After ten rounds I would pull the barrel and looked for leading. Not wanting to waste the ones that did not pass the plunk test I fired the remaining rounds from the factory Glock barrel. I took the rounds I had loaded out and the ones that passed the plunk test into the Lonewolf barrel shot great, function was flawless and accuracy was excellent. You can read about the Lyman mold I used here. 400″ sizing die from Lyman to see if that would help. 401″ may of been a bit large for the new chamber. I realize the Lonewolf chamber is tighter than the factory chamber and I had a feeling. After loaded I noticed about 25% of the rounds would not drop freely into the Lonewolf chamber but would drop freely into the Glock barrel. I loaded a couple of hundred rounds in once-fired cases. The bullets were measured to a hardness of 19 on the Brinnell scale. 401″, and loaded with 7.7gr of IMR 800X, I was ready for a test run. With freshly cast 175gr bullets, lubed with Lyman Alox, sized to. ![]() The bottom of the slide, as you can see fit here was also excellent. Informal target shooting showed the Lonewolf barrel at least as accurate as the Glock barrel.įit at the ejection port and lug was excellent. The Lonewolf barrel looked to be of high quality and as speced dropped right in and functioned with factory rounds as well as 200gr reloads with varying powder charges. The mold and barrel came about the same time. Knowing you should not shoot lead bullets in a factory Glock barrel I called the good folks at Lonewolf and ordered one of their barrels for my G20. I placed a call to Lyman and ordered mold number 401638, which is a 175gr truncated cone bullet. ![]() I began casting lead bullets about a decade ago to help cut costs. 10mm Auto is not so bad if you reload but if you run through 200-300 rounds per match or practice session it still can cut into your beer fund. I am a firm believer in practicing with your carry gun often. I'm loading to 1.135.It is no secret I am a huge fan of the 10mm Auto and have carried a Glock 20 in rotation for a few years now. this may be due to teh barrel being reamed to my loads making it be more efficient. After the match I again chrono's the load with both barrels and confirmed that the LWD barrel seems to shoot faster. I had consistently chrono'd the same load at 169-170 for almost a year from the stock barrel. For example, at teh first match I shot with teh LWD barrel, the match chrono registered my loads at a PF of 179. ![]() I know it is contrary to most of what I've read, but my Lone Barrel chrono's consistently faster than my stocl Glock barrel wtih teh same loads. The accuracy was far supperior to the kkm barrel, I killed a fly at 15 yards with my. also the Briley barrel was much faster than the kkm barrels, so I was able to decrease my powder charge. I have very happy with my 2 gunsmith fitted Briley barrels, when I shoot the gun, My brass shows no indication of a bulge, in fact when I run it through my sizer its like I am reloading brass fired from a 2011. When I called kkm and told them that my groups were big, they told me that it was me flinching. I had 2 kkm barrels and one shot good, and the other shot lousy. While that’s a personal preference, it will help myself and others balance the different considerations: chamber support vs feeding vs cost or value vs accuracy. Please feel free to post as to what your favorite barrel is, and why. The first question is what you’ve used, as opinions of folks who’ve tried more than one barrel are particularly helpful. With that in mind, I’ve started this poll, with the hope of collecting and synthesizing the combined decades of shooting expertise of the members on this site.Ĭould you please participate in this poll? The polls are limited to three questions, so I’ve focused on the two questions – chamber support and reliability of feeding – where there isn’t consensus (accuracy seems to be a wash cost is readily available info). People pick an after-market barrel for different, personal reasons (e.g., some folks look for best for chamber support some look for which feeds most reliably etc.).People only have experience with only one type of after-market barrel.40 S&W after reading Brian’s post on how “SAAMI specs indicate that a 40 S&W chamber should have a fully supported chamber (due to the round's high pressure), but Glock chose to ignore that for their 40 caliber barrels, because it makes the gun easier to feed more reliably.”Īfter going blind reading ~every single post on these forums on Glock after-market barrels, I haven’t seen consensus on which is the best one to get, mostly I think due to a couple of reasons: I decided to get an after-market fully-supported barrel for my Glock 35.
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