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GLOCKs & reloads????

instrumentofwarinstrumentofwar Member Posts: 1,545 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited May 2002 in General Discussion
What's this I hear about Glocks not shooting reloads? Does that only apply to +P variety's? Or is that only if the dimensions are altered out of factory specs?

Would one be able to shoot a hard cast out of a Glock without damaging the bore?
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The rifling (or rifflin' as 13Fister would say) in factory Glock barrels are not conducive to firing unjacketed lead bullets. Glock factory barrels also do not have fully supported chambers. I'll be buying an aftermarket barrel for my Glock 23 with normal rifling and a fully supported chamber one of these days. It will probably be a .357 SIG barrel.

    SSG idsman75, U.S. ARMY
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  • 13fister13fister Member Posts: 25 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    IOW
    read your mail!!
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    13fister--Did I pronounce that correctly?
    IOW--Read your dang mail! I know what he sent you. You want to read that mail.
    SSG idsman75, U.S. ARMY

    Edited by - idsman75 on 05/14/2002 12:23:10
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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Deep sigh. Glocks shoot reloads fine, except when they're poorly made and get stuck halfway into the chamber. If you can make reloads to spec, you should be fine.

    What Glock barrels don't prefer is plain lead bullets from the cowboy days, and a lot of guys who reload buy the cheap unjacketed bullets. I am no longer surprised to hear this, even though we all know lead is toxic.

    Because of the way Glock engineers its bores, they are prone to foul more, i.e., pick up more lead than a regular rifled barrel. Hence, the simple solution is to buy plain-wrap jacketed ammo for practice.

    Since I don't reload, they sweep away my cases when I'm done and that's that. I expect the "not fully supported chamber" business started when some reloader noticed his cases had a slight mark or dimple after firing that may have interfered with reloading those cases. Just a guess. Glocks were made to shoot factory, jacketed ammo the best. Simple as that. Stick with that, and you're liable to get hundreds of thousands of uneventful discharges on the target. That INCLUDES +p loads like CorBon in all Glock's calibers. In fact Massad Ayoob and Peter Pi, as far as I know, are big Glock fans.

    - Life NRA Member
    If dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878

    Edited by - offeror on 05/14/2002 20:00:54
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  • jager22jager22 Member Posts: 197 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    http://www.glockfaq.com/

    some useful info in here
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  • instrumentofwarinstrumentofwar Member Posts: 1,545 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    What mail???? The only e-mail that I have revieved from you guys lately was a reply from Al, and that only said see you in Alaska????

    Some people just shouldn't be allowed to breed
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    IOW--That's what I thought he was trying to email to you. Wish I could be seeing you in Alaska. *sigh* I guess I'll stay in Sioux City, IA for 2 more years.

    SSG idsman75, U.S. ARMY
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  • 13fister13fister Member Posts: 25 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    IOW as I said SEE YA'LL IN ALASKA


    IT MEANS I WILL SEE YOU AND DANNY IN ALASKA FOR ABOUT 3 YEARS!!!

    UNDERSTAND?????
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I can imagine it now. The two of you meet for the first time in over a year and.............



    SSG idsman75, U.S. ARMY
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ^

    SSG idsman75, U.S. ARMY
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  • instrumentofwarinstrumentofwar Member Posts: 1,545 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just got back to a computer, trying to get ahold of you two.

    Some people just shouldn't be allowed to breed
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    IOW--I had to wipe out my hard drive. Massive damage via a virus forced me to do this. I no longer have your email address. Mine is idsman75@peoplepc.com

    SSG idsman75, U.S. ARMY
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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Jeez, idsman, I hate to hear that. There's a lot of junk going around right now. I've been on line more lately and my virus software has found a few things and "quarantined" them for me. Supposedly, the best SW on the planet is Norton AntiVirus. No doubt you are motivated to acquire something right now and that's what the experts are recommending at the moment (it auto-updates in the background while you're online).

    - Life NRA Member
    If dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Norton was disabled by this virus. Norton had just been updated prior to the infection. Norton didn't stop it. I use McAffee Virus Scan and Firewall now.

    SSG idsman75, U.S. ARMY
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  • SUBMARINERSUBMARINER Member Posts: 1,362 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    HMMMMM,MY SIG AND MY HK SHOOT LEAD RELOADS FINE.AND AS FAR AS CHEAP I GUESS IF I WANTED TO SPEND THE EXTRA MONEY I NEVER WOULD HAVE STARTED RELOADING TO BEGIN WITH,THE REASON I STARTED WAS TO LESSEN THE COST OF SHOOTING SO I COULD SHOOT MORE!MY SIG AND HK SHOOT LEAD FINE AND HAVE NO PROBLEMS,BUT TO DEFEND GLOCK AND I DONT DO THAT OFTEN I GOT A BUDDY THAT SHOOTS LEAD THROUGH HIS GLOCK 17 AND HAS HAD NO PROBLEMS AT ALL, YOU JUST GOTTA CLEAN THEM EVERY NOW AND THEN

    SUBMARINE SAILOR,TRUCK DRIVER,NE'ER DO WELL, INSTIGATOR,AND RUSTY WALLACE FAN
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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    idsman --
    That's funny -- a computer tech at a local "expert" store just told me McAfee was, shall we say, not as good as Norton. That people write viruses specifically to thwart McAfee. Now, I don't pretend to understand why they can't just as easily write viruses to thwart Norton. Maybe he was "full of it." Good luck.

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    If dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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