Posted: 11/24/2012 7:35:29 PM EDT
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Ran my new Storm Lake G22 to 9mm conversion barrel today... with .40 magazines, in one of my Gen 3 G22s. It ran great! I was very surprised there were no issues using .40 mags feeding 9mm.
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Very good! That's awesome that you didn't have to change anything but the barrel and ammo, not even mags.
A thought that I had recently...it seems some of the current production Glock 9mms are having brass to the face issues. Current production .40s don't seem to have this problem. I wondered if a current production .40 converted to 9mm could be a way to avoid BTF. How was the ejection of 9mm out of your converted G22? Any to the face? How consistent? |
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Ejection was not as strong/positive as when using 40 ammo. I had 18 rounds of 9mm loaded in the standard unmodified 15 round 40 mags. I ran it hard, fast, and had brass pouring out of it. No failures of any kind were experienced. BUT, ejection was not overwhelmingly strong either.
I am retired .mil (combat medic, engineer officer, infantry officer, and recon team lead). I've been covered in everything imaginable, including hot brass, while shooting. I handle it well. But, I know it really bothers some people. I have a pair of AMT 380 Backup guns that forcefully toss hot brass right back between the eyes consistently. I remember wearing a baseball cap in the past and that really seemed to eliminate any problems. ( I also have a pair of Kel Tec P3ATs and a pair of Ruger LCPs that don't do that. The AMTs are retired.) I have always carried at least a 380 on me. |
| Very cool! I shot my Gen 4 G22 with a lone wolf 9mm barreltoday for the first time but i also used a 9mm recoil spring and G17 magazines. Out of 200 rounds (mostly all double taps) i got hit in the head twice. I think that the more i shoot it the less that it will be an issue. Very impressed that you used 40 SW magazines. i will have to try that with mine. |