[fatbastard]

What do you think about Georgia Arms reloads? I picked 500 rounds of 40 s&w at the tampa gun show. When in tried them in my brand new Glock 23 I had three rounds that failed to fully go in to the chamber. Do you think it might be the rounds or does my Glock just need to be broke in some more. Thanks FB

 

[Speve]

ive heard from multiple reliable people i trust when it comes to all things firearms, that Georgia Arms is one of the best places to get commercial reloads

 

[Mac45]

If you were shooting reloads, it is probable the ammo. Reloads are, after all, used cartridge cases. That is why we don't use them for self defense.

 

[greatdanes]

What do you think about Georgia Arms reloads? I picked 500 rounds of 40 s&w at the tampa gun show. When in tried them in my brand new Glock 23 I had three rounds that failed to fully go in to the chamber. Do you think it might be the rounds or does my Glock just need to be broke in some more. Thanks FB

Fatbastard:

See item #5 in Glockworld -

http://www.glockworld.com/content.aspx?Ckey=gw_gfaq

basically be aware (if you don't have time to research this yourself) that using lead bullets or reloads/reloaded ammo of any kind will void the warranty on your Glock.

 

[T.S.]

I use Georgia Arms .45acp and 5.56mm reloads all the time for practice, and I have never had a problem with any of it.

 

[trulies]

OUT

I don't trust them.

Buy new. Buy often.

 

[fatbastard]

Quote from greatdanes

"basically be aware that using lead bullets or reloads/reloaded ammo of any kind will void the warranty on your Glock."

Question aren't all bullets lead? I thought that a full metal jacket bullet was a metal jacket covering a lead bullet? Thanks For the info I really don't know much about ammo.

 

[brownie]

They mean don't use full lead bullets as some do when reloading as they are cheaper to buy. Anything copper jacketed is fine in a glock. The jacket covers the lead core and so doesn't touch the polygonal rifling of the bores on glocks.

Brownie

 

[deadeyedick]

using lead bullets or reloads/reloaded ammo of any kind will void the warranty on your Glock.

Georgia Arms is a commercial ammunition manufacturer and shooting their cartridges through your Glock will not void the warranty.

 

[fatbastard]

Thanks Guys I was very confused.

 

[greatdanes]

fatbastard
The important point on lead bullets and Glocks is what touches the grooves. If you take a flashlight and look down the barrel of your UNLOADED gun you will see grooves. These are twisted and impart a spin to your bullet that help stablize it in flight.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifling

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Polygonal_vs_normal_rifling.svg

In a Glock only a jacketed part of the bullet, usually a brass colored metal, not the lead part should ever touch those grooves. if you look head on at a hollow point you can usually see the dull gray lead and that is OK for your Glock as the jacket "rides" the rifling and the lead never touches the inside of the barrel of the gun.
Pure lead is relatively soft and can apparently build up a coating in a Glock barrel that may eventually result in greatly reduced frictional coefficient and that causes pressures to increase, sometime to an unsafe level where the gun (and shooter) can be damaged.

 

[fatbastard]

Thanks Greatdanes I alway thought that the core was lead and the jacket was some type of metal but i wanted to be sure. FB

 

[chevthunder454]

just ordered 1000 rds from georgia arms last week. getting hard to find fresh factory ammo so I am going to try theirs in my XD9 service pistol when I go to the range and shoot. I am saving my factory ammo. Will let you all know how it goes when it gets here, which upon last check is about 2 more weeks.

 

[benzuncle]

I bought an ammo can of 357sig from Georgia-Arms last month. It's called Canned Heat. Very good stuff, that. All 500 rounds fired flawlessly. I bought from them based on recommendations from regular buyers/shooters of their ammo, both rifle and pistol. Georgia-Arms has a very good reputation.

 

[FloridaSon]

I have .380 and .40 on order with GA. When I emailed them Friday, they came right back and said the .40 was in stock and they were receiving a small amount of .380 components. I should be in the next group to ship. It has been 8 weeks. Not their fault, the shortage goes up stream to component suppliers.

 

[Rvrctyrngr]

They'll be here at the Jax Gunshow in a couple of weeks. Hope that have something to sell! This'll be the first time EVER that I've gone to a gun show when it first opens!

 

[fatbastard]

At the last show in tampa they were sold out by 11am.