Are the lone wolf g19 barrels match
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The quality of Lone Wolf barrels has improved hugely in the past couple of years. There are no longer reports of the manufacturer trying to dump them on other makers for $35 each.
"Match" however just seems to mean a tighter chamber (more FTF with reloads) and perhaps another few seconds spent cutting the crown. "Match" is a much-abused word in the barrel world.
At 10 meters, offhand, you probably won't notice. At 25 meters from a rest, I found that Storm Lake and Bar-Sto are more accurate, then IGB and Glock factory, and last Lone Wolf -- "Match" or not -- shoots an inch or so bigger group than Storm Lake and Bar-Sto. That's with half a dozen Glock 19 pistols of Generation 1, 2, 3 and 4, and including prohib barrels (factory) of the Gen 1/2 pistols among the statistics.
As many others have said before me, the [Lone Wolf] barrel is probably more accurate than you are. If you aren't shooting from a rest and you stick to your fundamentals at reasonable distances, you won't notice the difference between 2" groups and 3" groups bench rested at 25 meters.
I have not tried Jarvis or KKM Glock 19 barrels. The EFK barrels I've had all needed re-crowning, regardless of which pistol they were for. They did improve dramatically, and to do EFK justice, I have never owned a new EFK barrel. Who knows what previous owners have done to these things, but it is very interesting when 10 minutes' work produces dramatic results.
I have mixed Glock 26 pistols and barrels into this informal testing as well, since Restricted (non-threaded) barrels for that pistol work fine with the Glock 19. I find that the Glock 26 makes me try harder, and so shoots more accurately, than the 19 does for me. I still prefer the 19, and "more accurately" is pretty minor differences, again, at distance.
That's all I know.
"Match" however just seems to mean a tighter chamber (more FTF with reloads) and perhaps another few seconds spent cutting the crown. "Match" is a much-abused word in the barrel world.
At 10 meters, offhand, you probably won't notice. At 25 meters from a rest, I found that Storm Lake and Bar-Sto are more accurate, then IGB and Glock factory, and last Lone Wolf -- "Match" or not -- shoots an inch or so bigger group than Storm Lake and Bar-Sto. That's with half a dozen Glock 19 pistols of Generation 1, 2, 3 and 4, and including prohib barrels (factory) of the Gen 1/2 pistols among the statistics.
As many others have said before me, the [Lone Wolf] barrel is probably more accurate than you are. If you aren't shooting from a rest and you stick to your fundamentals at reasonable distances, you won't notice the difference between 2" groups and 3" groups bench rested at 25 meters.
I have not tried Jarvis or KKM Glock 19 barrels. The EFK barrels I've had all needed re-crowning, regardless of which pistol they were for. They did improve dramatically, and to do EFK justice, I have never owned a new EFK barrel. Who knows what previous owners have done to these things, but it is very interesting when 10 minutes' work produces dramatic results.
I have mixed Glock 26 pistols and barrels into this informal testing as well, since Restricted (non-threaded) barrels for that pistol work fine with the Glock 19. I find that the Glock 26 makes me try harder, and so shoots more accurately, than the 19 does for me. I still prefer the 19, and "more accurately" is pretty minor differences, again, at distance.
That's all I know.
