Wear and tear on a Glock 22

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Got a glock 22 thing is great... Only down fall is the unsupported barrel so no reloading the brass for me. My question to all you glock gen 3 G22 owners, is it normal wear and tear for the guide rails to wear down and exposed the brass underneath... Does this happen to all glocks and is there a way to prevent it... After ever shoot the gun get a thorough cleaning and oiling. I have noticed this (de laminating) of the surface metal on the bolt of my rem 597 .22lr. where the bolt surface makes contackt with the guide rails.. Is this normal wear and tear??
 
i've fired about 1500 rounds with my glock22, i don't have the problem your talking about, i don't think there is any brass in the guide rails, try taking a brass brush to the rails and clean the brass residue out of them. you can reload with a glock you just can't use lead bullets with the factory barrel.
 
Are you sure the "brass" is not the slide grease they ship with?
I just got one and the rails were "brassy". I was concerned until I realised the stuff comes off.
 
My G22 has only seen reloads, reloads are fine, just don't use lead bullets, use CP or what have you.

The red shiny almost metallic material in and around the slides is the copper grease they use to protect it (that stuff is awesome)
 
jf300422 said:
... is it normal wear and tear for the guide rails to wear down and exposed the brass underneath...
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There is no brass in or underneath the rails.
They are tempered steel made to withstand
thousands of rounds worth of slide battery.
Brass rails would last one, maybe two shots. .

It is most likely the copper anti-sieze others have mentioned,
and/or brass flakes from your casings that have been
inbedded on the rails.
 
This 2nd gen G22 has over 30,000 rounds thru it and has been in and out of a holster thousands of times. As for over all exterior finish it is still in pretty nice shape. Never had one function issue with it. Internals show no appreciable wear....

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The brass colour is the copper lub that come with the gun. Details can check with Glock talk. You can reload as long as use copper plated bullet or jacketed and should be fine. No worry about the chamber things.

Trigun
 
about the non-supported chamber issue, well, it would blow the gun up only if you double charged the reload round...well, which gun wouldn't blow up if you put a double charged round into the gun....?
 
I've got about a 1000 rds through my G37 and I still have some of that factory lube on there! Great stuff! Thousands through my G22, but its all long gone...

Brass slide...haha..you kill me!!! :p
 
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You can shoot all the lead you want through your G22 if you change out the barrel. The nice people at Lone Wolf Dist make a very nice aftermarket G22 barrel. Stainless steel, tighter chamber and more support. Plus conventional lands and grooves.
There are some terrific cast lead 40 caliber bullets out there.
 
I have 10,000 rounds through my G22 not a problem. I used it in a Tactical Response fighting pistol course and did not clean it even threw it on the ground in fine sand and it kept on working.
 
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