guiltybutsaved
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I’m wondering whether I should buy an aftermarket barrel for a Glock .40S&W model 22 to provide a smaller and better supported chamber than the factory barrel because
1) it should make reloading safer (by avoiding case overexpansion/weakening and being supportive if pressure ever were a little high)
2) it would be more accurate.
Are either of those reasons true? #1 sounds reasonable and if #2 were also true then I’d surely go for it.
MORE... After watching a thoughtful video about the Glock Smile by fortunecookie45lc, it seemed to be a logical step. I see them for sale at midway, and reviews suggest they can both avoid excessive case expansion and improve accuracy.
I’d almost made up my mind to order one when I ran across some posts by people who stick with the factory barrels or else just load mild loads. Then I figured I’d check with reloaders to find out what THR people do.
PS: I understand that Glock recommends against shooting reloads, but if the cause is their overly large unsupported chambers, then it seems reasonable that using a different and smaller (I guess you might call it a “normal sized chamber”) would remove the reason handloads aren’t recommended.
1) it should make reloading safer (by avoiding case overexpansion/weakening and being supportive if pressure ever were a little high)
2) it would be more accurate.
Are either of those reasons true? #1 sounds reasonable and if #2 were also true then I’d surely go for it.
MORE... After watching a thoughtful video about the Glock Smile by fortunecookie45lc, it seemed to be a logical step. I see them for sale at midway, and reviews suggest they can both avoid excessive case expansion and improve accuracy.
I’d almost made up my mind to order one when I ran across some posts by people who stick with the factory barrels or else just load mild loads. Then I figured I’d check with reloaders to find out what THR people do.
PS: I understand that Glock recommends against shooting reloads, but if the cause is their overly large unsupported chambers, then it seems reasonable that using a different and smaller (I guess you might call it a “normal sized chamber”) would remove the reason handloads aren’t recommended.