factory ammo is Winchester Silver tip 175gr. As it was closest to published FPS. Even in a 6" barrel a lot of the factory stuff doesn't even get to the published FPS(unless they test with a carbine barrel
)
I haven't really messed with lighter grain bullets yet as for hunting I wanted the heavy stuff.
I have also been thinking about getting a case of Winchester .40 cal ranger Bonded HP 180gn and pulling the bullets to work up something with them.
My 20 has a 6" KKM and Wolf 20# spring and steel rod. That said, some of the 10mm I have fired wouldn't even be considered 10mm rounds. I had some fun show reloads that were very light and the 20# spring worked fine for those and my much hotter reloads. I think its just a good, but not needed precaution for shooting hotter round to get a 20/22# spring.
It also has polished internals and an aftermarket trigger spring and connector of some kind, don't really remember. I think the trigger pull is probably a little too light, but getting more used to it.
With this setup I crono'd some reloads and factory ammo. My choice for factory stuff if you can find it would be the Hornady "Custom" (same looking box as the Critical defense) 180gr XTP. I also reload something that is almost identical to this with the 180gr XTP's. After running through my reloads I found that my sweet spot with this bullet was almost identical to the factory "custom" stuff. Only I had a slightly higher FPS but not much. The second choice for factory ammo is Winchester Silver tip 175gr. As it was closest to published FPS. Even in a 6" barrel a lot of the factory stuff doesn't even get to the published FPS(unless they test with a carbine barrel
)
I haven't really messed with lighter grain bullets yet as for hunting I wanted the heavy stuff.
I have also been thinking about getting a case of Winchester .40 cal ranger Bonded HP 180gn and pulling the bullets to work up something with them.
5/11/2012 8:28:52 AM
I go by Wolff Springs' guidelines. If your G20 is ejecting brass further than about 8', then you could use a stronger spring. If the brass is barely clearing the slide, then use a lighter spring. I run at least a 20# spring in my G20. Don't remember which I use in the G29, but it's stronger than factory-standard. The only Glocks I use standard spring weight with are my 9mm Glocks and one of my G21s that's running a compensated KKM barrel.
5/12/2012 9:23:59 AM
Originally Posted By bullofspadez:
Did you get a chance to check out my 20 at the last Magcamp??
My 20 has a 6" KKM and Wolf 20# spring and steel rod. That said, some of the 10mm I have fired wouldn't even be considered 10mm rounds. I had some fun show reloads that were very light and the 20# spring worked fine for those and my much hotter reloads. I think its just a good, but not needed precaution for shooting hotter round to get a 20/22# spring.
It also has polished internals and an aftermarket trigger spring and connector of some kind, don't really remember. I think the trigger pull is probably a little too light, but getting more used to it.
With this setup I crono'd some reloads and factory ammo. My choice for factory stuff if you can find it would be the Hornady "Custom" (same looking box as the Critical defense) 180gr XTP. I also reload something that is almost identical to this with the 180gr XTP's. After running through my reloads I found that my sweet spot with this bullet was almost identical to the factory "custom" stuff. Only I had a slightly higher FPS but not much. The second choice for factory ammo is Winchester Silver tip 175gr. As it was closest to published FPS. Even in a 6" barrel a lot of the factory stuff doesn't even get to the published FPS(unless they test with a carbine barrel )
I haven't really messed with lighter grain bullets yet as for hunting I wanted the heavy stuff.
I have also been thinking about getting a case of Winchester .40 cal ranger Bonded HP 180gn and pulling the bullets to work up something with them.
Did you get a chance to check out my 20 at the last Magcamp??
My 20 has a 6" KKM and Wolf 20# spring and steel rod. That said, some of the 10mm I have fired wouldn't even be considered 10mm rounds. I had some fun show reloads that were very light and the 20# spring worked fine for those and my much hotter reloads. I think its just a good, but not needed precaution for shooting hotter round to get a 20/22# spring.
It also has polished internals and an aftermarket trigger spring and connector of some kind, don't really remember. I think the trigger pull is probably a little too light, but getting more used to it.
With this setup I crono'd some reloads and factory ammo. My choice for factory stuff if you can find it would be the Hornady "Custom" (same looking box as the Critical defense) 180gr XTP. I also reload something that is almost identical to this with the 180gr XTP's. After running through my reloads I found that my sweet spot with this bullet was almost identical to the factory "custom" stuff. Only I had a slightly higher FPS but not much. The second choice for factory ammo is Winchester Silver tip 175gr. As it was closest to published FPS. Even in a 6" barrel a lot of the factory stuff doesn't even get to the published FPS(unless they test with a carbine barrel
)
I haven't really messed with lighter grain bullets yet as for hunting I wanted the heavy stuff.
I have also been thinking about getting a case of Winchester .40 cal ranger Bonded HP 180gn and pulling the bullets to work up something with them.
I didnt but it sounds like we have similar taste's. I think what im gonna do is just play it by ear. Once I get my hands on the LW barrel, Ill take it to the range and see if I have any problems with feeding or ejection and pay attention to where my brass is ending up and then asess the situation from there. Now if I could just find a place that had 6" G20 LW barrels in stock
5/12/2012 3:00:14 PM
Lonewolf has their G20 6.6" threaded barrel in stock. If you bought the comp with it, you could try it comp'd and non-comp'd.
5/12/2012 6:29:45 PM
Originally Posted By Adirondack47:
I didnt but it sounds like we have similar taste's. I think what im gonna do is just play it by ear. Once I get my hands on the LW barrel, Ill take it to the range and see if I have any problems with feeding or ejection and pay attention to where my brass is ending up and then asess the situation from there. Now if I could just find a place that had 6" G20 LW barrels in stock
Originally Posted By bullofspadez:
Did you get a chance to check out my 20 at the last Magcamp??
My 20 has a 6" KKM and Wolf 20# spring and steel rod. That said, some of the 10mm I have fired wouldn't even be considered 10mm rounds. I had some fun show reloads that were very light and the 20# spring worked fine for those and my much hotter reloads. I think its just a good, but not needed precaution for shooting hotter round to get a 20/22# spring.
It also has polished internals and an aftermarket trigger spring and connector of some kind, don't really remember. I think the trigger pull is probably a little too light, but getting more used to it.
With this setup I crono'd some reloads and factory ammo. My choice for factory stuff if you can find it would be the Hornady "Custom" (same looking box as the Critical defense) 180gr XTP. I also reload something that is almost identical to this with the 180gr XTP's. After running through my reloads I found that my sweet spot with this bullet was almost identical to the factory "custom" stuff. Only I had a slightly higher FPS but not much. The second choice for factory ammo is Winchester Silver tip 175gr. As it was closest to published FPS. Even in a 6" barrel a lot of the factory stuff doesn't even get to the published FPS(unless they test with a carbine barrel )
I haven't really messed with lighter grain bullets yet as for hunting I wanted the heavy stuff.
I have also been thinking about getting a case of Winchester .40 cal ranger Bonded HP 180gn and pulling the bullets to work up something with them.
Did you get a chance to check out my 20 at the last Magcamp??
My 20 has a 6" KKM and Wolf 20# spring and steel rod. That said, some of the 10mm I have fired wouldn't even be considered 10mm rounds. I had some fun show reloads that were very light and the 20# spring worked fine for those and my much hotter reloads. I think its just a good, but not needed precaution for shooting hotter round to get a 20/22# spring.
It also has polished internals and an aftermarket trigger spring and connector of some kind, don't really remember. I think the trigger pull is probably a little too light, but getting more used to it.
With this setup I crono'd some reloads and factory ammo. My choice for factory stuff if you can find it would be the Hornady "Custom" (same looking box as the Critical defense) 180gr XTP. I also reload something that is almost identical to this with the 180gr XTP's. After running through my reloads I found that my sweet spot with this bullet was almost identical to the factory "custom" stuff. Only I had a slightly higher FPS but not much. The second choice for factory ammo is Winchester Silver tip 175gr. As it was closest to published FPS. Even in a 6" barrel a lot of the factory stuff doesn't even get to the published FPS(unless they test with a carbine barrel
)
I haven't really messed with lighter grain bullets yet as for hunting I wanted the heavy stuff.
I have also been thinking about getting a case of Winchester .40 cal ranger Bonded HP 180gn and pulling the bullets to work up something with them.
I didnt but it sounds like we have similar taste's. I think what im gonna do is just play it by ear. Once I get my hands on the LW barrel, Ill take it to the range and see if I have any problems with feeding or ejection and pay attention to where my brass is ending up and then asess the situation from there. Now if I could just find a place that had 6" G20 LW barrels in stock
Oh and I also upgraded the sights. It came to me(used) with Truglo TFO's. I didn't find them adequate for hunting. I got a Dawson Front post and Novak Adjustable rear. Filed the front for 25yrd POA/POI. Then it is easy to adjust the rear out to 50. I was kind of rushed that day and didn't fine tune anything, but was still hitting ~8" groups.
