reloading for a Glock 22
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Yes, reloading is bad. It costs the ammo dealers millions of dollars each year in lost profits.. dont so it its very very bad.
But seriously,
the only thing to keep in mind is that the chamber is not fully supported and your brass may start to buldge at the head, thus creating a feeding problem.
Go ahead and reload. we all do.
cheers
But seriously,
the only thing to keep in mind is that the chamber is not fully supported and your brass may start to buldge at the head, thus creating a feeding problem.
Go ahead and reload. we all do.
cheers
I'm loading for my Glock 22.
Yes, the brass gets "that bulge", but the Lee FL sizing die removes it.
I keep to fairly light loads, 6 grains of HS-6 pushing a 180 grain plated bullet.
No problems up to now, most of my brass is 3F and looking fine.
Craig
Yes, the brass gets "that bulge", but the Lee FL sizing die removes it.
I keep to fairly light loads, 6 grains of HS-6 pushing a 180 grain plated bullet.
No problems up to now, most of my brass is 3F and looking fine.
Craig
Great advice or a old wives tale... Probably both....
I've loaded really hot ammo and shot it a stock G22 with no issues... So have hundreds of thousands of others.... There have been a few Ka-BOOMs with factory ammo as well.... but it's an issue with weak brass more then anything else..
hatman1793
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Shoot lead in a LWD
Reloading the 40S&W cartridge is easy.
If you wish to shoot mostly lead, buy a Lone Wolf Dist. aftermarket barrel with conventional lands and grooves. Shooting lead in factory Glock barrels is not recommended and voids the warranty.
Reloading the 40S&W cartridge is easy.
If you wish to shoot mostly lead, buy a Lone Wolf Dist. aftermarket barrel with conventional lands and grooves. Shooting lead in factory Glock barrels is not recommended and voids the warranty.
Should be no problem of shooting cast lead bullet tips, if you replace the stock bbl with an aftermarket bbl with proper lands & grooves.
I know of an American chap that goes to a tournament with his Glock 9mm with stock bbl & ammo supplied by the dept, field strips the gun to where he drops in an after market bbl & then has a ball using mainly cast bullet tips.
Before he goes back home that is when he swamps bbls again & back to depts loads for his gun & the mags. He works undercover & is often called any time of the day or night so his Glock has to be to dept specks when he is working under them or with others.
I know of an American chap that goes to a tournament with his Glock 9mm with stock bbl & ammo supplied by the dept, field strips the gun to where he drops in an after market bbl & then has a ball using mainly cast bullet tips.
Before he goes back home that is when he swamps bbls again & back to depts loads for his gun & the mags. He works undercover & is often called any time of the day or night so his Glock has to be to dept specks when he is working under them or with others.
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I bought a Lone Wolf standard barrel for my G22. The chamber is noticeably tighter than the stock G22 barrel. I am using a RCBS carbide sizing die and I'm finding the die does not fully resize the case towards the rim end. It is almost as if the carbide portion has been pushed back up into the die by about 5 thous. I think I should contact RCBS about this. A fix would be to machine off a few thous of the shell holder or even a few thous. off the base of the die. My loaded cases all drop into the stock glock barrel but a few don't quite drop into the LW barrel. I have shot many lead bullets from my G22. As long as you inspect for leading and do not go to max. loads all the time, I didn't have any problems.The LW barrel without question supports the case much better than the factory barrel. I am shooting many 180 grn cast bullets. Most of my brass is police pickups and some of the handguns it has been fired from must of had huge chambers as when measuring the cases in question they can be up to 8 thous. larger than factory dimensions. I do not advocate the use of reloads in a G22 using lead, but obviously it can be done if you are critical about your reloads and use some uncommon sense.It used to be common sense but it appears it is not as common any more.
