Virginia Gun Owners Forum - VGOF

Hey i am a glock/pistol newcomer, and was reading that i could not use reloads in my glock. I have a Glock 32 and an aftermarket firedragon 40 cal barrel. I was planning on buy some canned heat georgia arms ammo. Can i run reloads in my glock barrel, or should i stick with the aftermarket barrel and buy the .40?

you can run reloads just make sure that you don't use lead only rounds in the stock barrel, not sure about the firedragon. Most Glock's will play nice with almost anything but some have issues. Mostly ejection problems but unless you are running steel casing you shouldn't have an issue.

Yep, you can use reloads.

You can even use lead bullet reloads (lots cheaper) as long as you don't use the original glock barrel and your Firedragon barrel has regular rifling vs. the polygonal glock stuff.

PulsatingBeaver wrote:Hey i am a glock/pistol newcomer, and was reading that i could not use reloads in my glock. I have a Glock 32 and an aftermarket firedragon 40 cal barrel. I was planning on buy some canned heat georgia arms ammo. Can i run reloads in my glock barrel, or should i stick with the aftermarket barrel and buy the .40?

Virtually all owners manuals prohibit the use of reloaded ammo. Or at a minimum say warrantee is void, if a problem occurs when using them.

'factory' reloads, like ga heat, use the term re-manufactured ammo.

jdonovan wrote:

PulsatingBeaver wrote:Hey i am a glock/pistol newcomer, and was reading that i could not use reloads in my glock. I have a Glock 32 and an aftermarket firedragon 40 cal barrel. I was planning on buy some canned heat georgia arms ammo. Can i run reloads in my glock barrel, or should i stick with the aftermarket barrel and buy the .40?

Virtually all owners manuals prohibit the use of reloaded ammo. Or at a minimum say warrantee is void, if a problem occurs when using them.

'factory' reloads, like ga heat, use the term re-manufactured ammo.

Man, but 500rdns of 40 for $135 sounded way too good to be true i knew it

As I recall, the Canned Heat is a bit underpowered. I wouldn't have any problems shooting it in a Glock (I do have GA .40, but no longer have the Glock).

You can shoot lead from an OE Glock barrel, but you need to be good about cleaning it. Most of the problems come from people shooting soft bullets at high velocities, which will cause problems in any barrel.