Posted: 7/29/2015 12:39:33 AM EDT
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I've got a G32 that I ordered a lone wold 40 barrel for the primary reason being that I wanted to shoot cast bullets. It shoots ok, but the chamber is pretty dang tight. It'll name on stuff that my P229 will swallow without a second thought. Now I'm thinking of getting a 9mm barrel, and I'd like y'all's opinion on other manufacturers. An additional question is what other parts should be changed (other than the mag) to obtain carry-level of reliability? I've read some folks replace the extractor, but that seems like a pain to swap back and forth every time I swap barrels... |
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I've got a G32 that I ordered a lone wold 40 barrel for the primary reason being that I wanted to shoot cast bullets. It shoots ok, but the chamber is pretty dang tight. It'll name on stuff that my P229 will swallow without a second thought. Now I'm thinking of getting a 9mm barrel, and I'd like y'all's opinion on other manufacturers. An additional question is what other parts should be changed (other than the mag) to obtain carry-level of reliability? I've read some folks replace the extractor, but that seems like a pain to swap back and forth every time I swap barrels... From what I have seen and read the 9mm extractor will work just fine with 40 and 357sig. I just bought a 9mm lone wolf conversion so we will see how it runs in my 32. As far as you 40 barrel issue mine runs flawlessly with many brands of 40 have shot through my lone wolf barrel. Including federal, winchester, PMC, and remington. The lone wolf chambers are tighter than a standard glock barrel though. If you are getting hang ups I would contact lone wolf. |
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Call Lone Wolf back. Simply tell them that you have one of their fakakta barrels and the chamber is (as usual) too tight. Ask the nice man on the other end of the line to open up the chamber for you. They used to do it for free; (because it's always their mistake) last time I heard they were charging money; but you should be able to get the nice people at Lone Wolf to help you out, and open up that chamber for some sort of nominal fee.
Next time spend more $ and buy something decent that you don't have to screw around with from Bar-Sto Precision Machine. |
| I have sent barrels back to both Lone Wolf and Storm Lake to have the chambers opened up a little and had no issues. I shoot a lot of both cast and plated bullets. After having the chambers opened up a little they all run just fine. I had shot jacketed bullets in the barrels, just as a test and they all shot just fine, prior to sending them back. |
| To get the best possible reliability with a 9 conversion barrel you for sure want to use 9mm mags, 9mm ejector, and 9mm extractor. My 32/23 Glocks only thing I really ever changed was the mag and the ejector and have had limited maybe the occasional malfunction but rare. I also do not carry it. |
| StormLake has never let me down. Always a drop in replacement that slightly improves accuracy by tightening my groups IMHO. Peace! |
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I've got a G32 that I ordered a lone wold 40 barrel for the primary reason being that I wanted to shoot cast bullets. ...... Just so you know, it's entirely possible to shoot cast lead bullet through one of Glock's polygonal (hammer-forged) barrels. Many Glock owners - including, on occasion, myself - do it. There's plenty of information of various Glock forums that will tell you how; there ARE certain guidelines that need to be followed; anyone who's interested can google this information up. An additional question is what other parts should be changed (other than the mag) to obtain carry-level of reliability? I've read some folks replace the extractor, but that seems like a pain to swap back and forth every time I swap barrels ... The usual recommendations to swap calibers/barrels on a compatible Glock are to change the: extractor, ejector, and (at least) the magazine follower. Less often mentioned, but equally as potentially troublesome, are the SLB and SLB spring. A pistol that's running a conversion barrel CAN be made to work; and some of them run well for most of the time; however, there is still a question of reliability. Why? Because with a conversion barrel a Glock will never be 100% reliable; and conversion barrels really shouldn't be used anywhere except at the range. Even with a full set of conversion barrel changes in place, if you look at the striker indents on fired primers, you'll notice that the striker indents are no longer centered in the middle of the primer, and the striker is now landing off to (usually) the primer's lower outside edge at 4 or 5 o'clock. On occasion this can be a problem - One that you wouldn't want to have in a carry pistol. |
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Has anyone run a lot of 115gr ammo through KKM?
It seems like the 1 in 20 twist rate would be too slow (OEM is 1 in 10, most aftermarket are 1 in 16 usually). I want to try a new one, but wonder how KKM would do with 115fmj. Reliability and accuracy are all I care about. |