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g.willikers · May 27, 2013, 09:48 AM

Lead can be ok in Glock barrels.
It does take a slightly different approach, though.
If someone absolutely wants to use lead, it can be done for the stock barrel.
Just do a web search on the subject to find the info.
I ran many, many thousands of lead bullets through a model 17 without issue.
So have lots of others.
But this was before plated bullets were readily available, and the cost of jacketed was out of the question.

May 27, 2013, 09:48 AM	#5
g.willikers Senior Member Join Date: September 28, 2008 Posts: 10,442	Lead can be ok in Glock barrels. It does take a slightly different approach, though. If someone absolutely wants to use lead, it can be done for the stock barrel. Just do a web search on the subject to find the info. I ran many, many thousands of lead bullets through a model 17 without issue. So have lots of others. But this was before plated bullets were readily available, and the cost of jacketed was out of the question. __________________ Walt Kelly, alias Pogo, sez: “Don't take life so serious, son, it ain't nohow permanent.”