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Section 8: Handguns Subject: Glock firing pin Msg# 219955
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Glock KaBOOMs were a legitimate concern but a combination of Glock changes and our personal actions can prevent them. One cause was the unsupported, almost loose chambers in early Glocks. Glock tightened these up significantly many years ago. Glocks were originally built as military pistols. Military pistols have different requirements than police or private citizen arms. Glock has adapted. A second cause was shooting lead bullets. Glocks use polygonal rifling and lead bullets tend to shed in this type of rifling more so than in conventional rifling. A build-up of lead in bores can raise pressures. A third cause was poorly assembled reloads. Easily avoidable. A fourth consideration not often mentioned is the use of extra high pressure factory loads. There is no such thing as a +P .40S&W so if you ever run across anything so-marked, it indicates either loads that are not loaded within established pressure levels, ignorance on the part of the loader/manufacturer, or both. To be avoided! With those items all well in mind, I don't think you have any reason to worry about Glock KaBOOMs. Ten years ago they concerned me. FWIW, they no longer do. |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: What are you currently carrying? Mark, Depending on where I'm going and how light I can dress, I usually carry the P95 in the vehicle and only carry the P9 when I need to. I've done a lot of thinking about my risks and where I am exposed to the most likely need to be armed. In my profession, the greatest risk is at the office itself. I have had several irate in-laws and relatives confront me over a contested will or a bequest that they did not like (but can't confront the dead relative, so they go after the lawyer). There are a lot of crazy people in the world and sometimes it just takes a little push to drive them over the edge. Things get dicy also when my secretary takes her ex to court to collect or hike her child-support payments. The ex has come in the front door screaming and threatening once already (and the Tyler shoot-out on the court house steps was the result of a child support case). After the office, my second area of risk is on the road to some of the smaller county seats within 50 to 75 miles of my office. And the third area is going to Houston to visit my in-laws. The area in Southwest Houston that my father & mother in-law live is surrounded by ethnic neighborhoods. My father in-law was confronted by a mugger a while back walking our dog, but he just said "no" and walked away. Luckily the young black who confronted him was unarmed. Based on this assessment, I am inclined to believe that except for walking near my in-laws home in Houston, my primary need to carry is at the office and in the vehicle while on the road from the office, but not out in public locally. This would indicate a close range confrontation at the office and a nighttime confrontation in Houston. I think I can get by with the P95 and the P9 until I have an attack of the "gets" (as Bob calls them). I'm going to keep testing the G23, XD-40 and other pistols of interest until an extra $500+ burns a hole in my pocket. Then I'll make a decision, buy and go to the range. I think a .40 caliber alternative is the next logical addition to my battery. My only real hesitation in regard to the G23 is Dale Mullin's warning about Glock KaBoom. Has this been confined to any particular model or type of ammo, or is it widespread across the whole Glock spectrum of guns? I think I'll go back and read the last discussion we had on that in this forum. -Sam |
