New Glock 20 = Autoloader Heaven...

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Glock 20 is great indeed.

If I ever had to fight aliens, zombies, monsters, werewolfs, mummies, terrorists, or any supernatural threat, I'm sure it could handle them.
 
KBinSLC:

Look closer. All 10mm rounds fired from a glock will have a small bulge at the base of the brass. I've been told you can get an aftermarket barrel that will solve this problem. But you sacrifice feed reliability.

Take your barrel out of your gun. Then hold it vertical with the muzzle down. Drop a live round into the chamber and look at how much of the cartridge is unsupported at the top of the feed ramp. YOu might need a flashlight to see it. This is where the case will bulge and sometimes even rupture.

Glocks are notorious for having such a deep ramp carved into the chamber. This is what makes them feed so reliably. also, they seem to have a very loose chamber. Wiggle the cartridge around in the chamber and see how loose it fits. This also is done on purpose to enhance feeding reliability.

Glocks are not a good choice if you are a handloader. Well, at least a glock with a factory barrel isn't. If you plan on saving your brass and reloading it, you should get a different gun, or else get a different barrel for your glock.
 
WOW that 10mm is a WAY bigger cartridge. I pulled one out of the box at my gun store the other day and thought "What's the big deal with this being a "magnum" cartridge? It doesn't look/feel much bigger than the 9mm." The side by side comparison really shows how much more go-to that baby has... interesting. Now I'll have to get my hands on one to give it a try... hope it doesn't turn into another caliber I want to keep 1000 rounds on hand for, that would be pricy.

What's the steel guide rod for?
 
What's the steel guide rod for?
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I always swap out the plastic rods on all of my Glocks... the steel ones are stronger, and seem to smooth the action out. Plus they add a tiny bit of weight to the front end which reduces muzzle rise.

hope it doesn't turn into another caliber I want to keep 1000 rounds on hand for
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Be careful... this thing is addictive.
 
Look closer. All 10mm rounds fired from a glock will have a small bulge at the base of the brass. I've been told you can get an aftermarket barrel that will solve this problem. But you sacrifice feed reliability.

Take your barrel out of your gun. Then hold it vertical with the muzzle down. Drop a live round into the chamber and look at how much of the cartridge is unsupported at the top of the feed ramp. YOu might need a flashlight to see it. This is where the case will bulge and sometimes even rupture.

Glocks are notorious for having such a deep ramp carved into the chamber. This is what makes them feed so reliably. also, they seem to have a very loose chamber. Wiggle the cartridge around in the chamber and see how loose it fits. This also is done on purpose to enhance feeding reliability.

Glocks are not a good choice if you are a handloader. Well, at least a glock with a factory barrel isn't. If you plan on saving your brass and reloading it, you should get a different gun, or else get a different barrel for your glock.
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Loomis,

I see what you are saying. Since I am not currently reloading for this gun, I'm not sure that I would want to compromise feed reliability for the sake of saving my brass. This is good to know for the future though. I may just get an after market barrel later on if I start reloading... and just use that for range plinking. I think I will stick with the factory barrel for "duty" use though. It works great so far... so if it ain't broke...
 
Do you mind me asking why? I have heard folks say how bad they hate Glocks, but I have never had a problem with any of mine... seems like LEO's around the world seem to like 'em too. Please share.
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A long time ago when they were just getting big on the shooting scene I tried one out in 9mm. It never felt right in my hand. I just wasn't comfortable with it. I also didn't shoot it well. Over the years I've tried a few more times, different calibers, sizes ect. It just never took.

At that point I just wasn't a fan. What turned my lack of interest into dislike was "some" of the Glock owners themselves.

Much like some folks feel about 1911 owners, I just got sick of hearing/reading how Glock was the last word in combat firearms and would do everything but your laundry.

Slowly I'm moving past that, but I still don't shoot them that well.

To be fair, I've seen many a person do some great shooting with them.
 
Much like some folks feel about 1911 owners, I just got sick of hearing/reading how Glock was the last word in combat firearms and would do everything but your laundry.
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I whole-heartedly understand that... and I apologize on behalf of all Glock owners. Occasionally, the random, rampant mall ninja ruins reputations for us all.

I understand the whole grip issue too. I think a lot of folks don't like the grip angle, and the fat circumference. Glock's are definitely not for every shooter.
 
I picked up a Glock once..
I don't like the squareness... I'm not sure if I could ever get past it.. It really bothers me.
I'd like to try shooting one sometime though and see what all the fuss is about though :p
 
Glock does make a 10mm compact. It's called a model 29. I own one.

My first impression of glocks were pretty bad. I hated the shape of the grip. Then I rented a model 17, the older one with no finger grooves, at a range. I had very low expectations.

Surprise!

I was really impressed by how easy it was to put the bullets where I wanted them. The gun felt like a piece of junk in my hand yet my eyes were telling me it was shooting in-freaking-credible. I wasn't even trying that hard.

I was sold on them at that point as a low maintenance self defense weapon. Any bonehead can shoot a glock and do it fairly well. As a firearms enthusiast and collector, I still don't like them that much.

But you just can't argue with the way they perform in life or death situations. It's like the professional boxers say...all that training and skill and intelligence dissapears the first time you get hit, then what you are left with is instinct and animal aggression.

Well, when you are in a life or death situation, you lose fine motor control and your ability to think. You need the dumbest weapon you can get. That's a glock in the world of pistols.

That's how I see it anyway.
 
While not a Glock fan by any means, I do have three and the 20 is my favorite. It's been the most accurate and the reliability equals my 30 which is to say 100%. (We won't talk about the 21) :banghead:

And yes it is my most carried trail gun also, too much potential to leave at home. Right now it has a handful of grouse, two coyote's and a mule deer to it's credit.

As a rule, if you get a 20 or 29, get a steel front sight as a required minimum
modification. The factory front WILL disappear with full power loads fairly rapidly.
 
BarSto has been quietly making 10mm 1911's with standard frames that are California compliant.

They are not inexpensive, but they are nice guns. They have Government and Commander styles available. Wish I had known that a year ago.

I've shot my Glock 29 and a 1911 in 10mm and both were quite manageable with Double Tap 180 gr XTP and Gold Dot ammo.
 
The 10mm is a Great cartridge, I have used it many times hunting, and have taking many Hogs with my 10mm.

While it is not a Glock (Colt Delta Elite), it is still a Fine weapon.
 
Love 10mm, don't like Glocks. Had a couple of 21s, a 23 and a 30 never liked any of them particularly. Have three Tanfoglio 10mms from EAA, a match, a full size Witness and a compact Witness, all three are all steel fifteen rounds in the full size and twelve in the compact. Never had a need for "factory service" as all I do is shoot them and occasionally clean them. I must have a dozen magazines for them and all feed and function perfectly with any and all ammo. I've even got a 40S&W barrel for the match and it works just as well even though the cartridges don't fill the magazines properly. My extra barrel was ordered from EAA and cost less than a hundred bucks shipped and came in three days. A bit of filing on the barrel shroud until it locked up was all the fitting it took.
 
Tanfoglio's are some of the best pistols at their price point. The 20C is next on my list, I hope to buy it within the next month or so, have already gotten approval from the bank, just need to contact my dealer.
 
I'm not a Glock fan in general, but I like the Glock 20. It's pretty tough to beat 15+1 rounds of 10 mm. I find it more fun to shoot and more accurate than the other Glocks, and I'm somehow able to get over the weird Glock grip angle more with the 10 mm models. Good purchase.

If only there would be a 10 mm XD, now THAT would be perfect! I would even sell a gun to buy one of those, and I'm not big on thinning the herd! :D
 
and I'm somehow able to get over the weird Glock grip angle more with the 10 mm models.
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Juna,

I know Glocks are pretty strange for some shooters due to this factor... I actually feel that this steep grip angle and the low slide axis helps a lot on this particular model... seems to help control the recoil.
 
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