Shooting Reloads in Stock Glock Barrels?

[HWill]

I have a few Glocks, Gen3 G22, G19, G26 and Gen4 G26, G23

Been reloading 9mm for a while and had great results shooting them through the Glock stock barrels. So far I have only reloaded with 115gr FMJ.
I don't plan on ever using lead as I just don't like handling it.

I usually clean my guns after every range trip. And I load light, so far everything has worked out with the starting loads from the Lee manual.

I just now started reloading .40S&W for the G23 & G22. I did buy a Lonewolf barrel for the G22. I will only use FMJ or plated bullets in the .40's.

I was under the impression that is was ok to shoot reloads in the Glocks if you kept them clean, I only got the LW barrel to aid in the "Glock Bulge", but with the stock barrels there is not much of a bulge that the Lee dies don't get out.

So am I good to shoot reloads out of the stock barrels?
I was planning on getting the Lee Bulge Buster Die for the .40's

I might keep the LW barrel on the G22, I did have 1 FTF with a factory round the other day, no problems with reloads....this was out of 400 rounds through the LW barrel. It is one of my go to guns for the house, so I do have some concerns with the FTF and I will put more rounds through it before I trust it fully.

Thanks

 

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I have shot countless reloads through my 22 and 27 with no problems in stock barrels. I mostly use the berrys plated bullets. The lee bulge buster is handy. As long as you are being safe with your reloads you will be fine. Just inspect cases for signs of seperation and no need for hotrodding for go boom rounds.

 

[LiveLife]

So am I good to shoot reloads out of the stock barrels?

Yes.

But if your reloads significantly bulge the case, consider lowering the powder charge or changing your powder. I have used mid-high range load data with W231/HP38 in 40S&W and I do not get bulged cases out of factory Glock barrels.

 

[HWill]

Not sure if you read my post, but I do start at light loads and leave them at that. I have no intentions of trying to push them to the max.
I also stated that my cases show little to know bulge and the Lee dies do a good job.

Not sure if I understand your reason for needing to use the Lee Bulge Buster only once!
Is it BAD to use it more than once?

So it is OK to shoot reloads in Glocks if you keep them clean, make sure the cases are in good shape and load safe light reloads. All which I do.

 

[LiveLife]

Yes. Sorry, but the issue of shooting reloads out of Glock gets brought up often enough ... my apology (I cleaned up my response post)

Not sure if I understand your reason for needing to use the Lee Bulge Buster only once! Is it BAD to use it more than once?

It's not bad, but if you need to use it more than once, then you should investigate as to WHY your cases are bulging to the point the regular sizing die won't remove the bulge.

I don't use the bulge buster as cases that have bulged to the point where the regular resizing die won't work get tossed to the recycle bin. Some want to salvage as much brass as they can, so use of FCD to push-through sizing the overly bulged cases (especially at the case base that resizing die can't get to) is needed.

Just a note - of the thousands of range brass I pick up each month (majority of them are once-fired), I have yet to toss out a single 40S&W brass this year. In the past 10 years, I have run into maybe 10 or so cases that failed to be resized. So, if you run into a lot of overly bulged range brass that's not resizing all the way down, you have reloaders that are over charging their loads. If you are causing the overly bulged cases, then I would re-examine the load/powder. If you want to keep shooting max loads out of Glocks, I would recommend the use of Lone Wolf barrels as they provide full support of case base even when compared to Gen3 Glock barrels.

 

[P-32]

Glocks are strong pistols. I saw what happened to s G-35 with a double charge of 231. Blew the mag out of the mag well, broke the trigger and cracked the barrel chamber. The pistol still functioned. Ejected Brass was funny looking though.

I have fired lots of 40 throughmy 35 without problem. I believe some people run into problems when trying to make the 40 too hot and/or don't clean the barrel of copper. I blieve copper buildup in a Glock barrel can also raise pressure. I have no proof of this but it seems there are those who think they can skip cleaning the barrel.....

 

[ArchAngelCD]

From what I understand it's not reloads that give Glocks problems it's lead bullets that are the problem. The rifling used in a stock Glock barrel is not compatible with lead bullets but FMJ or plated bullets are fine as far as I know.

 

[RidgwayCO]

I know of no firearms manufacturer that recommends reloaded ammunition in their weapons. If you think about the wide variety of reloading "techniques" ("safe and sane" vs. "I load everything to the firewall") you'd be foolish to warranty your product against everything a reloader could produce...

Using reloaded ammo voids most (if not all) firearms warranties. It's just one of the prices we pay for our passion.

As stated above, Glock is one of the few manufacturers that also warns against the use of lead bullets in their firearms. A Lone Wolf barrel will allow you to accomplish this with less worry, but don't expect a warranty from Glock (or Lone Wolf, for that matter) if you're shooting any rounds you loaded yourself.