Posted on 10/28/2008 6:05:08 PM PDT by SJackson
The XD45 will fire lead bullets without voiding the warranty. A Glock won't.
Ahhhhhh. Now you've done it.
General sentiment:
A fellow Officer friend has shot close to 250,000 rounds of lead cast bullets through his Glock 9mm in the past 10 years doing competition shooting. The secret...just clean your barrel out after about 100-200 rounds, so the lead doesn't build up.
The warranty bit is largely a CYA. Yes, the nonstandard rifling somewhat precludes using lead ball, but it can still be managed with ease.
Anything else of note? Anyone? Beuller?
Technically yes the mounting system for the barrels is at the base end under and before the chamber they are identical in form, would i recommend doing it no, the action of a recoil operated semiauto pistol is controlled by the mass of the slide and spring tension, but for the first few of mm of travel the slide and barrel recoil locked together then the barrel pivots down to unlock and allow the slide to continue rearward cycling the action, the added mass of the longer barrel will most likely mess up the harmonics of this cycle, changing the recoil spring to a slightly lighter one would probably eliminate this problem though.
I'll echo 'Climbers comment here. When my wife decided she needed a CCW we went with a J-frame .38 due to her experience level and weak grip. I retired my autoloader for a J-frame 357 and carry with magnum Hydroshocks. When traveling together I retain the magnums but we stock our speedloaders with 38+P Hydroshocks since both revolvers can use the common rounds.
The other answers I could think of.
The XD grip fits my hand better than the Glock.
The XD uses steel mags instead of plastic.
The XD take-down is simpler.
XDs are a little more affordable too.
Being a 1911 guy, I like the idea of the grip safety, but think the execution in the XD could've been done better.
“Fits my hand better” is about the only compelling argument I see, and that’s a matter of personal taste over alleged obselesence.
Don’t get me wrong, I think the XD is a fine tool if you prefer it. I just get antsy when someone bashes the Glock as “obsolete” when it is only marginally different from the latest-and-greatest. (And yes, if someone CAN show me a downright superior tool, I certainly want to know about it.)
I asked my hubby how much ammo we had...don’t really feel at risk where I live, but still, better to be ready first....
“A fellow Officer friend has shot close to 250,000 rounds of lead cast bullets through his Glock 9mm in the past 10 years doing competition shooting. The secret...just clean your barrel out after about 100-200 rounds, so the lead doesn’t build up.”
I shoot lead no problems with my Glocks too, the polygonal rifling does lead up some but a couple of passes of a bruch and some breakfree does the trick every 50-100 rounds, i have never had a case experence pressure signs using cast lead at SAMII or lower pressures. I would never use cast lead in a gun battle so the 50 round limit is a none issue. I also shoot steel jacketed FMJ rounds down the same barrels being polygonal rifling there is not lands to wear off using hard jacketed rounds and steal jacketed rounds will make a soft armor jackboot think twice about coming over to play. If you can still find them steel cored brass jacketed rounds with black tips work just as well but they are getting hare to find as they were imported and Krinton stoped the imports of those kinds of ammo. In short polygonal rifling will give tens of thousands of rounds of service some thing like 5 times the number of rounds a traditional land and grove barrel will, higher velocities at equal pressures too as the bullet is not swagered in to the lands only pressure formed to the outside shaple of a hexagon.
A more emphatic way of making my point. Ping the initial poster.
I agree that point is subjective. I don’t consider Glocks obsolete. Their just not for everybody. Neither are 1911s, to each their own. Carry and shoot what works best for you, but there is no point in carrying something you hate, unless it is, of course, department policy. Then you had better get used to it, or lobby the department to allow other options.
Oops! Their = They’re
Informative, thanks.
My wife can’t rack the slide on any of my semi-autos. I got her a 357 magnum and keep it loaded with 38+P. She isn’t interested in concealed carry, she just relies on me for that. She doesn’t stop to think that I am not always there.
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