Reloading for a glock

[thomas15]

My question is this. Is the general consesus on the topic that if you want to reload with these things, its accepted to buy a new barrel and all your problems go away?

The general consensus here is that buy a Glock, handload with whatever bullet you desire, understand that the "Glock Bulge" was on gen 1&2 Glocks chambered in 40 S&W, those Gen 1&2 Glocks are now museum pieces not NIB at your LGS and shoot the dickens out the old girl because if nothing else Glocks are built like tanks, and, as a bonus, live a happy life!

Does it matter that poster after poster claims to shoot any and all kinds of bullets in their Glocks with no issue? No it doesn't matter because again that is not the purpose of this thread.

If and when I do buy one Ill get an aftermarket barrel just to put my mind at ease.

After all of this.....why?

 

[Mowgli Terry]

What I read: What was OP asking? We bumped up against two myths or facts about Glock handguns. One was leading and the other bulged cases. What is the real deal on these hand guns. OP owns and shoots handguns. He is asking what to expect from Glock. handguns. I really think sharing experience distances poster from that BS on the net. Try to answer OP questions without sharing experience. How does anybody deal with leading or bulged cases without sharing personal hands on stuff? Also, when you got two separate sets of answers like these something else is at work. Are we playing blind men and elephants? Hope I have addressed this topic question without being too snarky. Take care and be safe.

 

[LiveLife]

18 [BHN] in a Glock barrel is very iffy ... too soft in 357 SIG, 9mm and 40 S&W ... Buying an aftermarket barrel is totally unnecessary.

I disagree. Have you actually used 18 BHN MBC bullets in 9mm? In Glock barrels?

I have successfully used several tens of thousands of 18 BHN MBC 9mm and 40S&W bullets in KKM, Lone Wolf, M&P barrels and Glock barrels (with consideration of inspecting and cleaning after several hundred rounds for Glock barrels).

There are many THR members who have successfully used 18 BHN MBC bullets in their pistols.

As to aftermarket barrels for Glock, I use them due to slight greater accuracy they provide over Glock barrels, especially when using lead bullets. And there are many match shooters who would disagree with your statement.

I mainly load cast boolits from wheel weight and Ill buy MBC when I dont have time to cast.

OP, since you are casting with softer wheel weights, if your cast bullets don't work with Glock barrel, I can send you some 18 BHN MBC bullets to try in your Glock. If MBC bullets work out to your satisfaction, great. If not, you can always consider aftermarket barrel option.

 

[thomas15]

What I read: What was OP asking?

The OP is actually a rhetorical question. We are dancing on a pinhead here.

There are literally 8 kazillion Glocks out there in the world of badass, shooting 10 quadrillion rounds of ammo, many of them handloads, with no problems.

Here is a better question to ask: Who would even consider buying a basic/utility, entry level handgun, intending to load cast lead bullets made from recycled wheel weights, without asking one of the millions of owners of said firearm for a first hand look-see, then lying awake at night and planning that at some future date making the purchase with a $200.00 aftermarket add-on?

I ask my rhetorical question as an individual that owns and shoots 3 G17s (one with all of the allowable mods for production class competition), a G26 and G43 and just this week traded a certificate for a prize table Glock for another make simply because the other certificate owner wanted to get a Glock and I have 5 of them that take a licken and keep on ticken! Sorry if I offend.