sqeeler

thanks for the replies.

Looking for some feedback on any potential issues in the kimber rods either gi or full length. I have a couple of each that could be put to use , but would like to hear of any problems that may have been experienced with either. I do like the fact they are already beveled and havnt had any problems YET! Lokking forward to your responses.

I just recently started shooting ss minor for ammo cost savings.

thats what i tell them. I have told some of our local shooters to practice more with what they have and don't worry about that 5,000 dollar open gun till they get a little better , i immediately get that deer in the headlights look and they tell me a custom HAS TO BE BETTER!! . Oh well to each their own i guess

i compete and carry with my glock 19. I am weird in the fact i shoot USPSA production and only compete with what i carry daily. My set up consists of a kramer iwb #3 or a bladetech depending on time of year, warren or 10-8 performance sights depending on which 19 i grab from the safe, and i have a habit of switching between a 5.5 trigger to a ny-1 to switch things up from time to time . Some guys get aggravated at me because this setup got me a GM card in production and they don't understand how that's possible.

the QWIK sights have a wider rear notch, which i really like over the standard cut rear .

just checked 3 more boxes of my stock and found that ALL my federal 115 9BP loads have GOLD primers , WEIRD

As a side note , unless glock flat out lied to me the gen 4 trigger bars are NOT to be used in gen 3's , so really they are not interchangeable . But ill find some more out about this after Nov 1 when i get my armorers class done, so ill get some more info on the upgrades

like i said , as i can see pretty good with my own eyes, thats the new gen 3 bars. and like i ALSO said these are what will be in all the newer gen 3's

actually thats not a gen 4 trigger bar its a gen3, if you notice the fin that depresses the firing pin safety plunger doesnt have the dimple like a gen4, all my newer gen 3's have this newer trigger bar , i have also bought a couple of them from glockmeister. I was told by glockmeister that all the new trigger bars will be this way.

I just checked a flat of Federal No. 200 Small Pistol Magnum - even though I was already sure, I just wanted to ascertain I wasn't having the memory equivalent of a hallucination - and they are indeed silver just like the No. 100s. I have never even heard of, much less seen, a gold colored primer in Federal ammo, only in Winchester. Not saying you're wrong, I just may be about to learn something. unless i got a really screwed up box of ammo mine are factory federal 115 gr 9bp jhp and i have several boxes of these that are the same

As indeed it does. I have to believe there's some other factor at work here than the primers. Think about it, would Federal be loading their factory ammo with primers that are going to damage a Glock - or anything else, for that matter? The fact that they are - and have been for decades - turning out millions of rounds a year without Federal primers developing a reputation as gun eaters indicates there is not generally a problem there, yes? My first instinct would be to look at the powder as being the culprit. Makes me wonder what are the pressure and burn characteristics of Power Pistol. Just curious, why did you choose this particular powder, anyway? Also, you had only put 300 rounds of Federal primers through your gun when you noticed the damaged firing pin tip. It's highly unlikely - impossible, actually - that those last 300 rounds with Federal primers were what damaged the gun. Rather I'd be looking at the tens of thousands of rounds (I assume) you had fired before with different primers but (again I assume) the same powder and load. Correct me if im wrong here, but doesn't federal use 200 magnum primers in there factory loads????? I actually have some federal 115 9bp jhp loads in my 17 as i type this and the primers are gold not silver like the 100's you buy for reloading.

As indeed it does. I have to believe there's some other factor at work here than the primers. Think about it, would Federal be loading their factory ammo with primers that are going to damage a Glock - or anything else, for that matter? The fact that they are - and have been for decades - turning out millions of rounds a year without Federal primers developing a reputation as gun eaters indicates there is not generally a problem there, yes? My first instinct would be to look at the powder as being the culprit. Makes me wonder what are the pressure and burn characteristics of Power Pistol. Just curious, why did you choose this particular powder, anyway? Also, you had only put 300 rounds of Federal primers through your gun when you noticed the damaged firing pin tip. It's highly unlikely - impossible, actually - that those last 300 rounds with Federal primers were what damaged the gun. Rather I'd be looking at the tens of thousands of rounds (I assume) you had fired before with different primers but (again I assume) the same powder and load So were straight here , nowhere in my post did i mention using powerpistol powder or only haveing fired 300 rounds... Im using a mid range charge of 4.1 grains of titegroup , and fired over 1,400 rds with close to 75- 100 rds having pierced primers. Just to prove it was the primers and nothing else i loaded a 100 rds each with winchester, federal , and cci and went back to the range and sure as $h:+ at least 5 of the federal primers pierced with no problems whatsoever from the others. Like i said earlier YMMV, but i have fired tens of thousands through multiple glocks using primers other than federal and haven't had an issue . Now i have fired a ton of federal large pistol primers with no problems what soever , it seems to be in the higher pressure 9mm where the problems exist. I also have fired my fair share of rounds through my guns as thats what it seems to take to make Grandmaster. L. Buce A-49204

im not arguing about the round count through your guns, thats great, as well as i have run 25,000 through my G-19 in a 4 month period a few years ago getting ready for the Area 2 down at RIO. I was stating that i personally have had an issue with federal primers as well as a trusted friend has had the same fate , but YMMV

i wish i would of found this sooner , i just burnt the tip off 2 of my glock 9mm strikers running fed 100 primers with a mid range load. Talked to a friend of mine about it and he said he had the exact same thing happen in his glock 19 with a totally different load. IM DONE with federal primers in glock 9mm

did a reliability package on mine and thats it , love this gun , shot a match with it today as a matter of fact

i run all my single stacks in the 4.5-5lb range, im probably weird