Gary Reeder
Very good Jim. The only thing I have questioned
Wednesday, October 25, 2023, 10:56

is the Glock comment that it will only function with factory made virgin brass. And those that use reloads, remanufactured ammo or lead bullets would learn to regret it. These may be true but how many folks reload their own 9mm and 45 and have yet to regret it? The lead bullet comment I have heard was due to the rifling or lack thereof that caused it to be dangerous. When we do action jobs or any other work on Glocks we almost always test fire with hard cast lead ball ammo and I have yet to see the problem.
I am sure Doc knew way more about these handguns than I ever will but these questions have come to mind long before I read this article and no one has yet to fully explain the reasoning behind it.
When the Glock first came about the Glock folks offered any gun shop owner a free Glock armorers course in Atlanta. Owning a gun shop in Sarasota Florida, I took the course which was a 2 day course and we were allowed to handle the Glock 17 and 19, take them apart, put them back together and test fire them. They even showed us a model that was said to never be offered in the U.S., that being the Glock model 18 in full auto 380.
Anyway the person giving the course never mentioned the virgin brass, reloads, or lead bullet problem or lack of a problem with the Glock. So, not disagreeing with Doc but that is something I have wondered about for years.