Posted: 10/3/2010 12:37:28 PM EDT
| Hello. I have a Glock 19 and was wondering which of the aftermarket barrels are good for my hand loads and +p, +p+ rounds? I am looking for any info on this subject that will aid in my purchase. |
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Hello. I have a Glock 19 and was wondering which of the aftermarket barrels are good for my hand loads and +p, +p+ rounds? I am looking for any info on this subject that will aid in my purchase. why get an aftermarket barrel if you shooting jacketed bullets ?? What is wrong with the factory barrel, it should work for those loads ..............if they are that hot that you are concerned about a case head separation maybe you should rethink your loads?? |
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Hello. I have a Glock 19 and was wondering which of the aftermarket barrels are good for my hand loads and +p, +p+ rounds? I am looking for any info on this subject that will aid in my purchase. why get an aftermarket barrel if you shooting jacketed bullets ?? What is wrong with the factory barrel, it should work for those loads ..............if they are that hot that you are concerned about a case head separation maybe you should rethink your loads?? Couldn't have put it better myself. LWD, KKM, Storm Lake, all quality aftermarket barrels, but unless you're shooting a whole lot of exposed lead, honestly, there really is no need for one, just because you're reloading. I reload too.  Thousands of my own loads through stock Glock 9mm barrels (.40 too), many very "hot" loads (but within data range, of course), no problems whatsoever.
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another vote for stick with the factory barrel. even with hardcast lead as long as you clean every 200 rounds or so the factory barrel is fine- I have seen many shooters swap out for an after market barrel to shoot lead ( again completely not needed if you clean every couple hundred rounds) then start having functional reliability problems with the gun. They then look puzzled when the gun doesn't work -they go to great lengths(chamber check every round before loading in magazines etc) to have the gun work with the after market barrel instead of just using the original one.
With the exception of possible the plastic sights there is NEVER a reason to go after market on any glock parts, unless you want to risk a decrease in reliability. |
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another vote for stick with the factory barrel. even with hardcast lead as long as you clean every 200 rounds or so the factory barrel is fine- I have seen many shooters swap out for an after market barrel to shoot lead ( again completely not needed if you clean every couple hundred rounds) then start having functional reliability problems with the gun. They then look puzzled when the gun doesn't work -they go to great lengths(chamber check every round before loading in magazines etc) to have the gun work with the after market barrel instead of just using the original one. With the exception of possible the plastic sights there is NEVER a reason to go after market on any glock parts, unless you want to risk a decrease in reliability. This is exactly true ........... every word of it , now that being said , I did just order a LW for my G22 . Now the reason , ––- when I shoot I sometimes go well over a couple of hundred rounds(without cleaning of course ) and the accuracy does drop off considerably . I am talking lead reloads not jacketed bullets . Also from experience I know that the LW will not be as reliable as the factory barrel . And I may have to do some work on the chamber - loosen it up a bit - but I will try and run it as is first , Maybe a few hundred rounds before I do anything ....... I learned all this from running a LW in my 23 I did not buy any after market barrel out of fear of a blow up from shooting lead , that is just interweb chat , if you are shooting lead that hot anyway may want to rethink your motives - lead is for target not SD , this is 2010 not 1880 ............ |
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Quoted: On a related note, how do you know when the barrell needs replacing?  I have a police G22 & I have no idea how many rounds have been put through it.  Because Glock's barrels are also tenifer treated, they are extremely hard and therefore durable. There's a torture test somewhere on a Glock G17 and the barrel had in excess of 300,000 rds down it and it was still fine. BTW, very few police pistols have high round counts. They spend their life sitting in a holster, usually only being removed to allow the officer to qualify periodically. You should be GTG with the barrel for the rest of your life. I would, however, replace the trigger spring, firing pin spring, firing pin safety spring, recoil spring assy, extractor depressor plunger spring, and mag springs just to ensure that your Glock performs reliability. You can find them at Lone Wolf Dist. or Glockparts. |
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On a related note, how do you know when the barrell needs replacing?
I have a police G22 & I have no idea how many rounds have been put through it. Because Glock's barrels are also tenifer treated, they are extremely hard and therefore durable. There's a torture test somewhere on a Glock G17 and the barrel had in excess of 300,000 rds down it and it was still fine. BTW, very few police pistols have high round counts. They spend their life sitting in a holster, usually only being removed to allow the officer to qualify periodically. You should be GTG with the barrel for the rest of your life. I would, however, replace the trigger spring, firing pin spring, firing pin safety spring, recoil spring assy, extractor depressor plunger spring, and mag springs just to ensure that your Glock performs reliability. You can find them at Lone Wolf Dist. or Glockparts. How do you do that? Aside from removing the barrell & slide, I haven't a clue how to do those things. 
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BTW, very few police pistols have high round counts. They spend their life sitting in a holster, usually only being removed to allow the officer to qualify periodically. That's a good point that I've made before. A buddy/roommate of mine is LEO, and he says the majority of the guys he works with are not "gun guys" and only use their sidearm for quals, and that's pretty much it. So when you're buying a police-trade-in, you're most likely getting a gun with a low round count that just looks like it's been used a lot, from the holster wear. Quoted:
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On a related note, how do you know when the barrell needs replacing?
I have a police G22 & I have no idea how many rounds have been put through it. Because Glock's barrels are also tenifer treated, they are extremely hard and therefore durable. There's a torture test somewhere on a Glock G17 and the barrel had in excess of 300,000 rds down it and it was still fine. BTW, very few police pistols have high round counts. They spend their life sitting in a holster, usually only being removed to allow the officer to qualify periodically. You should be GTG with the barrel for the rest of your life. I would, however, replace the trigger spring, firing pin spring, firing pin safety spring, recoil spring assy, extractor depressor plunger spring, and mag springs just to ensure that your Glock performs reliability. You can find them at Lone Wolf Dist. or Glockparts. How do you do that? Aside from removing the barrell & slide, I haven't a clue how to do those things. There's a few videos on detail stripping Glocks on YouTube, if you're like me and learn quicker from watching someone do it. |