jr_watkins
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in a 40
I installed a Wilson Combat barrel in my Glock 22 (40S&W) several years ago. It was an exercise to get better (tighter) groups, not for competition, just for general hobby shooting.
I did have to "fit" the barrel. By that I mean I had to use a stone and ever-so-slowly take off steel until the barrel would fit well enough to allow the action to cycle. The barrel was much tighter than the factory barrel.
My initial shooting produced groups with the Wilson Combat of about almost half the size of the factory barrel, but the reliability wasn't there. I very slowly continued to work the barrel with a stone as well as shoot it until the reliability was back to the same as the factory barrel. This took some time and gave me plenty of practice clearing jams!
In the end, when reliability was near 100%, my groups were near the same as my Glock factory barrel. Although, the groups were better than what I had started at with factory barrel and I assume that was just the practiced I put in while working the new barrel.
It was a good exercise, but the improvement was minimal.
I never shot lead though, just plated bullets.
I installed a Wilson Combat barrel in my Glock 22 (40S&W) several years ago. It was an exercise to get better (tighter) groups, not for competition, just for general hobby shooting.
I did have to "fit" the barrel. By that I mean I had to use a stone and ever-so-slowly take off steel until the barrel would fit well enough to allow the action to cycle. The barrel was much tighter than the factory barrel.
My initial shooting produced groups with the Wilson Combat of about almost half the size of the factory barrel, but the reliability wasn't there. I very slowly continued to work the barrel with a stone as well as shoot it until the reliability was back to the same as the factory barrel. This took some time and gave me plenty of practice clearing jams!
In the end, when reliability was near 100%, my groups were near the same as my Glock factory barrel. Although, the groups were better than what I had started at with factory barrel and I assume that was just the practiced I put in while working the new barrel.
It was a good exercise, but the improvement was minimal.
I never shot lead though, just plated bullets.