Posted: 9/25/2015 8:11:53 PM EDT
| Looking to shoot up about 1k rds of lead reloads in my Gen4 G21. What conventional rifled bbls do you guys prefer? I don't want to go broke on it, probably never use it again, as I haven't reloaded lead 45auto in awhile. Thanks guys! |
| I have Lone Wolf and Storm lake barrels in my G20's and G21's. Both work well, but both had to be sent back to have the chambers opened up a little for my cast reloads. While there are shooters that have no issues with shooting cast reloads out of stock barrels, I am no one to chance it. |
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You CANNOT, 'just shoot lead bullets' through a polygonal factory-stock Glock barrel. Whether or not this can be done safely is largely a matter of WHAT lead bullets, and/or cartridges you are using. Simply saying to, 'clean out the barrel every 100 to 150 rounds' is a recipe for disaster - Disaster! Things you need to know, include:
(1) What is the BHN of the lead bullets you intend to use? (Better be higher than 12; and 16 to 20 might even be ideal!) (2) What is the bore diameter of the barrel you are using, AND what is the diameter of the lead bullets you intend to fire through it? (Keep everything at or inside .002 inch; and, most often, .001 inch might be ideal in most, but not all, Glock barrels.) (3) If these are already loaded cartridges then what powder charge are they loaded with, AND what is the muzzle velocity of those bullets? (You're going to want to keep it at, or below 1,100 fps.) Just shooting lead through your factory-stock Glock barrel is never a wise thing to do. If you haven't got any useful personal experience in determining (or solving) any of the above questions then even using a conventionally rifled barrel isn't necessarily going to solve a potential leading problem for you. All these things being said: Yes, I've often shot lead bullets out of a polygonal factory-stock Glock barrel; but, then again, I know exactly how to do it safely. (A good place for you to learn about how lead behaves in a polygonal barrel would be by reading the leading articles written by Glen E. Fryxell.) |
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I shoot hard cast lead bullets with my stock Glock barrels all the time, just this morning I put 150 down range in my Glock 35.
But I do clean my guns after every range session. I beleive this is the key along with using hard cast bullets. I'm not giving advice for you to do it, but I've been shooting them in my Glocks for well over a decade. I have no need for an aftermarket barrel. |
| I too shoot cast. If you use a hard enough alloy and clean the darned thing you will have no problems. The warning from Glock is the same one you get for all of the manufacturers. That is to not use reloaded ammo. It's lawyer speak and has nothing to do with what will or won't work. Take that and the oft repeated misinformation from the net and this is what happens. |