Hello!! and reloading for Glock 36

[Larryect]

Although I have been lurking for quite a while and was a member of TFL shortly before it closed. This is my first post. I feel I have learned a lot reading many of thee posts here. I must say I really appreciate the civil tone of this board.

I do have a question. I have recently aquired a Glock 36 and am interested in reloading practice ammo for it. I am concerned about the KB's. What are your opinnions on the safety of using west coast plated bullets, maybe 200 grain with a light to moderate load of W231?

Larry

 

[WhoKnowsWho]

kBs can happen in any gun. The .40 S&W Glock seems to be notorious for this, at least in most people's eyes, it doesn't appear the stigma sticks onto the other Glocks though. If you have ever held the barrel and plopped a round in the chamber, and then compared it to something like a .40 S&W SIG chamber, you can see that the .40 S&W Glock chamber is very open and doesn't support the case head as much.

As long as you are using some sort of plated bullet, you should be fine with any practice loads you want to load in the Glock 36. Pressures for the .45 ACP catridge run about 5000 CUP less than max 40 S&W loads also, other than double charging or firing out of battery (which could happen with factory ammo also), you should be absolutely fine reloading for the G36.

If you want to save more in the long run, you could get a replacement barrel with standard land and groove rifling from somewhere like lonewolfdist.com and shoot lead bullets from the Glock. But there is more smoke (lead and lube residue) left in the air, so using plated bullets from West Coast, Rainier, or Berry's is probably the better choice anyways.

 

[Larryect]

Thanks for the reply. After seeing one of the other posts I did drop a cartridge into the barrel of the G 36 and noted a small portion is unsupported at the feed ramp. But since it is a .45 caliber round I thought maybe it wasn't quite as criticle as the .40 cal.

Personally at this point I would just as soon use the plated bullets. They provide less lead exposure while handling and shooting them. And, I just have not seen that much price difference. I have an order in to west coast for a sample of their 200 grain flat points to see how well they function in the Glock.

Larry