Picking up this old Glock. Questions about casting- loading for it.

CWLONGSHOT

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We had a few 36's that gave problems. Then Smith brought the Shield45. I switched on the spot. Love that Shield!!!
CW
 

david s

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Have one. Weighs 47 lbs and cant hit the side of a barn due to poor barrel regulation. But inside of six feet it is everything it's supposed to be, though a steel 1911 weighs less....loaded.

I don't mind plastic AR variant rifles (I even have an LR-308 with a plastic receiver), but not plastic handguns. I'm weird like that.
I actually had one of these I'm embarrassed to admit. In the early mid 1980's Florida started a back ground check. So to find out what what the background check involved I bought a gun. I bought one of these 4 barreled monstroities. The 47 pound carry weight is there to counter act the trigger pull weight help keep it steady. Never shot 357's only 38 specials but it did actually shoot square patterns. Moved to California later and needed money at one point. It was an easy decision what was going first.
 
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Ian

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We had a few 36's that gave problems. Then Smith brought the Shield45. I switched on the spot. Love that Shield!!!
CW

Did I ever tell of the pretty little nickel-plated Model 36 that shot 9" left at ten yards and how I fixed it with a Wilton bench vise, a cheater pipe, and some small blocks of hardwood? Then I reamed the .353-.355" throats to .3585" so you could still see the lands after one cylinder of target wadcutters. It's still a mid-80s piece of crap but now it's reliable and surprisingly accurate.

Smith made some good revolvers. Some. I think the Model 10, 19, and 25 are okay. The only one I have that I haven't had to fix something or other to make work is the J.P. Saur K-38 Target Masterpiece clone that I put 15 gallons of wheelweights through while in college.
 

Hawk

North Central Texas
You know what was "perfection", an ordinary Smith K frame revolver. The last darned gun I'd part with is a. Model 66.
I agree completely.
I have several Model 66s (4" and 6" barrels) and a few 6" 629s. They are my "go out and play" guns.
I have scopes on a couple and they are very accurate out to 100 yards with tuned handloads.
I've always been a wheelgun guy and like the Smith & Wessons.
 

RicinYakima

High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Have two "combat masterpieces" both made in 1948; one in 38 special and one in 22 LR. They would be last handguns I would ever sell. The 22 is the most accurate LR I have with HS ammo and the 38 is close to the most accurate at 25 yards.
 

Missionary

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So far all two of the Model 57's we have have been well put together. Shoot where they are pointed.
Have other S&Ws that we really do not shoot alot as they get in the way of our other Wessons .... The Dan Wessons.
 

Petrol & Powder

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I am solidly in the wheelgun camp and have more than my share of DA revolvers. However, that doesn’t preclude me from enjoying the engineering that goes into a good pistol.
 

Mowgli Terry

Active Member
I had sent back a G22 Gen2 from the 1980's. Sent the gun back for TLC. Gun came back with the same barrel. No death trap. Also, I'd speak to Glock about that cracked receiver. I water quench bullets for my G22 and G20. Both run very well. I really think most of the lead build up in Glock throats is gas cutting.