using lead bullets in glock - Page 2

CrustyFN · March 23, 2009, 07:14 PM

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Shooting ANY reloaded ammo in a Glock VOIDS the factory warranty...what part of VOIDS do you not understand ?

I take it the Glock warranty is the only one you have read then. Every gun manufacture I have read states a void warranty if shooting reloads, so it looks like you better give up reloading. I have a G17 that I have had for two years. I shoot IDPA, GSSF, practice and fun stuff. It has never seen factory ammo, as well as some of my other guns.
Rusty

snuffy · March 25, 2009, 08:03 PM

Okay, another alloy mix has been created and tested I used 4# of nearly pure lead with 16# of linotype metal. The resulting boolits went up to 14.5,(from the original 12.5.) Not much gain for the amount of harder lino.

I LLA'd them, put them in my oven for a couple hours @ 175 degrees. Dry, well as dry as lee liquid alox ever gets!

I loaded some to try today at the 5.0 ww-231 level, and a few at 5.7. The 5.0 load grouped better than the first bunch. No leading at all! Then I shot the 5.7 loads, this time no keyholes but the group was 3x the 5.0 group. Also the hotter load shows some leading, same as before.

Okay, I have a decent load for plinking. Once the weather turns to spring, the range road opens up, I'll go do a torture test. I'm going to load 2 -3 hundred of these, shoot 50 at a time while checking the barrel for lead build up. Won't be for a couple of weeks, but I'll report back on this thread when it's done.

Alleykat · March 26, 2009, 08:59 AM

I only shoot my reloads through my Glocks, just don't load lead. Recently noticed a hairline crack in my old Gen2 G17's slide, at the front of the ejection port. Called Glock and was immediately told that they'd replace the slide, which they did. There were no questions about whether I was the first or fiftieth owner or whether I'd ever shot reloads.

Glock's manual also states that the warranty is only for one year. Anybody REALLY believe that's the case??

darkgael · March 26, 2009, 12:20 PM

Snuffy: Thanks for all the real world work. It'd be interesting to know whether those loads would lead up other barrels as they do the Glock barrel. I wonder, also, how Linotype would do. That I may take a look at, got some lino by the casting bench. Hmmm.
Pete

March 25, 2009, 08:03 PM	#27
snuffy Senior Member Join Date: May 20, 2001 Location: Oshkosh wi. Posts: 3,055	Okay, another alloy mix has been created and tested I used 4# of nearly pure lead with 16# of linotype metal. The resulting boolits went up to 14.5,(from the original 12.5.) Not much gain for the amount of harder lino. I LLA'd them, put them in my oven for a couple hours @ 175 degrees. Dry, well as dry as lee liquid alox ever gets! I loaded some to try today at the 5.0 ww-231 level, and a few at 5.7. The 5.0 load grouped better than the first bunch. No leading at all! Then I shot the 5.7 loads, this time no keyholes but the group was 3x the 5.0 group. Also the hotter load shows some leading, same as before. Okay, I have a decent load for plinking. Once the weather turns to spring, the range road opens up, I'll go do a torture test. I'm going to load 2 -3 hundred of these, shoot 50 at a time while checking the barrel for lead build up. Won't be for a couple of weeks, but I'll report back on this thread when it's done. __________________ The more people I meet, the more I love my dog They're going to get their butts kicked over there this election. How come people can't spell and use words correctly?

March 26, 2009, 12:20 PM	#29
darkgael Senior Member Join Date: February 9, 2006 Location: Homes in Brooklyn, NY and in Pennsylvania. Posts: 5,473	Thanks Snuffy: Thanks for all the real world work. It'd be interesting to know whether those loads would lead up other barrels as they do the Glock barrel. I wonder, also, how Linotype would do. That I may take a look at, got some lino by the casting bench. Hmmm. Pete __________________ “Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports ... all others are games.” Ernest Hemingway ... NRA Life Member

March 26, 2009, 08:59 AM	#28
Alleykat Junior member Join Date: July 26, 2007 Posts: 3,668	I only shoot my reloads through my Glocks, just don't load lead. Recently noticed a hairline crack in my old Gen2 G17's slide, at the front of the ejection port. Called Glock and was immediately told that they'd replace the slide, which they did. There were no questions about whether I was the first or fiftieth owner or whether I'd ever shot reloads. Glock's manual also states that the warranty is only for one year. Anybody REALLY believe that's the case??