Normal wear for a glock?

[1MAG1KiLL]

Fired 500 rounds of Winchester white box plus 50 Underwood 9mm GD JHP 115 gr +P+ in this new g17, i noticed plastic shavings sticking to the bottom of my barrel and the wear on the guide rod. check out the picture below. Is this normal??

[211275]

500 rounds of +P+ is a great way to kill your Glock. Stop using it. They suck anyways. Get some 124 or 147 grain JHP no +'s at all. Also, stop using Winchester. Get Federal or Speer ammo. From another forum.

I talked to Darrell(Darryl) who was in tech support and asked specifically if there was a problem removing ANY Glock pistol from the shipping box and feeding it either +P or +P+ ammo.

His response:

"There is not a problem with firing +P or +P+ FACTORY ammo out of a Glock weapon. We DO NOT recommend feeding any of our pistols a steady diet of this type of ammo due to the excessive pressures that CAN cause excessive wear on the weapon."

[1MAG1KiLL]

^^genius

[1MAG1KiLL]

^^genius

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9mm < 9mm+P<9mm+P+

Too hot. Use it in a carbine

[211275]

^^genius

You don't even know what ammo to use in your gun....

[scglock]

not normal. better pics would help

[scglock]

You don't even know what ammo to use in your gun genius. Ruined it now, get a clue.

Reread original post. He shot 50 rounds of +P+, 500 rounds of wwb.

[211275]

Reread original post. He shot 50 rounds of +P+, 500 rounds of wwb.

Missed that. He still ruined it with crap ammo.

[1MAG1KiLL]

Missed that. He still ruined it with crap ammo.

no, my glocks fine. ss guide will fix it! g17's barrels can handle 43000 psi loads. it can fire nato rounds, +p, +P+. WWB is also great, dont think there is much of a deference between wwb, feds, or speer for a glock. just the price. a happy glock is a glock with +P+. also, +P+ underwood with a gold dot slug is one of the most bad*** rounds out there for a 9mm. 1450 fps average for a g17 with an average expansion of 7/8". i got ballistics of a .357 mag / 357 sig if not better.

[LeadSlinger585]

Check the recoil spring for burrs.

[Whatisthis?]

Missed that. He still ruined it with crap ammo.

Apparently we shouldn't be firing any +P or +P+ ammo OR Winchester ammo through our Glock... because Glocks were obviously made to be babied

To OP: do not know what to check for, so can't really help you. I've shot quite a few +P and +P+ rounds through my glock with no issues... Also, you got to the Underwood Ammo before me. I really wanted some of that 115gr +P+, but I had to settle for some badass .40 cal rounds (which I also suppose we should not feed our glock either. F*** it, let's just not fire our Glocks... it's not meant to be fired anyways. )

[Oceanbob]

It looks fine. A the recoil spring assembly will have some wear on a new glock. This is an $8 dollar part. No need for a stainless rod model. I know people that run these stock assemblys 15,000 rounds without issues. I've seen some that have the mushroom plastic crown chipped away around the perimeter and it still runs fine in the weapon. Just spend the eight bucks and get a spare. Even if was a gen4 the cost is only 15 bucks.

I run hot 9 thru my 17s, 19s and even my 26. Just ran some Underwood thru my G19.....wow. Fun to shoot. Heavy bullet at 147 Grains plus P but runs 100% and that is the name of the game.

Glocks are built for war. They can take P plus P ammo without issues. The chambers are about .008 thousanths wider than other brand x barrels so any dirty, grungy, 9MM ammo picked up off the ground in any part of the world will run without problems. This is good to know if you run hot ammo thru a Glock and plan to reload it. (full length resizing die kids...)

Change that plastic recoil spring assembly ($8) every 5,000 rounds just for general purposes.

Underwood ammo is fantastic by the way. A good value for the money and in tests thru a Chrono, they meet or exceed their published speeds.

Some of my last order (before the frenzy). ALL shot thru GLOCK handguns.

[HighLander51]

a 9mm. 1450 fps average for a g17 with an average expansion of 7/8". i got ballistics of a .357 mag / 357 sig if not better.

You better chrono that because that's just advertising. I have a chrono and no 9mm comes close to a .357 SIG (having run the numbers thru my 3 G17's, G34, G17L and my G31).

This is your first Glock, right?

211275, what Glock told you is correct. A steady diet of high pressure rounds can cause problems. I had cracked G17 slides at the ejection port radius all due to hot reloads, 125's going a little over 1,300 fps after about 15-20 thousand rounds. My standard load is now about 1,180 fps out of the G34.

[DRAB_81]

You better chrono that because that's just advertising. I have a chrono and no 9mm comes close to a .357 SIG (having run the numbers thru my 3 G17's, G34, G17L and my G31).

This is your first Glock, right?

211275, what Glock told you is correct. A steady diet of high pressure rounds can cause problems. I had cracked G17 slides at the ejection port radius all due to hot reloads, 125's going a little over 1,300 fps after about 15-20 thousand rounds. My standard load is now about 1,180 fps out of the G34.

Underwood's velocity claims are on point in 10mm, so I'd bet their 9mm is too.
They're not like Double Tap.


OP: you may have the "ballistics of a 357mag", but can you run that gun, with that ammo, as good as you should be able to? You might as well forget about the term "one shot stop" for any handgun caliber & you need to be prepared for FAST/ACCURATE follow up shots & multiple threats. Too many people get wrapped up in the raw power of a single round, and forget about the other more important factors...