Posted: 1/10/2011 9:01:55 PM EDT
| I found a local glock I can get at roughly 350 dollars. Just curious as to if it would be a good pistol. I really want a 9mm or 40 cal but I suspect sig would be decent too as a caliber, if ammo isn't insnae. |
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Price of ammo is going to sting, especially if you are trying to stockpile. For CCW duty, I think it's a good round. $350 is a pretty decent price too. IIRC, you can swap out the barrel, for a 40cal barrel, for "cheaper" training too. Aimsurplus also has the ammo for $19 per box of 50rds. |
| Buy it and then buy a stock Glock .40 barrel and there you go.. They are exactly the same besides the barrels.. Same mags too.. The 9mm glocks are different because of the smaller breech face on the slide for the cartridge face. You cannot make a 9mm glock shoot a 40 cal, but you can make a glock 40 shoot a 9 or 357.. |
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Buy it and then buy a stock Glock .40 barrel and there you go.. They are exactly the same besides the barrels.. Same mags too.. The 9mm glocks are different because of the smaller breech face on the slide for the cartridge face. You cannot make a 9mm glock shoot a 40 cal, but you can make a glock 40 shoot a 9 or 357.. Nice I may have to look into a 40 cal then. I really love that caliber. |
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Quoted: You can close to the same performance from 9mm +p, higher capacity, and faster up follow up shots. Turn around and shoot cheap 9mm for practice. .357 sig is pricey, harder to find, has crap recoil and muzzle climb and is LOUD. Not hardly. 9mm+P doesn't give the same performance as .357sig in the same bullet weight. More powder and a higher SAAMI max pressure make the .357sig a real hot rod. However, 9mm+P ammo does give you something almost equivalent to the .357sig, that sharp, snappy recoil that's turned off many a shooter to the .357sig. |
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You can close to the same performance from 9mm +p, higher capacity, and faster up follow up shots. Turn around and shoot cheap 9mm for practice. .357 sig is pricey, harder to find, has crap recoil and muzzle climb and is LOUD. Not hardly. 9mm+P doesn't give the same performance as .357sig in the same bullet weight. More powder and a higher SAAMI max pressure make the .357sig a real hot rod. However, 9mm+P ammo does give you something almost equivalent to the .357sig, that sharp, snappy recoil that's turned off many a shooter to the .357sig. Just the reason why I love my G31. Reloading is easy, despite what you read, and brass is easy to get... cost is on par with .40S&W in most cases. Been some on the EE lately. I've been on the look out for an XD Tactical in 357 Sig. |
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i thought the they all have the standerd 17lbs spring in them? That's correct. 17lbs is not enough for the 357. I've used a 357 conversion barrel in my Glock 20 with 24lb ISMI spring with reliable function. That's a lot more slide mass and spring! I'd run the heaviest ISMI spring available in any 357 Glock... |
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.357 Sig gives you no practical advantage over a 9mm. It's not popular information with some guys, but the facts are that velocity and ft/lbs are irrelevant when it comes to defensive handgunning as long as sufficient penetration is achieved –– and 9mm achieves it. All you're doing is making holes... guess how big a hole a .357 Sig makes?
All the benefits of a 9mm, with more recoil, ammo cost, and lower mag capacity. 
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i thought the they all have the standerd 17lbs spring in them? That's correct. 17lbs is not enough for the 357. I've used a 357 conversion barrel in my Glock 20 with 24lb ISMI spring with reliable function. That's a lot more slide mass and spring! I'd run the heaviest ISMI spring available in any 357 Glock... So thats enough for the 9mm?? |
| I never changed the recoil spring in the sole 9mm Glock that I've owned. That being said, Glock did the right thing by trying to control slide velocity with mass instead of spring but I've found Glocks to be under-sprung. It aids in reliability under super-adverse conditions but I've treated some of my Glocks pretty roughly and they've run just fine even with heavy springs. |
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I never changed the recoil spring in the sole 9mm Glock that I've owned. That being said, Glock did the right thing by trying to control slide velocity with mass instead of spring but I've found Glocks to be under-sprung. It aids in reliability under super-adverse conditions but I've treated some of my Glocks pretty roughly and they've run just fine even with heavy springs. okay im just asking. i just got my first Glock today but i wont be able to pick it up till thursday 
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