Glock Guide Rod

[OneSevenDeuce]

Many of you may have seen my post on getting a new Glock 17. But I do have a question. Does anyone recommend swapping the plastic guide rod for a steel one? Does it make a difference? If so, can you recommend a brand?

[Ultimate]

I don't really see a reason to do so. I've only seen the guide rod failure on the youtube video where the guy was doing a high round count torture test doing rapid fire and the gun got too hot and melted the rod but the gun still fired flawlessly.

I've shot plenty of rounds through my glock while hot and never had an issue.

So unless you plan to carry 50+ magazines and perform rapid fire through all of them in one session I don't see a real reliability benefit.

Maybe if you want to replace it with a tungsten one for additional weight to help with recoil but I have no experience with that.

[kozumasbullitt]

I would leave the stock one in there, many companies use poly guide rods.

[nmerced]

Stock plastic guide rod works just fine. No difference in performance.

[Muaythaishooter]

I changed the rod in my G23 and G19 only because it bugged me that it was polymer and it was cheap. I put 3000 rds on my G19 before i changed it and no problems with the polymer rod. I purchased 2 of them to put in both glocks. Since the stainless steel rod was heavier than the OEM rod it reduced my recoil on my G23. Can't really notice on my G19 since it doesn't have much of a recoil. I recommend it. It makes a great glock better. Heres the link if your interested:

http://glockstore.com/pgroup_descrip/7_Parts+%26amp%3B+Accessories/2138_Stainless+Steel+Guide+Rod/?return=%3ftpl%3Dindex%26category_id%3D7%26_Parts%2B%26amp%3B%2BAccessories%2F

[Slammy]

http://guiderod.com/index.html

Steve Bedair makes some of the best rods around. He has some real nice checkered end ones that rock.

[G38xOC]

i heard some cases where stock guide rod will break ( rarely )
i got an extra stocky guide rod assembly just in case .

[GSG222]

I did some research and decided to keep the stock rod in my G26. It's no problem unless you go extreme with stress testing. Of course if the thought of having a plastic rod in the slide bothers you, change it. I replaced the plastic MSH in my Kimber TLE with a stainless one for exactly this reason. And yes the gun looks a lot sexier...

[nn3453]

Leave it be. The gun was designed to function with the plastic rod.

[Black Majik]

Leave it stock.

The only aftermarket I use is a tungsten uncaptured guide rod for my Glock 34. My Glock 17 maintains the plastic factory guide rod since it makes absolutely no difference.

[1911Operator]

well, I for one did have a G26 rod snap on me while I was shooting. I would highly recommend to atleast have an extra one at all time. I wanted to get the steel one for my G26 but, for that price you can get 3 of the factory ones. so its up to you. but they do give out, it takes a while but they are not undestructable like people think they are.

[OneSevenDeuce]

Thanks for the info guys. Definitely good info. I think I will leave the stock guide rod in place for now, and get a steel one when I have some extra cash. Sounds like a minor upgrade, but not a "go out and get it now!" one.

[Sam]

Isn't it silly to think that a Glock rod is crap becase it's made of plastic?

[novabrian]

Isn't it silly to think that a Glock rod is crap becase it's made of plastic?

That why Glock doesn't sell many guns!

[nn3453]

Freaking tupperware! Kabooms when you're not even touching it.