New Glock Calibre?

[Porter Rockwell]

Hello all, I was surfing around and found an article (then lost it!) by a gun writer named Dean Speir (sp?) who mentioned an new calibre from Glock.
Ready? It's a .......... .45 Short! To be possibly named the .45agc for the smallish 9mm/.40 frames.
YAWN!

 

[Triad]

Preacherman posted a thread about it over at TFL. It was in the semi auto forum IIRC.

 

[Schuey2002]

Megga YAWN!!

IMHO, they should spent some of their dough designing a "new" Glock, one that doesn't look like a Glock..

It's time for something new and not just a rehash of what's already in there lineup..

Will they? Probably Not!

 

[DAL]

I like my Glock 26 a whole lot, but there are enough calibers out there now to cover just about everything, so I hope they don't bring a new one out. Really, what the heck can a new caliber offer that the 9mm, .357 SIG, .40 S&W, 10mm, and the .45 ACP can't? That's easy--more sales! Count me out on this one.
DAL

 

[Sox]

Surely not? They have lost their minds. Let's see, how about the single stacks folks are wanting in the current caliber offerings? Last years Shot Show-wow a new box, oh yeah and an ugly light. This year? a Glock caliber. What are the supposed ballistics?

 

[New_comer]

A castrated 45...

The 9mm vs 45 debate just got one-sided

Or shall we be debating .380 ACP vs 45G?

 

[JimC]

Given Glocks recent track record, IF they do something like this, they will probably make it with a non-relaodable case or use a specialized primer that's not available.

I think Glock would be better off taking care of what they now offer and their [no pun intended] followers [sheeple].

 

[Kobun]

If I go to IWA I'll try to find out a thing or two.

 

[Sox]

Read Preacherman's post over on our beloved TFL-still a fantastic resource In thinking about it, may not be so bad of an idea. I guess ballistically it seems to be the original spec for the .45 by Thompson Lagarde if I am not mistaken, which called for 200 grains about 1000fps. But if it's still fat the length isn't the problem. Just use metal mags ala HK to get a slim grip-duh. Oh well. Kinda .41 AEish in theory.

 

[Blackhawk]

Patience. We'll see.

But 200 grains at 1000 FPS isn't exactly a spitwad....

 

[Chuck Perry]

Since the 45 already operates at very low velocity, couldn't a smaller case at higher pressure generate similar velocities to the bigger case at low pressure?

 

[Blueduck]

Hmmm... If we find out Glocks new rounds have case wall thickness of 3x's normal at the 6 O'Clock position with a "THIS SIDE DOWN" engraved on it I'm gonna get nervous

 

[stretcharmstrong]

Will the bullets be plastic to match the guns?

 

[Shmackey]

I call BS on this one.

 

[T.Stahl]

If I go to IWA I'll try to find out a thing or two.

You'll come to Nuremberg?

 

[duck hunt]

A slower .45!?

No! Make a Glock 9x23mm and one in 7.65x25mm

 

[Nero Steptoe]

Anybody reading Dean Spear ought to take some tutoring and move up to 6th-grade reading material.

 

[Sven]

Y'all crack me up.

 

[WESHOOT2]

THAT'S WHAT I WANT

More embracing the 41 AE; less 40 S&W / 45 ACP.

 

[Don Gwinn]

Seriously, you don't think Dean was making a joke, do you? About Glocks? Naaaahhhhhhhh. He wouldnt' do a thing like that . . . .

 

[Handy]

Glock is attempting to give the public (you guys) what you've asked for and embraced in the past: A larger caliber bullet that fits in a 9mm frame.

And you're acting surprised? This is just the next step beyond .40, and no more foolish.



There isn't any reason you couldn't get +P velocities with a smaller, well designed .45 case. The .45 ACP is a very old and low pressure design.

The question is, how well does a cartridge feed that is as long as it is wide and has a rebated rim?

 

[kalibear45]

They should do a necked down .45...

Wait there is already one in existence = the .40 super

 

[Shmackey]

Wait there is already one in existence = the .40 super

.400 Corbon too.