Re-barrelling Glock 9mms

[hatman1793]

Have a G17 and it fires very nice, but that polygonal factory barrel just gets smeared by my hard cast lead [DRG] bullets. And it only takes a couple hundred rounds to do it.
Was thinking about dropping a LoneWolf lands&groove barrel in. Decent price and they claim the chamber is fully supported and has a better feed ramp. That's the first choice.
Second, appears that a replacement LW barrel for the G34 would also fit. Just stick out the G17 by about 3/4". Seems to be the best of both worlds without buying the actual G34. G17 with a original length barrel and a target barrel [LW34 replacement].
Am I the first guy to think about this or has someone tried/experienced this?

 

[G26]

I purchased a LoneWolf barrel for my G17 and compared chamber support between the two. I found absolutely no differences (better support/tighter tolerences) over the factory Glock barrel. I sent it back and picked up a KKM match barrel.

 

[daBear]

Lonewolf works just dandy if you wanna shoot lead. I have been using for a couple of years and its just dandy. The chamber support issue made no difference unless you are running high pressure loads. If u are concerned, talk to Lonewolf. Pretty hard to beat their pricing and service.
Cheers
dB

 

[Lazerus2000]

My Stainless OGW Glock 9 MM barrel is labeled MATCH, and it is a bit tighter than the Lone Wolf barrel I also have. The OGW barrel shoots MUCH better groups with 148 gr Rem loads, but different loads will give different results.
as usual with opinions expressed on the internet,
your personal mileage may vary
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