After market glock barrel?

[straightarrow]

Looking for suggestions on an after market barrel for a 40 caliber glock. While researching this question on the internet it sounds like some guys have had good luck while others end up using the new barrel for a paper weight. I would also need suggestions on which bullet mold. I have tried tumble lube SWC through the factory barrel but gave up because of very poor accuracy.

[DDriller]

I use a Storm Lake threaded for a suppressor.

[subsonic]

Storm lake, kkm, bar-sto. I plan to try the lee 175 with regular lube groove in my 10mm g20.

Stay away from federal, who i beleive makes lone wolfs barrels.

[buyobuyo]

I use a Storm Lake barrel in my G17. I'm thinking about getting a barrel for my G19, and it will be from one of the three makers that subsonic listed if I do.

[thehouseproduct]

Anyone have a used factory G17 barrel?

[HammerMTB]

My Storm Lake bbl works great!
I had a Lone Wolf bbl and got rid of it. It was junk.
I use the Lee 175TC with GG. I took the BB off of it. It works for my .40's and 10MM.

[mongo]

I also just got a storm lake for my Glock 23 and tumble lube Lee 175TC with 45/45/10 .I could not be happier. No leading and crazy accurate at 50ft. I also use the lee FCD. It has a tight chamber.

[thegreatdane]

i highly recommend KKM. excellent quality. i bhave two of theirs. one for 45 one for 10mm.

they also do military discount if that helps.

[bobthenailer]

All of the GLOCK shooters i know have the KKM barrel , all are very satisfied .

[Intel6]

I have a:

BarSto in one of my G20's
KKM's for my G22 and my G24
A Storm Lake for my 17L

And they are all great and would not hesitate to buy any of them again.

I had a Lone Wolf 9mm conversion barrel for my G24 (before I got the 17L) and it worked good for me also.

Neal in AZ

[Hardcast416taylor]

Just got my Blue Press mag from Dillion yesterday. Inside was an ad for Lone Wolf "Match Grade" Glock barrels for $99.95. I guess Dillion is more concerned in making money than selling decent quality gun parts? Got a Storm Lake on my G 35 have had no problems.Robert

[subsonic]

Some people like the lone wolf stuff. I would say they are fine for jacketed. Both the federal i had and a lone wolf a friend had (that looked very similar) had exceptionally rough bores. Since a lot of people buy an aftermarket glock barrel specifically to shoot lead...

[9.3X62AL]

VERY PLEASED with my Storm Lake barrel for my Glock 23. It dotes on the Lee 175 TC/conventional lube groove atop 4.2 to 4.8 grains of WW-231. 4.7 grains closely matches my carry load, the W-W SXT 180.

[ColColt]

Are the KKM barrels in .45 a drop in or is other work required? I have a 30SF.

[mongo]

9.3X62AL, I copied your load of WW-231 4.7 grains, worked great, Thanks, Tommy

[Old Caster]

ColColt, Why put a new barrel in a 1911 unless it isn't a drop in. If you have a barrel that is poor in quality and a poor fit, it isn't much different than a quality barrel that is a poor fit. At the very least get one that has the bushing matched to the barrel already.

[HammerMTB]

ColColt, Why put a new barrel in a 1911 unless it isn't a drop in. If you have a barrel that is poor in quality and a poor fit, it isn't much different than a quality barrel that is a poor fit. At the very least get one that has the bushing matched to the barrel already.

I s'pose the question is because it is not a 1911 but a Glock 30SF he is asking about.
Tho I don't own a KKM bbl I can't imagine it not being a drop-in. The Glocks are all built to 21st century standards. you can build a bbl for one and it will fit them all.
1911's, as much as I love them, were built in a different time. Parts were hand-fitted. Because that was the case early on, no matter how tight the tolerances on a new 1911, in order to say it is a drop-in, it would have to fit ANY. In that case, it will be a sloppy fit in at least some. Then the question would become, why bother buying a new bbl at all? You could use a rusty pipe and save some money! :kidding:

[Hammerhead]

If you're going to shoot lead, KKM would be my choice. Both of my KKM barrels are mirror smooth inside and clean up real easy. Both dropped in and fit perfectly. Worth the money.

[Curly James]

I have two Storm Lake barrels for my Glock 17 and Glock 30. They work fantastic, with lead or jacketed bullets. This barrel and the right lead boolit load is very accurate in the G17.

My Glock 27 has a Lone Wolf barrel that works fine but you will need to send it back to Lone Wolf and have the throat extended to use lead boolits. They are very understanding about this and once I explained my needs they handled it quickly and with no charge.

[buyobuyo]

Where are you all ordering your Storm Lake and KKM barrels from? I'm thinking of picking up a new barrel for my G19, so I can start shooting lead out of it. Thanks.

[Sapper771]

I have a question about the aftermarket barrels (other than Lone Wolf) in 9mm. Are the chambers really tight?

The reason I ask is because I have a Lone Wolf barrel for my G17 and the chamber is extremely tight. I had to buy factory new brass just so I could use the LW barrel. I have a whole mess of first fired range brass. Most of this brass cant be used in the LW barrel. Due to the chamber tolerances of different firearms, the case head expands to the point where it cant be used in the LW barrel. The area near the case head cant be sized down.
I have been segregating my LW brass from my other brass and it is getting annoying.

Lone wolf has advised me that they will modify the chamber for a fee, but I would rather buy a barrel that will allow me to use whatever brass I have. I asked the same question on another forum and didnt get info.

[subsonic]

Try the lee case sizer that pushes the whole case through like a boolit sizer. It will size the part of your brass that a normal sizer doesnt touch.

[HammerMTB]

Where are you all ordering your Storm Lake and KKM barrels from? I'm thinking of picking up a new barrel for my G19, so I can start shooting lead out of it. Thanks.

I just searched "Storm Lake barrels for sale" and got more hits than Carter's got little liver pills. Give it a try.

[thegreatdane]

I buy my KKM direct. Just call 'em. And although the breech end is a little tighter, I don't find it to be smaller than it should be. The only thing I've done to increase reliability was lightly polish.

[Sapper771]

Subsonic,

I cant find a "Lee Case Sizer" online, would it be marketed under another name? . I have seen the Redding GRX push through sizers, but you can not use them with 9mm due to its tapered case.

[subsonic]

http://leeprecision.com/xcart/Lee-Bulge-Buster-Kit/

You are right. It can't do 9mm either. Sorry about that!

[9.3X62AL]

One way to "de-Glockify" over-expanded 9mm brass is to use an old-school steel sizer die for resizing. The RCBS steel sizer I have sizes the case significantly longer down its sidewall than does the RCBS tungsten-carbide sizer.

Tooling "poetry" and dimensional "poerty" in the 9mm are its principal bugbears. This shouldn't be the case, what with a 9mm bullet being fed into a 10mm chamber end--but there it is there. Reloading for the 9mm is NOT a beginner's game, at all.

[Hammerhead]

Where are you all ordering your Storm Lake and KKM barrels from? I'm thinking of picking up a new barrel for my G19, so I can start shooting lead out of it. Thanks.
I order direct from KKM. Last time I just mailed them a money order and got my G-29 10mm to .40 conversion (sweet) in about 10 days.

[Sapper771]

I have been doing some reading on the RCBS steel dies and others that are similar to it. What I am reading is that they still do not size down far enough due to the shell holder. Saw where some were trimming the top of the shell holder down to allow the die to size the case head. Also saw a machine that will size the case head down, but I dont have that kind of money.

Two options at this point. I can buy a Storm Lake barrel and hope that its chamber is a little looser or, just shoot my cast boolits in the Glock factory barrel. I think I am going to try option two first.

[mongo]

I use a Lee carbide die on my .40 cal. I use my own brass plus a huge amount of range p/u. On the dillon 550 the brass gets sized down to the web, knocking the bulge out. Havent tried it on a single stage but I beleive the lee size die would work the same.

[buckweet]

i have a lone wolf barrel for my glock17L. works great

[garym1a2]

Where are you all ordering your Storm Lake and KKM barrels from? I'm thinking of picking up a new barrel for my G19, so I can start shooting lead out of it. Thanks.

I got my storm lake from midway. I think it is good. 200-250 rnds a session and leadfree. 9mm

[gishooter]

I've got two KKM barrels for a G21 and a G17. Both are a drop in fit and shoot great. I bought them directly from KKM.

[9.3X62AL]

"Guppied" Glock brass was most noticeable in early-generation Glock barrels, esp. in 40 S&W. My Gen 3 OEM G-23 chamber and the Storm Lake barrel's chamber don't produce that effect in Winchester brass, and the SL chamber is just a hint smaller (as borne out by fired brass expansion from both barrels)--about .0015"-.002" smaller in the SL.

[2wheelDuke]

The Lone Wolf barrels come with an extremely tight chamber. They reamed them out to be close to Glock OE chambers for me at no cost though. I use use it for practice anyway, so I don't need a "match chamber"

[z4lunch]

Steve here... I too have a KKM drop in. It works well and the quality is world class

[Hammerhead]

Don't let the Redding G-Rx or Lee bulge buster give you a false sense of security with .40 brass. Once that brass has been stretched (thinned) pushing it through a die, any die, is not going to re-thicken the brass where the bulge was.
Anyone who had done a lot of work with sheet metal can tell you it's very difficult to get the metal to back to where it was once a dent or bulge had formed.

I reload a lot of .40 range brass and toss out anything that I find with a hint of a bulge and never try for max loads with range brass.

[scattershot]

I have a Lone Wolf barrel for my Glock, and a EFK Firedragon for my Browning HiPower. Both work well for me with no issues.

[L Ross]

Any of you guys seen a supplier of a cast friendly barrel for a Glock Model 36?

Duke

[mtnman31]

Anyone have any experience with Jarvis barrels? I am considering them for a G19 replacement barrel.

[daBear]

I also have LW barrels for the G17 and G22. The chamber had very tight tolerances and wouldnt eat the stuff the OEM barrel would. As mentioned above a simple trip to the 'smith and all is good. Also running a EFK Firedragon in the G22 and no problems at all.
Cheers
dB