Range report - my first Glock, w/ caliber conversion

[Paltik]

Yesterday I picked up my first Glock, a nice Gen3 G23 that's pretty much identical to tens of thousands of other G23's. While waiting the requisite 10 days to ensure if I wanted to harm myself or others I'd use my .357 instead, I'd also had MidwayUSA send me a conversion barrel in 9mm and a couple of OEM G19 magazines. Ran out to the local range today to gratify my urge for GSR all over my hands.

I started out shooting 30 rounds in .40 S&W, figuring I'd save the remaining 20 rounds to keep at home, shot 50 rounds in 9mm, then said "What the heck!" and shot the remaining 20 .40 caliber rounds; I'll buy some JHP self-defense rounds for home. So that means I changed calibers twice, once from .40 to 9mm and once from 9mm back to .40. All I did to change calibers was change barrels and magazines; I did not mess with springs, extractors, ejectors, etc.

Well, now I can report that I had 99.5% reliability out of my first Glock in the first 100 rounds. In my last magazine of .40, I experienced one light strike. I could see only a faint mark on the primer of the lightly struck round. I put it back in the magazine and the second try it went boom. I figure with the Glock this new this still falls under the break-in period, though part of me was really hoping I'd have one of those "never experienced any hiccups" relationships with my G23.

I did not find the .40 FMJ to be excessively snappy. I think a lot of the buzz about how snappy .40 is and how long it takes to re-acquire a sight picture after each shot is overstated. But then again I don't have a problem shooting my S&W 340PD in .357 Magnum.

I did all my shooting today from 7 yards. Below are pics of my final and best groups in each caliber.

BTW, I had a real nice experience purchasing from the Glock Store in San Diego. The price was right, $499 plus $25 DROS plus $10 their fee. Far from trying to upsell me and ask if I wanted fries with that, I overheard them several times talk people out of spending their money on "upgrades" (though on second thought they did recommend--and offer for a fee--training). Brady was professional and efficient while at the same time making me feel he was in no rush and happy to address my questions, demonstrate field stripping, etc.

tl;dr - I'm a happy camper!

[E92335i]

Awesome! .40 is not that bad. Had a G27 and was accurate!

[rdfact]

The G23 was new? Your story sounds almost identical to mine. I bought a Gen3 G23 and during the 10 day wait purchased a Lone Wolf 9mm conversion barrel. That first range trip I had one FTE when using 9mm. I attributed that to the G23 being new - only had 50 rounds of .40 fired through it so recoil spring was not broken in yet. Could have also been a slightly underpowered 9mm round - I think it was Wolf steel cased.

Since then I have never had a failure of any kind. I use 9mm mags but nothing else other than the barrel is swapped out. Over 2,000 rounds of .40 and 1,800 rounds of 9mm and no issues.

[Seaweed02]

Nice

Nice to be able to shoot multiple calibers from a single pistol right? I am glad you enjoyed it so much, and look forward to doing the same with my conversion plans. From the look of the targets I would say you're going to have to hold differently for your 9mm as it seems to shoot high and to the left. Not much from 7 yards, but that will open up the farther you go back.

[bsg]

congrats and thanks for the write-up.

[squiddo]

Very nice thanks.

[onelonehorseman]

Good review OP

[kimbrel425@yahoo.com]

Shooting distance?

[Pete1979]

I've had my 23 for over a year now, very easy to shoot and pretty reliable. The only time I've ever gotten light strikes, I found dirt in the chamber. A quick swipe of the brush, no further issues. I liked mine so much that instead of the 9mm conversion barrel, I bought a 19 to go with it. Planning to get a glock 32 barrel one of these days and try 357 sig


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