Posted: 7/12/2011 1:19:53 PM EDT
| Looking to upgrade the stock barrel on my Glock 17 to an aftermarket. This gun will be a target/light competition gun and I want to put a regular 4" barrel on it. Any suggestions on which brand to go with or experiences with certain brands? Thanks for the help |
| Yes it's 4.5, you're correct. I must have confused that with my G19. Anyways, I bought the gun as a "refurbished" from Glock and it definitely looks like the barrel has seen it's fair share of rounds. Since I would like to do some competition shooting I figured it might be a good idea to start off with a new one. |
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Waste of money unless you want a threaded barrel or want to shoot lead bullets, in my opinion. I'd bet money that if you do buy one, and do an accuracy test between your stock barrel and the new one, you will come to the same conclusion. Yup, If you can shoot well enough that the stock Glock barrel isn't accurate enough then you can think about getting some extremely high end replacement, but chances are you won't be able to tell even then. Let's face it, for 99% of handgun shooters, the gun will be more accurate than they are. There is so much more you can do to improve your accuracy that is free (other than the cost of ammunition and an instructer) just by getting out with a few quality lessons and then practicing for a few thousand rounds. |
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I bought the gun as a "refurbished" from Glock and it definitely looks like the barrel has seen it's fair share of rounds. That is probably because you are used to traditional rifling on a gun barrel. Glocks have polygonal rifling and it looks more like hills and valleys than traditonal lands and grooves. It is almost impossible to wear out the barrel on a Glock. |