mxjunky78
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+1. My thoughts exactly!
Also, 1st. & 2nd. gen Glocks like my Model 23, by design, could fire out of battery by nearly 3/16" inch.
As the chamber got dirty, it could hold the slide open further, and that exposed more thin case wall to the unsupported feed ramp cut in the chamber.
That bulge is a symptom of the unsupported chamber which to me seems like a piss poor design feature, I may very well be able to shoot those bulging cases until the end of time without a kaboom but I have much more confidence in the XDs which I can run max loads without any issue. Figure in that the Springfield fits my small hands much better and I get better real world accuracy with it, so why spend more for an unsupported chamber and blocky grips? While in my experience the Glocks do cycle reliably, I have had every bit as good a performance out of the XDs, I can count on one finger how many jams I have had and that was using crappy "white box".Well i load for ALOT of firearms myself. Handguns from the 32 special to the 500 linebaugh and about everything inbetween and have been loading for glocks for at least 15 years and would sure like to know why you refuse to load for a glock. My guess is your reading to much internet bs about them. What ive found is if i load up to max pressures in the 9s 40s and 10s the do bulge cases. Back off a grain or two of powder and the bulge goes away. Bottom line though is the bulge hurts nothing. I routinely run all my handgun brass through a bulge buster type of a die anyway just because its a small price to pay to insure absolute reliablility and I do it not only for glocks but for any semi auto handgun. The only exception is 45 acp brass used exclusively in my comp guns. the question was asked earlier why would anyone buy one of these things. Well my answer is that in its price range its hands down the most reliable handgun made. It runs as well as guns that cost near twice as much. There simple to work on, cheap to customize and plenty accurate for what there made for. Why wouldnt you buy one would be my question.
Now I can put in more than 100% extra powder and no case bulge.
recent rash of kabooms? I haven't seen one in quite a while.Some have said that the newer ones are worse then the old ones, hence the recent rash of kabooms we have all been hearing about.
DISCLAMER: I DO NOT own either so I am not speaking from experience so do not take it as such, just addressing a rumor.
I have certainly not heard this, nor is it actually true.Some have said that the newer ones are worse then the old ones, hence the recent rash of kabooms we have all been hearing about.
DISCLAMER: I DO NOT own either so I am not speaking from experience so do not take it as such, just addressing a rumor.
I think I was being completely fair addressing it as a rumor rather then trying to state it as some fact because I read it on the internet, but if you think the way I addressed it is unfair please tell me how I can be any more objective.I have certainly not heard this, nor is it actually true.
But by all means, let's all start random rumors!
Clark,
How in the world do you manage to get 2X the powder in a case and still get the bullet to seat deeply enough to feed from the magazine? Are you doing this only with fast powders?
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