Originally Posted By: CITYSLICKER
Pearce and Scherer both make replacement baseplates that give you a pinkie rest .
Someone ( A&G ? ) makes a sleeve for both of these that mimics a fullsize G22 grip .
Even without the pinkie involved the recoil is not hard to handle , though with sweaty hands a regrip will be required before you finish the mag .
Brooks "A" grip helps with the sweaty hands thing and is not abrasive like skateboard tape .
Ditch the stock front sight immediately !
As someone who has owned Glocks since they came out and put *many* thousands of rounds down range (and carried one on my hip for *many* years) it is interesting that you have to do so much to make the gun "better".
Originally Posted By: CITYSLICKER
Just as my own personal opinion :
The whole " unsupported chamber " thing is bunk . It's the excess diameter of the chamber that allows the brass to swell near the base .
It can be sized back with an EGW die ( Lee undersized die shortened by EGW ) which sizes further down the case than usual .
Metal fatigue is the problem , blow it out and squeeze it back too many times and the fatigue zone ( just foreward of the case head circling the case )
allows case head separation and KABOOM !
If reloading is your thing get a KKM drop in barrel ( tighter chamber ) for extended practice sessions and your brass will thank you .
Probably still a good idea to not get carried away with seeing just how many times is tooo many ...
And another thing to have to purchase (barrel) to make it "better" and safer.
I've SEEN a few Kabooms PERSONALLY and they were with factory ammo in the .40 S&W.
How come the other manufactures can get buy with a safer FULL supported barrel that works every time but Glock STILL has the unsupported barrel?
I've sold all my Glocks (and I had them for decades) when (IMO) something better came along.
The Glock is a fine weapon, but it dated.
They NEED to fix the grip, (I also had Hogue slip on grip on all my Glocks) put on metal sights (I also had to replace the sights since the plastic wears) and make a barrel that allow you to shoot lead (I had different barrel for lead).
(and with the cost of AMMO going up and the upcoming 500% tax on it, reloading and lead will be the only way many of us can shoot. Most agencies are limiting budgets on training ammo these days)
Other manufactures do all of that from the factory.
But I will tell you, the unsupported barrel is a PROBLEM. So much that it was close to the number #1 reason why I don't have my Model 22, 23 and 27 any more. The model 21, 17 and 19 all went because I wanted to get into a American made firearm.
And I feel that when imported parts and weapons are outlawed to the USA that I wanted to be sure that I could get parts.
Take care and be SAFE! Bill
Pearce and Scherer both make replacement baseplates that give you a pinkie rest .
Someone ( A&G ? ) makes a sleeve for both of these that mimics a fullsize G22 grip .
Even without the pinkie involved the recoil is not hard to handle , though with sweaty hands a regrip will be required before you finish the mag .
Brooks "A" grip helps with the sweaty hands thing and is not abrasive like skateboard tape .
Ditch the stock front sight immediately !
As someone who has owned Glocks since they came out and put *many* thousands of rounds down range (and carried one on my hip for *many* years) it is interesting that you have to do so much to make the gun "better".
Originally Posted By: CITYSLICKER
Just as my own personal opinion :
The whole " unsupported chamber " thing is bunk . It's the excess diameter of the chamber that allows the brass to swell near the base .
It can be sized back with an EGW die ( Lee undersized die shortened by EGW ) which sizes further down the case than usual .
Metal fatigue is the problem , blow it out and squeeze it back too many times and the fatigue zone ( just foreward of the case head circling the case )
allows case head separation and KABOOM !
If reloading is your thing get a KKM drop in barrel ( tighter chamber ) for extended practice sessions and your brass will thank you .
Probably still a good idea to not get carried away with seeing just how many times is tooo many ...
And another thing to have to purchase (barrel) to make it "better" and safer.
I've SEEN a few Kabooms PERSONALLY and they were with factory ammo in the .40 S&W.
How come the other manufactures can get buy with a safer FULL supported barrel that works every time but Glock STILL has the unsupported barrel?
I've sold all my Glocks (and I had them for decades) when (IMO) something better came along.
The Glock is a fine weapon, but it dated.
They NEED to fix the grip, (I also had Hogue slip on grip on all my Glocks) put on metal sights (I also had to replace the sights since the plastic wears) and make a barrel that allow you to shoot lead (I had different barrel for lead).
(and with the cost of AMMO going up and the upcoming 500% tax on it, reloading and lead will be the only way many of us can shoot. Most agencies are limiting budgets on training ammo these days)
Other manufactures do all of that from the factory.
But I will tell you, the unsupported barrel is a PROBLEM. So much that it was close to the number #1 reason why I don't have my Model 22, 23 and 27 any more. The model 21, 17 and 19 all went because I wanted to get into a American made firearm.
And I feel that when imported parts and weapons are outlawed to the USA that I wanted to be sure that I could get parts.
Take care and be SAFE! Bill
