![]() I asked one respected local Gunsmith (who will remain unnamed for now) about this service, and his advise was not to do it because the chambers will eventually “widen up” in time, so it would be redundant if you widen the chambers right away. One possible solution I read about in the internet, was to have the chambers reamed, or widened by a Gunsmith. You can do this if you have a spare LWD Barrel, or by removing the barrel from your pistol. Another way is to manually fit each reloaded round into the chamber, and then discard/replace those that don’t fit well. You can, but you need to cherry-pick each reloaded round by physically inspecting each for bulges, and discarding or replacing those that has them. Its not that you can’t shoot reloads on your LWD Barrels. As of this writing, I have shot about 200+ rounds of Prime ammo in both of my LWD Barrels, IN FULL AUTO, and not once had it caused any problems for me. They are ACCURATE, work 100% RELIABLE WITH PRIME OR NEW AMMO. That is part of the Glock’s legendary reliability.Īlso take note that aside from these FTF Problems with reloaded ammo, I do NOT have any other problems with LWD Barrels. Because of this, reloaded ammo with slight bulges on them do not result in interference or fit problems. Take note that I NEVER have any such FTF problems with reloads using the stock Glock barrel, and this is because Glock’s barrels have chamber diameters that are either at optimum diameter, or at the higher end the chamber diameter specifications. These bulges increases the size of the outer diameter of the case, and when these are paired with the smaller chamber diameters of LWD barrels, you will have fit problems, and thus the FTF issue. It doesn’t mean that these rounds are “bad”, its just that sometimes during reloading some portions of the case bulges out a bit when the bullet is inserted into the case. ![]() This is because some reloaded rounds tend to have slight bulges on their cases which occur during the reloading process. 40S&W rounds, and since they have smaller diameters, these will have fit problems with reloaded rounds. The reason for these FTF problems, is that these LWD Barrels have chamber diameters are on the lower end of the dimensional tolerances for. The failure rate is about 10-20%, meaning for every 50 rounds of reloaded rounds I fire on these LWD barrels, around 5-10 end up in FTFs. Most of the time I ask the Range Officer or somebody else to clear the FTF. They do get cleared eventually, but with a lot of effort, and considerable delays in your shooting time. The best way I found was to hold the slide with one hand, and then slap your other hand into the frame. At this point, the slide is LOCKED, it won’t move forward, or backward, and requiring strong manipulation to unlock. What happens is that the slide fails to fall into battery when chambering a round, with the slide being stopped about a quarter an inch from the tip of the barrel. Both have one thing in common, and that is they consistently have Failure To Feed (FTF) problems on both of my Glocks when using reloaded ammo. I bought them not necessarily because I wanted to shoot reloads on them (thankfully), but because they are threaded, and I wanted to use compensators on my guns. I own two Lone Wolf barrels, one for my Glock 23, and another for my Glock 22. ![]() This turns out to be not 100% true, as we shall see later. Since most, if not all reloads use lead bullets, then people assume that you can use Lone Wolf barrels with reloads. Because of this, it is safer to use with lead bullets. The aftermarket Lone Wolf barrels, on the other hand, are made with conventional rifling, and thus will accummulate fouling at a slower rate. This is the reason why Glock in their manual specify that lead bullets NOT be used using the stock or factory barrel. Unfortunately, such rifling tends to build up more deposits in the barrel at a faster rate, which, if the build up is sufficient enough, could cause certain types of catasthropic failures during firing in one form, or the other. Glock pistols come from the factory with its own patented type of “Polygonal Rifling”, which they claim lessen friction between the barrel and the bullet, thus increasing the velocity of the bullet as it leaves the barrel. If you look around the local internet firearms forums or local sales/auction sites, you will notice that most of them recommend the use of these barrels so you can shoot reloads on Glock pistols. I own samples of these barrels, and I want to share what I found about them based on my personal shooting experience with them. I decided to write a long piece about Lone Wolf Distributors’ (LWD) barrels for Glock, when I noticed that wrong information about these barrels are still prevalent. ![]()
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