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Originally Posted by The_Real_Hawkeye
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I've owned two. Never had a problem with either one. They are very large. The first I owned was years ago and it didn't seem to recoil badly at all. Then a few years back I got another and the recoil seemed much more pronounced. Maybe it's just me getting older though.

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You still have that one, EE?
Went down the river some time back. I can't even recall what I wanted worse.

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The one I had ate everything I fed it without a hiccup. I didnt like the huge grip and I have big hands. I sold the 20 recently and bought a 1911 in 10mm.

I’ve also been considering going the 1911 route also . The Rock Island 10mm seem to get decent feedback but I’ve never actually had my hands in one of them .

I thought about the rock island, but I found a Kimber Custom II new on gun broker for $615. It was some kind of shot show special or something. I've been pleased with it so far.

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Agree on it being big, but I am a small guy. I love having 16 rounds of hardcast nasty when I'm in the bush. Had a couple ftf using the hot loads from BB, but I narrowed it down to a mag that was causing the problem.

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I have a Gen 3 G20SF that I've had for probably 15 years. I put a 22lb recoil spring in mine because I shoot hot ammo sometimes. Ohio has a 5" minimum barrel requirement for deer hunting with a pistol, so I bought a 5.15" Lone Wolf barrel also. The G20 is very comforting on your hip in the woods. I really like mine!

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Best have big hands. I have an G20 SF and I got even that reduced. I still shoot it well out to 50 yards, but any time I shoot it against the clock I notice how much better I shoot the standard sized frames, i.e. the 17/22 size. My hands are totally average. My friends with larger hands do better. My friends with smaller hands can barely shoot it.

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My first 10mm was a G20 in 1996. Been hooked on 10mm since. It is the goto 10mm pistol. It's bigger than the G17/22/19/23 grips, but so what. It shoots a round 1-5-2x as powerful. You're not sleeping with it, you're holding it for a few minutes at a time - at most. It's accurate, reliable, and lightweight. It's inexpensive and magazines are readily available. Fully loaded with 15 rounds it weighs 5ozs. less than my 10mm 1911 loaded with 9 rounds. The only drawback in my opinion is the barrel, it's made for reliability and the chamber is 0.001-0.004" larger than my other 10mm chambers. It feeds almost anything, but velocity out of the stock barrel is hardly impressive. Change the barrel and you'll gain 50fps+. I've messed with and changed every part on multiple G20's and have come to the conclusion that it's best left in the stock configuration except for maybe two things. The sights need to be adjustable and the trigger is best if not serrated. If you want a Jeep of 10mm pistols, the G20 is it.

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What drop in barrel did you use and was there any accuracy improvement?


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Originally Posted by jimmyp
What drop in barrel did you use and was there any accuracy improvement?


Jarvis was my first aftermarket barrel - my understanding was that he is no longer making the 10mm Glock barrels. It was 5.5" long and had about 80fps velocity increase and noticeable accuracy increase.
Bar-Sto semi-drop in was my second it was for a G40, had to mill it to fit. Velocity is about 80fps faster. Accuracy of stock barrel on the G40 was great, the bar-sto might be slightly better, but not much.
KKM was third and for a G20. Accuracy was better than stock, but not as good as Jarvis. Velocity increased but don't remember how much.
I have a Zev barrel for a competition G34 and velocity is slightly higher, accuracy was noticeably improved with cheaper ammo. The G34 stock barrel is the only Glock barrel I've ever had where out of the box accuracy was disappointing. Three inch groups at 9 yards with white box ammo was the norm. Zev brought that down to about 1.5" with cheap ammo. Match ammo shoots 1.25" or less at 9 yards offhand.

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Thanks, I will look at zev or if Jarvis is around.


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Bump, it’s been a few days.

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Okay.

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Maybe a turkey crap brown g40 will help


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That’s better guys.

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Here's mine. It was free to me from Cabelas. I had a bunch of points and they were on sale on their website. I added Trijicon HDs a KKM barrel and Nevada Cerakote modified the frame and slide.

Should have done the RMR cut but that may happen later.

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Originally Posted by JLimbo
Here's mine. It was free to me from Cabelas. I had a bunch of points and they were on sale on their website. I added Trijicon HDs a KKM barrel and Nevada Cerakote modified the frame and slide.

Should have done the RMR cut but that may happen later.

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Nice!


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Originally Posted by EthanEdwards
Okay.

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Only reason I can see using subsonics is for suppressed fire.

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Originally Posted by The_Real_Hawkeye
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Okay.

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Only reason I can see using subsonics is for suppressed fire.
I'd guess that ammo is twenty-five years old. IIRC, at the time I got the gun, the dealer only had a big stack of that and much higher original Norma ammo. I think I got a couple of boxes of each, then started handloading. I shot some twenty-five year old handloads through that gun and they functioned perfectly. That may have been from when the FBI used 10mm and the subsonics may be FBI loads. I can't recall. Twenty-five years is just a guesstimate too.

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You're just trying to be all tactical. grin

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Originally Posted by Mikewriter
My first 10mm was a G20. First mag I fired experienced a case rupture, cracked the grip, ruined the magazine. I blamed it on lack of case support in the pistol???

I now have 4 other 10mm's - two EAA Witness models and two 1911's (An RIA and a Kimber), so I did not blame the problem on the cartridge.

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Glock eventually improved their chamber support and I may try a 20SF just for S&G.


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Today's Hickok45 installment features a Glock 20, Gen 4, that he just purchased new, and had never before fired. He had two jams in just a few mags full. He was astonished to see this in a Glock. Must have been something seriously wrong with it from the factory.

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