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I am familiar with the the practice of avoiding cast bullets in Glock pistols (or any polygonal bore), in favor of jacketed bullets. What about plated bullets like Berrys, etc? Have they had any adverse effects in such barrels? sputster | ||
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Have at it: plated bullets are fine to use in Glocks. Rogers Shooting School in Georgia prefers plated bullets due to the decreased risk of jacket fragmentation on their steel targets. During the five days that I was there, I shot a couple thousand rounds of plated 9mm through my factory Glock barrel without cleaning. 90% of the shooters on the line were also using Glocks with plated bullets. Multiply that by the number of classes they've held over the past few decades and I think any issue with plated bullets would have revealed itself by now. | |||
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Yes I use the Heavy Plated bullets from X-treme Bullets. Ran tens of thousands of them down glocks and other guns. Mac | |||
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The fact is many have shot thousands of rounds of cast bullet through their glocks with out trouble. one just has to be careful about keeping the barrel clean | |||
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It is a hyped up myth; use hard cast in them all you want. Like they said not to use cast in Desert Eagles; hell, I shot a thousand of them through it and it didn't plug up the gas port. | |||
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Yes and no. I know plenty of cases of people running good hard lead well lubricated bullets through Glocks in the thousands. I also know two who had blow-ups and the commonality was soft swaged lead 9MM handloads. I also know of a 470 Nitro Merkel blown up the same way. Only my opinion but I believe if you are shooting good quality cast bullets of known composition and diameter, you are probably safe. If you are shooting soft, poorly made, or slightly undersized bullets with a high degree of leading you are running a much higher probability of a kaboom. To directly address your question, I shoot plated Rainier bullets in my 10MM G40 with complete abandon. "Experience" is the only class you take where the exam comes before the lesson. | |||
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hard cast, no issues to date. I used a lot of the Laser-Cast in my Glocks over the last four years. As a rule, the mfgrs hate it when you use reloads. Period. Rich | |||
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I thought that is why they make Berry's bullets?  Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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I know some one will call me names, but why aren't these questions directed to the bullet manufacturer? For example, just a quick check on the Berry's site found this: Question: Can I shoot your plated bullets in my Glock? Yes. We have a large contingent of loyal Glock shooters using our bullets. The plating is thick enough that you will not get lead fouling in your bore, which is the nemesis of polygonal barrels. We are just civilians. We can talk about what we "think" and our experiences, but the manufacturer should be the one who knows. I don't want someone's safety riding on what my experiences are and I am not going to push any one do anything the manufacturer does not recommend. The thing about Glocks is that so many people don't know anything about lead bullets or polygonal barrels (particularly when they first came out), don't know to check the bore frequently as they shoot to verify the bullets are not leading the bore, and don't know that a LOT of very fast shooting heats up the bore and will make any leading progressively much worse at an accelerating rate. Thus, they broke almost every rule and suffered another Glock KB. | |||
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I shoot Ranier 200g bullets out of my 45 GAP with no problems. They can be a little more touchy when seating the bullet compared to jacketed, but after I got the hang of it, they worked out fine. | |||
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That's fine in theory. Until you ask Glock the same question and they say not no but HELL NO. Who do we believe? "Experience" is the only class you take where the exam comes before the lesson. | |||
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Ran about 3k of the Berry's bullets through my G22 and nothing bad happened. Steve....... NRA Patron Life Member GOA Life Member North American Hunting Club Life Member USAF Veteran | |||
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A host of answers. I will give some Berry's bullets a try as they are available nearby. Thanks all, sputster | |||
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Another relative newcomer to the bullet scene is PC bullets. I have shot commercially available poly coated bullets successfully in my polygonal barrel handguns. Some folks, especially those who roll their own, have had mixed results. | |||
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I bought a Storm Lake barrel for mine. I use my own cast bulets. They are not as reliable as factory loads. I see no problem with plated and the factory barrel. If it makes you at all nervious get a replacment barrel. | |||
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