Even regular readers of K-Var‘s The Muzzle Flash can’t read or respond to all of the reader comments, so we have started a new weekly feature recapping a sampling of the most active, interesting, or on occasion, randomly selected comments from the previous weeks. This will allow you to stay up to date on all of the latest action in the outdoor community. Feel free to respectfully respond to fellow readers comments to continue the debate and reinforce similar beliefs.
Reader Comments From Previous Weeks
The Three-Caliber Glock Conversion
Some after market barrels are picky about ammo. Glock factory barrels have a larger chamber than a match barrel. This is so it will feed all ammo reliably. You need a 9mm magazine and extractor, if you want proper function with a 9mm barrel. .357 Sig uses a .40 magazine with a proprietary follower. The extractor is the same.
~Tom C.
Dick’s Investor Pushback Too Little Too Late
I do not, and will not ,support Dicks Sporting Foods for anything! If they can’t support the Second Amendment, then I will not support them in anyway shape or form. Chief Keith
~Keith Alldredge
Dick’s Investor Pushback Too Little Too Late
Hell No !!! Anybody , stores , agencies , politicians, so called governing bodies , countries, etc. Who do not respect God, Family, Guns & the 2nd Amendment are no fiends to me or mine. Those people would be considered traitors!
~Nunyabusiness
Dick’s Investor Pushback Too Little Too Late
We don’t shop at Dicks anymore..
We will never buy ANYTHING from Dick’s again. Any business that that threatens the second amendment or the NRA is boycotted by my family and friends.
~Paul Rodriguez
The Three-Caliber Glock Conversion
The same calibers can be used in the Beretta 96 and Taurus 100 weapons. I converted my Taurus 101 in .40 S&W to fire 9MM with a military Beretta 92 9MM barrel. These use the same mags, no matter which way you go, .40 or 9. I also got a ,357 Sig barrel for the Taurus, and had a three caliber gun pretty cheaply. When I got my first Glock, I got a G23, in .40 S&W. Wasn’t too hard to find a Wolf barrel in 9MM to fit, and a Glock 19 magazine. I never tried the G19 mags with .40 S&W ammo, and shall have to check on that. I also got a Glock 33 barrel in .357 Sig, and matching magazine, although .40 mags work just fine with .357 Sig ammo, and vice versa. I became intrigued with the multi caliber/ one gun idea back in the ’70s, and even acquired a .22 conversion kit from Colt, at one time, for my GI 1911. I’ll have to think about a .22 kit for my Glock…
~Jesse Tiede
Dick’s Investor Pushback Too Little Too Late
I stopped going to Dick’s, ( because they ARE )! Ounce they jumped on the Anti Gun Ban Wagon, My cash stopped. How stupid is it to not defend a nation against tyranny! Please don`t shoot me I am unarmed.
~Eric
Review: IWI Tavor X95 Bullpup
The Tavor X-95 is on my list for this year. I fired an early model belonging to a friend and decided I could live with the trigger issue as the rifle was a great choice for close quarter battle and recoil sensitive shoulders. Now that IWI has improved the trigger, I’m ready to make one mine.
~Plumbob
Kahr: Innovative CCW Handguns
This is an interesting pistol. I wonder if it can handle P+ rounds, and how well it holds up to grime and debris.
~Cole
The Three-Caliber Glock Conversion
Good article.
Here some extra info that some may find useful unless you are an self taught ego driven gun guy mad man that just loves to show off how smart you are. Trolls, you know who you are.
The .22 Tactical solutions should be used with CCI mini mag ammo as recommend by MFG. I have one and is super fun to train/plink around with and they have a model that comes with a threaded barrel for a silencer or compensator if you find one. The correct ammo should ease up on any failures you may have but it also needs to be broken in. Other than that I have not used any conversion barrels but if I find the 357 SIG conversion for a G22 I’m in. Lone Wolf makes some interesting barrels for Glock’s, picked up M22 .40 barrel, boy the chamber is tight and rough to boot. Had to polish the feed ramp, inside chamber and edges of chamber to get ammo to cycle. It had severe sharp edges catching and cutting into the brass. When it would chamber a round prior to polishing the shells looked like they were ran across sand paper after firing so buyer beware of the extra work to get those to function within an tolerable measure. I have never really been into the 9mm basically due to stopping power but if you are a bulk shooter who puts 1000’s of rounds down range a year I can see why you would use it. I’m an old timer and loved the .45 so when the .40 was introduced I was hooked, the recoil reduction alone was worth it with added velocity for accuracy and kept the stopping power somewhat (it’s still not a .45). The cost is acceptable to me when compared to the 9mm cost, the accuracy is also excellent with the stock Glock barrels. The Lone Wolf M22 barrel does show improved accuracy as well if you can do the work to break it in. If you do go with a 9mm conversion barrel the newer products depending on mfg say you only need the barrel but just in case I would get the 9mm extractor and a few 9mm mags just to make sure your not disappointed.
The Trigger is an issue with stock Glock’s unless you like a brick pull weight. The 5.5 lb pull is ok but my three Glock’s all had 6 plus on each, not the best for accuracy. I recommend the Ghost 3.5lb disconnector and defensive spring set up. NDZ has them at an affordable price and really does an overall improvement on the trigger and keeps it at a safe user level with reliability taken into account. I don’t really competitively shoot pistols so the high speed low drag set up’s some have on their Glocks is not something I can comment on.
Safe shooting.
~Topher
Dick’s Investor Pushback Too Little Too Late
ARs & AKs are exactly the sort of “Arms” the 2nd Amendment protects! It’s not “the right to keep and bear sporting equipment”!
~R L Diehl
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