lead through glock barrel?

[mavrck71]

If cleaned after range time will leading acure? After how many shots will it affect accuracy? I am looking at getting a match barrel in the future.

 

[etazelaar]

Are you using led bullets or jacketed? Will it be a Block polygonal or traditional grooves and lands?

 

[BC1]

Don't use lead ammo in a Glock at all. Use jacketed rounds only. Glock uses an octagonal rifling which is prone to the building of lead residue. That lead is very hard to get out. Eventually the buildup can reduce the interior diameter of the barrel enough that the pressures exceed what the manufacturer intended. Could result in a Kaboom.

 

[The_Outlaw]

Don't use lead ammo in a Glock at all. Use jacketed rounds only. Glock uses an octagonal rifling which is prone to the building of lead residue. That lead is very hard to get out. Eventually the buildup can reduce the interior diameter of the barrel enough that the pressures exceed what the manufacturer intended. Could result in a Kaboom.

Exactly right!

If you choose to use lead ammo in your Glock then you need to switch out your Glock barrel with a lead friendly 'Lone Wolf' conversion barrel.

 

[mavrck71]

Thanks for the info! Just moved getting a new barrel up on the priority list.

 

[wizard]

I have fired a lot of lead bullets through my Glock. If cleaned properly you will not have a problem. If you are lazy about cleaning or do a poor job stick with jacketed bullets, but they also foul the bore with copper fouling, and if not cleaned properly can create a loss of accuracy quicker than you may think.