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Serious Glock Question.
cntrmass
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I have been looking and researching buying a pistol alot lately.I came across a Glock 29 in 10mm which I wasnt to excited about 10mm recoil in such a light pistol but I started to think.Does anyone here know if a Glock 29 has aftermarket barrels that will drop in so I can shoot .40s&w and .357SIG from the same gun?I checked Bar Sto and it had all three calibers including 9x23 Winchester but it didnt specify what barrel was selected on their order page.I have Glocks number but I would like to resolve it here if possible so I dont have to make a long distance call.Im trying to shoot 10mm/.40s&w/.357SIG from the same gun but swapping out barrels for each different caliber is this possible?
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Frankly, I think your best bet is to just go ahead and get the Glock in .40.
I bet you can get someone to make you a new barrel in .40. Then you'll need a lighter recoil spring. Then you'll have to worry about short .40 rounds in long 10mm mags. You might be able to get around this by loading your .40s on the long side (if you reload, which I'm guessing you don't or you would have just reduced your 10mm loads.) Otherwise, you might be able to fabricate a spacer and use .40 springs and followers in 10mm magazines (might be some serious tinkering and tuning involved in this).
Frankly, I think your best bet is to just go ahead and get the Glock in .40.
That right there is most comprehensive answer yet. And you should probably listen to his last comment. By the time you modify your gun enough to shoot .40, you'll have about another $200, and time and effort in it. Furthermore, it still might not work.
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You cannot drop in a factory Glock barrel from one of the other calibers. However, they have conversion barrels available for the Glock 20 and 29 (both 10mm's):
10mm, 9x25 Dillon, .40 S&W, .357 SIG
Using an aftermarket conversion barrel, you just use the standard Glock 10mm magazine for whichever 10mm you're using (20 or 29) then load up the correct ammo and you're ready to go. BTW, the barrels start at a little over $110 and go up to well over $200 so you'll just have to decide what it's worth to you.
I have heard of some people shooting the .40 S&W in the factory 10mm barrel with no modification. While I would certainly do this in a desperate situation, I wouldn't subject my gun to that for no reason, especially when conversion barrels are so cheap or you can reload 10mm ammo just about as cheap as .40.
You can actually use the 10mm frame to shoot .45 ACP as well, but with that one, you have to get the entire upper end (slide, barrel, breech, etc) which runs around $400 so it's silly to do that when the whole gun isn't much higher.
If you really want to make the 10mm powerful, check out doubletapammo.com