G48 ammo sensitive

December 24, 2020, 04:57 PM

sns3guppy

I've had one occasion to send a pistol back to Glock; it was a G33, and only went back because of a "recall," that glock didn't call a recall. There had a been a few isolated reports of rail failure on one of the rear sides, on the G33, and as a precaution, Glock was replacing the frame. They quoted six weeks, I think. As I recall, it came back in three. That's with a replacement frame from Europe, with a specific serial number.

December 24, 2020, 11:45 PM

captain127

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Originally posted by hessy2000:
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Also, and I mean no disrespect with the question, but could you be limp writing it? Fairly small gun, fairly fast slide velocity usually needs a pretty strong grip.

No, I am not limpwristing. Been shooting various Glocks since about 1985, both issued and bought, LOL. Qualified as master in PPC many moons ago. My G26 shoots the same ammo fine. I think G48 RSA is a culprit. The spring is designed for the hot ammo. Yes, and for 200 rds of good NATO ammo they're asking $120-130 around here, if you can find it. I have plenty of reloads, but G48 is no good for this stuff.

What is wrong with using reloads?
When my Glock 26 was brand new I found my old standby reload that worked in all my other 9’s including other glocks was too weak to run the 26.( reload was with about a middle of the road powder charge). I loaded up a couple hundred rounds at 2/10ths of a grain below max they ran fine, and after that the gun ran fine with my usual lighter load. And for the record these were reloads in the factory barrel with run of the mill commercial cast lead bullets.
If you own a bore brush and can swab a bore every 200 rounds or so cast lead reloads will be fine.

December 25, 2020, 12:28 AM

sns3guppy

Lead through the Glock barrels is largely a myth. It runs fine. Hard cast is better.

A problem for some may be running too light a load, when bullets don't properly fill the barrel and blowby causes leading.

I use cast coated bullets and can fire thousands without deposits in the barrel. I shoot a lot of blue bullets, no deposit issues at all. I run them .001 oversize, usually reduced loads to 130-135 power factor in 9X19. Never an issue. They'll run through the G48 as easily as any.

December 25, 2020, 12:34 AM

RNshooter

It's a carry gun. If it works with your carry ammo every time, drive on. It does it's job.
Use something else on the range with the crappy ammo.
And yes, I would lock the slide back for a week, lube it up, and run some more ammo through it, too.

Bruce

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