Most powerful Glock?

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you could listen to RC but I would rather buy a NSX, a glock 20 and take my wife on vacation for what those cost. Also by ammo with the 10,000 left over.
 
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There's always the G20 or G29 w/ my 33rnd mags for 33 @ 10mm... THAT'S some foot-pounds (albeit cumulative)...
 
Do fully transferable Glock 18s even exist? If so, how much would one be, just out of curiosity? Only one I've ever seen was on an episode of Sons of Guns (the one with Ted Nugent), the Red Jacket Gunshop owner has one (and it may not even be transferable).
 
The trouble with the .40 Super...

Is that the handguns it fits in (like the Glock 21) are too large for many hands. Now, if you just shorten the cartridge a little bit more...

.40 SuperGAP! :D ;)

I'm not sure I'd want a .40 Super Glock just using a drop in barrel. Wouldn't work at all with a 20 slide because of the .40 Supper's rim diameter. I wouldn't want to do it with a 21 slide because of the lightness compared to the 20 slide. So, I'd want (like the .50 GI) an entire new "upper": slide, barrel, and spring.

The G21 mags would work.
 
I just discovered that TRITON, the company that created the 40 super, is out of business. The only place to get brass was through them or Starline, and Starline is out until demands start coming in.

I guess there goes that idea. For now anywayz
 
I use Buffalo Bore 10mm ammo in my G20:

Heavy 10mm Ammo - 180 gr. Jacketed Hollow Point (1,350fps/M.E. 728 ft. lbs.)

Heavy 10mm Ammo - 200 gr. F.M.J. (1,200fps/M.E. 639 ft.lbs.)

Heavy 10mm Ammo - 220 gr. Hard Cast - FN (1,200 fps/ME 703 ft. lbs.) (I wouldn't shoot the hard cast thru the factory barrel)
 
I don't know why I didn't think of Buffalo Bore for the .460 Rowland.

Buffalo Bore appears to offer:

230 gr. JHP (1350fps / M.E.931 ft.lbs.)
185 gr. JHP (1500fps / M.E.924 ft.lbs.)
230 gr. FMJ-FN (1350fps / M.E.931 ft.lbs.)
255 gr. HC-FN (1300fps / M.E.957 ft.lbs.)

These figures are from a Clark Custom Converted 1911 with 5" barrel.

I'm not one for wanting a nuclear performance from a handgun, but it would be interesting if Glock were to offer a converted G21 chambered for this round.
 
If you want a "just in case" outdoor revo....look no further than the S&W 460 XVR. I love mine. I have hammered some huge feral hogs with it.

More Buffalo Bore ammo (I have chrono'd some of it and it lives up to the numbers):

460 Smith & Wesson Ammo - 300 gr. J.F.N. (2,060fps/M.E. 2,826 ft. lbs.)

460 Smith & Wesson Ammo - 360 gr. L.B.T.-L.F.N. (1,900fps/M.E. 2,860 ft. lbs.)

Makes .44 Mag seem like a pop gun......
 
Ya the OP mentioned this was intended for outdoor use, which tells us he's mostly talking about dangerous animals of the 4-legged variety. The 10mm would probably fair alright against a mountain lion or something similar, since it can take a deer with a good shot, but I wouldn't want to bump into a ticked off Grizzly carrying a 10mm. My friend carries a Super Redhawk Alaskan .454 for that...
 
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Ya the OP mentioned this was intended for outdoor use, which tells us he's mostly talking about dangerous animals of the 4-legged variety. The 10mm would probably fair alright against a mountain lion or something similar, since it can take a deer with a good shot
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That's what my intentions are, for the outdoor hiking/camping.

I was looking into the 10mm but that would require more money than a barrel for a 40 super that can give a little more "UMPH" for less $$$.

I just need to find some brass and it's a go!

Going to Shot Show friday. Hope to find more info on the 40 super out there.
 
40 Super
Ballistics : 135gr. Nosler J.H.P. 1755fps / 923 ft.lbs.
Ballistics : 180gr. Nosler J.H.P. 1450fps / 841ft.lbs.
Ballistics : 200gr. FMJ Flat Point 1350fps / 810ft.lbs.
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All this out of a four-inch pistol barrel?
The original, standard load for .40 S&W was and is 180/950, and that is at already high pressures.
 
Midway has brass, dies and even loaded ammo in stock for 40 Super.
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Thanks. I checked it out midway.

The brass is Double Tap's
Loaded rounds are Double Tap's

I refuse to support such unethical companies such as Double Tap
 
I am not much on hot rod reloads or rimmed cartridges in a semi, so if you want 'power' stick with the factory Glock in 10MM and look at some loadings like Double Tap or Buffalo Bore.
 
if you want 'power' stick with the factory Glock in 10MM and look at some loadings like Double Tap or Buffalo Bore.
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Thank you, but that's not answering my original question

I considered a 10mm but that would require a new slide as well because I don't feel comfortable with the breach face size difference between a .40 super/.45 acp rim and the .40 s&w/10 mm rim. That size difference is larger than the size difference between a 9mm and a .40s&w/10mm

I'm okay with 9mm out of a .40 cal with just a barrel swap, but not a 10mm barrel out of my G21

Going back to the original question, is the 40 super the hardest hitting round that can be fired out of a Glock?

Or is there a round that can generate more energy than a 40 super that can be fired out of a Glock?
 
All this out of a four-inch pistol barrel?
The original, standard load for .40 S&W was and is 180/950, and that is at already high pressures.
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.40 Super is a shortened .45 Win Mag case necked down to .40, so you have a lot more case capacity. Also if I remember correctly, it has a peak pressure of 45,000psi instead of .40 S&W's 35,000psi. That's also a pretty good overview of why Triton no longer exists and the round never caught on. Aparantly it beat guns to death and was fairly unpleasant to shoot.
 
On a related note, if I had $600 burning a hole in my pocket I would be all over one of those .50 GI 21 conversions. Even as a round answering a question that hadn't been asked it still looks really cool:neener:
 
Go with a 10mm. You can get ammo easily, it can be loaded up or down, and you are not stuck with a proprietary rig to gain a small bit of energy. Depending on the level of 'inflation' the 10 might even equal the others.
 
Glock 20.

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Get it and be done with it.

That's really all that needs to be said, really ... :cool:
 
My S&W 628 44 mag is a scream to shoot. And I don't have to worry about it coming apart when I shoot it.
 
has anyone ever seen the mythical 460 rowland conversion for a glock?
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No, but I've fired a .460 Rowland and if I spotted a Glock in that caliber I'd be all over it if the price was right. And I don't even like Glocks! :D

For a stock pistoll the 10mm is nothing to sneeze at.
 
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