Cast boolits in your Glock?

[Nimaro]

Glock says no lead because of the rifling in their barrels is more prone to getting plugged by lead and causing the possible ka-boom. What say the reloading masters? I just started using lead for my .45 looking to expand to my 9mm but i was curious about said topic before I buy

 

[tyromeo55]

Ive done it a ton with no issue. Just make sure they are not under or over powered and I dont think you will have an issue

 

[Nimaro]

I didn't think there would be an issue but the stories of kabooms abound when the subject of cast lead out of glocks comes up.

 

[aeropb]

I've shot just over 12,000 rounds of cast 9/40 through a brace of Glocks.

 

[Nimaro]

Sounds safe enough : )

 

[mach1soldier]

I was wondering the same thing and it seems the consensus is just clean the barrel really well and more often and you will be fine. I wonder how many incidents were really squib loads still stuck in the barrel and not the lead itself being the problem.

 

[Fyrtwuck]

Glock says in their warranty that shooting reloads voids their warranty. With that said, I've shot thousands through my Glocks and had no kaboom problems. I have one Glock in particular that accuracy is affected with lead bullets and with that gun, I use jacketed bullets only.

Lots of Glock shooter/reloaders buy aftermarket barrels like the ones Lone Wolf sells. However, there is a disclaimer on their website that says shooting reloads through their barrels voids their warranty.

Shoot what you want, just use common sense doing it.

 

[okietom]

I recently bought a glock 20 and I have shot lead bullets in it. I got a storm lake barrel just to shoot lead and I have tried lead in both barrels. There was some leading in both barrels and the storm lake was a little worse. I already had a Lewis Lead Removal tool and got a .40 conversion for it and it cleaned the bore on both barrles nicely. I have read the some type of scouring pad pushed through the barrle would do the same thing. If you are worried about it don't do it