Posted: 5/18/2008 5:47:22 PM EDT
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Do the after market barrels make a significant difference in GLocks? Enough to justify the cost? For a glock 34. Ron. |
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If better accuracy is your goal it is usually best to have a match barrel fitted to the gun instead of using a drop-in barrel. Never owned a match barreled Glock so I cannot really say how much accuracy improvement you could expect. The main reason lots of guys use aftermarket Glock barrels is to be able to shoot lead bullets and / or for a somewhat more supported chamber, and for those issues the good aftermarket barrels do help. Since I only run factory jacketed ammo in my own Glocks I don't need these capabilities and I am happy with the accuracy from my stock guns. So I guess the answer to your question is 'It depends' 
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not really. Most use them for, as stated in the above post, for shooting cast lead bullets. Polygonal (hexagonal) rifling barrels are some of the best made. Most aftermarket barrels are conventional rifling. Polygonal also allows for less friction, drag, and increases velocities. Some IDPA shooter, can't remember his name right now, has really put some "gotta have every gizmo aftermarket doo-dad on the market on my gun" guys to shame, he has taken many, many wins with a fresh out of the box, no mods Glock. That G34 will outshoot the shooter. If your more interested in casting bullets (which for the prices on lead vs jacketed vs plated, jacketed is usually cheaper... for some reason the lead cast bullet companies seem to try to charge a premium for crap bullets... same for plated... you can get winchester fmj for cheaper than most.) or shooting a lot of lead bullets, the pick up an aftermarket barrel for that purpose... try Lone Wolf Distributors. About 135$ for a threaded and 115-125$ for a non-threaded barrel. They have had many good reports on their barrels on glocktalk.com if you go there at all. Me, I can't justify it right now, lead bullet prices are ridiculous right now, same as plated, and I do not cast my own bullets. The stock barrel works great. The only lead bullets I shoot are for my Kimber Warrior, and the only reason I use 'em is that I got a great deal on a metric ass ton years ago (free from a friend of my 'Pops  who was getting out of loading.)
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It all depends on your needs! Some times benefit from being able to shoot lead bullets without worry in the polygonal rifled glock bbls. I am a firm believer that the nut behind the trigger is the limiting factor, more so then the bbl. Most of the aftermarket bbls are a bit tighter and so improperly sized reload or over sized lead bullets might invite malfunctions.....I have a LWD to shoot lead out of G17. I have Jarvis for my HK USP. |
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I own a G-34 and bought a Lone Wolf barrel. I shot both factory and the S.S. LWD and found the LWD more accurate. So I now use the LWD barrel in USPSA production which is allowed. Also, I have a G-22 and picked up a LWD conversion 9mm barrel, and as a drop-in without any modifications. other than using 9mm mags, it works fine. Finally, I have a KKM 45/10mm conversion barrel in my G-21 and it is sweet also. Bottom line, the chambers are tighter and the shroud and lock-up are slightly larger, I believe, which aids in real accuracy. |