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UltralightBob · January 7, 2019, 11:30 PM

Well, in regards to the slide velocity and whether a glock could take it... Ive shot my GEN4 MOS 19 with my 6 inch lone wolf 960R barrel. The felt recoil between the 960R stuff and buffalo bore 147g hard casts was minuscule at best. If a pistol can take the underwood or BB +p+ stuff, then it aught to be able to handle 960R IMHO which at best is only another 100FPS.

I would also consider that the folks at 460Rowland don't have a problem with reaming out barrels for the G26 to my knowledge, and that is already an ounce or two lighter than the g19. Then consider that the G32 and G33 are pushing a 357SIG bullet at more than 960R velocities, and doing so with the same slide weight as the G19 and G26. So, IMHO, these pistols are way over engineered (since the same slide weight is used for 9mm, 357 Sig, and 40S&W), and I am thinking that Im unlikely to be able to take off enough weight in these more modest calibers, that it could make a catastrophic difference (at least not that couldn't be mitigated by a heavier spring to slow down the slide) Might be a different story with the 10mm though... and I would like to hear any real anecdotal evidence from anyone who has dramatically lightened a G29 slide...

In my conversations with 460R, they seem to care a lot more about the structure of the barrel than the type of frame or slide you use when it comes to the 960R conversions.

Anyone have any experience to the contrary?

January 7, 2019, 11:30 PM	#20
UltralightBob Member Join Date: November 26, 2018 Posts: 18	Well, in regards to the slide velocity and whether a glock could take it... Ive shot my GEN4 MOS 19 with my 6 inch lone wolf 960R barrel. The felt recoil between the 960R stuff and buffalo bore 147g hard casts was minuscule at best. If a pistol can take the underwood or BB +p+ stuff, then it aught to be able to handle 960R IMHO which at best is only another 100FPS. I would also consider that the folks at 460Rowland don't have a problem with reaming out barrels for the G26 to my knowledge, and that is already an ounce or two lighter than the g19. Then consider that the G32 and G33 are pushing a 357SIG bullet at more than 960R velocities, and doing so with the same slide weight as the G19 and G26. So, IMHO, these pistols are way over engineered (since the same slide weight is used for 9mm, 357 Sig, and 40S&W), and I am thinking that Im unlikely to be able to take off enough weight in these more modest calibers, that it could make a catastrophic difference (at least not that couldn't be mitigated by a heavier spring to slow down the slide) Might be a different story with the 10mm though... and I would like to hear any real anecdotal evidence from anyone who has dramatically lightened a G29 slide... In my conversations with 460R, they seem to care a lot more about the structure of the barrel than the type of frame or slide you use when it comes to the 960R conversions. Anyone have any experience to the contrary?