Agent #1911 Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 With the upcoming rule change in production allowing 4 oz weight. People are going to be adding weights to the Glock. I keep hearing about tungsten guide rod breaking but mostly from 1911/2011 platform. I want to hear it from Glock users. Whats has been your experience? Should I get a tungsten or extended SS heavy .270 diameter rod for my G34? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerba Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 (edited) I have been using tungsten rod in my PD gun (Glock 34) for years...the gun comes in just under the 2 oz. requirement...have not broken yet (knock on wood)... Edited April 16, 2018 by racerba added Glock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent #1911 Posted April 16, 2018 Author Share Posted April 16, 2018 1 minute ago, racerba said: I have been using tungsten rod in my PD gun (Glock 34) for years...the gun comes in just under the 2 oz. requirement...have not broken yet (knock on wood)... Good to hear. What brand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul49 Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 I've used the captured tungsten guide rods from Glockstore in both my G22 and G35 for about three years with no problem. More recently bought their non-captured one for my G35, since it is longer and adds a little more muzzle weight. It has about 1500 rounds through it so far with no problems. I have a 9 mm conversion barrel, so this new rod has been in and out about weekly the last 4 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowenbuilt Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 I have been using one from the Glock Store since they were introduced with well over 100K rounds through the gun. No issues at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerba Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 On 4/16/2018 at 11:27 AM, Agent #1911 said: Good to hear. What brand? it's been years...I don't remember... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Descartian Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Tungsten although more brittle than steel it an extremely durable metal. Many quality cutting tools are made from tungsten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent #1911 Posted April 24, 2018 Author Share Posted April 24, 2018 11 hours ago, Descartian said: Tungsten although more brittle than steel it an extremely durable metal. Many quality cutting tools are made from tungsten. I believe you are referring to tungsten carbine which is different from the composition they use on guide rods. I believe the tungsten used in guide rods are alloyed with copper and nickel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Descartian Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 I stand corrected thank you. Good info to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsauerfan Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 i'm using the tungsten GR units in all my limited.on my 35 i use a non captured,on my 17 and 22 i use captured. while the metal is less dense than steel, i see no issue with the ones installed on my guns. my 22 has over 100k with the tungsten unit.still going strong . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent #1911 Posted May 20, 2018 Author Share Posted May 20, 2018 Anyone know how much the tungsten guide rod weigh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul49 Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 6 hours ago, Agent #1911 said: Anyone know how much the tungsten guide rod weigh? The uncaptured, longer tungsten guide rod from Glockstore.com has this statement in its product information: "Total Weight W/O Spring: 46 Grams (1.622 oz.). This race series guide rod adds an additional 12 grams (0.42 oz.) of weight (over the factory length 17/22 tungsten rod) at the end of the muzzle where it is most effective." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent #1911 Posted May 21, 2018 Author Share Posted May 21, 2018 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nalle2491 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 I have one in my glock and it works great@ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9X23Guy Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Just FYI, a Surefire light with batteries is 4 ounces. Understand it wont work for competition but works well for everything else. And it has light..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemphisMechanic Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 (edited) 16 hours ago, 9X23Guy said: Just FYI, a Surefire light with batteries is 4 ounces. Understand it wont work for competition but works well for everything else. And it has light..... It is not unheard of for someone to fill the battery compartment with lead shot and run with it in Limited where that’s legal. This was especially common before the SJC frame weight came out. Edited August 24, 2018 by MemphisMechanic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperchasin Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Do you guys think the tungsten guide rods are worth the cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B_RAD Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 I'm just put one in my G34 gen4. Holding it in my hand, I can feel a difference vs the all steel Jager one I was using. It's about .5 oz heavier than the Jager. It's 2x the $ of the Jager. I shoot it in USPSA so even though it's only half an oz heavier I want it. I have not shot two guns back to back woth and without so I can't say I can actually feel a difference but again, any extra weight out at the front end of the gun is helping. So,... For competition the stock recoil spring assembly needs to be replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 I have a Glock store uncaptured tungsten rod in my 17 and the other day after cleaning I saw that the round end was unscrewing. I thought it was one solid piece. I don’t know why they would do that. You would think that turning threads male and female, and making the button would be more cost than just turning the whole piece. Anyway I put some red locktite on it so it should be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuey Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 I had one in my Glock 34 for over 2 years and shot close to 20k rounds and did not break. Put one in my Glock 19x and love it.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul49 Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 (edited) Had a captured tungsten guide rod for a year or so, replaced it with an uncaptured tungsten rod about nine months then just restored the captured one because the uncaptured one hit my new compensator when cycling. Neither has been a problem while shooting about a thousand rounds a month mostly in competition. Edited August 30, 2018 by Paul49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumberjack149 Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 in my gen 5 34 the factory spring setup weighed 0.7oz, the extended stainless guide rod with wolff spring weighed 1.23oz, and the tungsten extended guide rod with wolff spring weighed 2.6oz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floater Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 1 hour ago, lumberjack149 said: in my gen 5 34 the factory spring setup weighed 0.7oz, the extended stainless guide rod with wolff spring weighed 1.23oz, and the tungsten extended guide rod with wolff spring weighed 2.6oz What brand of rod are you running? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumberjack149 Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 i am using the gen4/gen 5 adaptor and the jentra ultra heavy tungsten guide rod i bought through NDZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArrDave Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 i am using the gen4/gen 5 adaptor and the jentra ultra heavy tungsten guide rod i bought through NDZAnyone know what adapter works with the jentra ultra heavy guide rod? I have to try one of these for my CO gun Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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