[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Glock barrels

Posted: 12/1/2012 6:20:25 PM EDT

How are the barrels of Glock pistols made?

I know they are hammer forged. But before they enter that hammer machine, were the raw material casted/forged/machined from solid stock?

Also, what steel alloy is the barrel? 41xx type?

Posted: 12/1/2012 8:20:22 PM EDT

[#1]

Yeah instead of being drilled out and cut from stock the steel is "smashed" around a form/dowel. Don't know which steel they use.

Posted: 12/2/2012 1:05:28 PM EDT

[#2]

They're MIM, made of ground-up Lorcins.

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