Glocks

[Rifle ronin]

Probably a stock Glock .40 S&W shooting reloads. Stock Glock chambers are unsupported and a Glock will fire if the gun is slightly out of battery. The unsupported case bulges the first time its shot in a Glock chamber. Most reloading dies will not remove the bulge. When the budged case is reloaded, it can prevent the gun from fully going into battery. The result is called a Kaboom. The picture is an example of a Kaboom.

To avoid the problem don't shoot unknown reloads through a Glock.

What else is funny is, that pic is the first one you see when searching for a blown up glock....must have been a 1911 fanboi whom posted it.

[omega]

stock sights work just fine

Is there any reason to keep the stock sights? I hear that's the #1 thing people change on Glocks.

If your planning on using it for a daily carry or duty gun the plastic sights might get worn faster from all the holstering and reholstering, and hard use

but if your a casual shooter that doest use it for carry, the plastic sights should hold up just fine, lots of people still have the original plastic sights on their Glocks for 20 - 30 years with no problem, I would keep it stock for a while

shooters like HICKCOCK45 like the plastic sights and most of his still have the original sights on them.

[trackcage]

I heard they're going to stop selling glocks. You should buy as many as you can find right away.

[mjmagee67]

Probably a stock Glock .40 S&W shooting reloads. Stock Glock chambers are unsupported and a Glock will fire if the gun is slightly out of battery. The unsupported case bulges the first time its shot in a Glock chamber. Most reloading dies will not remove the bulge. When the budged case is reloaded, it can prevent the gun from fully going into battery. The result is called a Kaboom. The picture is an example of a Kaboom.

To avoid the problem don't shoot unknown reloads through a Glock.

This is a myth that has been proven false several times. The first Glock 40 had a pretty deep ramp cut. But Glock redesigned prefection to support the chamber more. There are many many guns with less supported chambers than Glock, that don't blow up. Reloads are safe in Glocks, just ask the few USPSA shooters who still shoot Glocks.

My M&P 40Pro has a deeper ramp cut that a Gen 2 Glock 22.

[AFTII]

This is a myth that has been proven false several times. The first Glock 40 had a pretty deep ramp cut. But Glock redesigned prefection to support the chamber more. There are many many guns with less supported chambers than Glock, that don't blow up. Reloads are safe in Glocks, just ask the few USPSA shooters who still shoot Glocks.

My M&P 40Pro has a deeper ramp cut that a Gen 2 Glock 22.

Your post is a myth. Watch and learn.



FWIW, I have 2 G23s, a G27 and a G35. All the stock barrels leave bulged cases. It's not a myth. Its a verifiable fact.

[mjmagee67]

Your post is a myth. Watch and learn.



FWIW, I have 2 G23s, a G27 and a G35. All the stock barrels leave bulged cases. It's not a myth. Its a verifiable fact.

Ooh it's on the innerweb must be true. Look and you can find many videos saying it's a myth. Bonus fact I have a butt ton of 40 brass from a police range that was shot through Glock 40s and it's not bulged and has been reloaded by me many many times. The newer Glock chambers are well supported..

[AFTII]

Ooh it's on the innerweb must be true. Look and you can find many videos saying it's a myth. Bonus fact I have a butt ton of 40 brass from a police range that was shot through Glock 40s and it's not bulged and has been reloaded by me many many times. The newer Glock chambers are well supported..

We can argue anecdotes all day, but calipers don't lie. So you keep on believing that Glock .40s don't bulge cases, and that Redding and Lee came up with a solution to a problem that doesn't exist. I'll stick with reality. TTFN.

[trackcage]

We can argue anecdotes all day, but calipers don't lie. So you keep on believing that Glock .40s don't bulge cases, and that Redding and Lee came up with a solution to a problem that doesn't exist. I'll stick with reality. TTFN.

I have a very early gen 3 police trade in glock 22. I pulled the barrel first thing to look at chamber support. It's better than a lot of non glocks I own. I reload the brass many times and haven't blown up yet. Guess I must have the only supported chamber glock fotay

[plumbum]

Gaston Glock started with a patent for a polymer, and heard about a potential military contract to replace the P35 (Browning Hi-Power). He had almost ZERO firearms experience, and set out to design a pistol from an almost purely engineering perspective; he studied other designs and set out to meet and exceed expectations set forth by the military.

And then came the marketing...

[rlewpolar]

Glocks

I'm a fanboi and proud of it. Have a bunch of Glocks and a bunch of Sigs.

I love the Sigs but compared to my Glocks, they are chunky, bulky, don't lend themselves as well to the thumbs forward grip I use, don't carry as well, that DA/SA trigger is not ideal for that all important first shot out of the holster, harder to work on, more flippy due to the higher bore axis, etc. They are still superb weapons though and beautifully built. I love them for the range.

The Glock, once modded to my liking (aftermarket flat trigger, Ameriglo sights, extended mag release and some Talon grips) becomes almost the ideal carry pistol for me. I will admit that a stock Glock is not great. Not even good. But it doesn't take much to make it an amazing pistol. It's all I carry. Just one schmo's opinion.


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[Rifle ronin]

OP, that picture is basically bs. If you are not reloading and using factory ammo there are no worries and your Glock will go bang every time. You would be a complete lame ***** if you were not inspecting your reloaded ammo before and after using a press and this could happen to any gun with negligently reloaded ammo.

[23 Blast]

Glock: A Simple Gun, for Simple People.

That should be their corporate motto!

[toonmeister]

A lot of people say they love Glocks because of how simple they are, can someone explain this? How is a Glock more simple than other handguns?

When Glock first came out, they were simpler than most other handguns.

Now that almost every major firearms manufacturer has a Glock clone, they don't seem so unique.

Explained.

[onelonehorseman]

....and all that is negated by the stupid grip angle.

I've never had any issue with the grip angle on a Glock. That said, I've had many thousands of rounds of practice with them.

Practice leads to proficiency with any platform.

I get that some people will pick up a particular gun, and it just doesn't feel right to them. That's fine. . . personal preference.

But I can't imagine that Glock would have become as successful as it has, if the grip angle was really a show stopper for most, or even many, users.

[crufflers]

Glock: A Simple Gun, for Simple People.

That should be their corporate motto!

Reverse engineered, copied, imitated by EVERYONE so you know it was a "game changer"