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Don't know how one can reasonably wear out a Glock .40.
A little grease on the rails, Bbl, and hood?
Good for tens of thousands of rounds.
GR Grease? Not oil?
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Budget considerations was one of the factors in my agencies decision to go to 9mm. But it took almost a year to get our order of 9mm ammo for the transition which will begin at our in-service training which starts in march of 2023. We are going with the Fed HST 147gr as our duty load. Plain 115 gr ball ammo for range use. Glock 45 will be the issue 9mm gun.
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Don't know how one can reasonably wear out a Glock .40.
A little grease on the rails, Bbl, and hood?
Good for tens of thousands of rounds.
GR Hickok45 said that what eventually broke on his Gen 2 Model 23, after firing untold tens of thousands of rounds through it, was the locking block (which cracked in half), which naturally disabled it. Easy repair. He just replaced the part, but he noted that it was a good thing it didn't happen in the middle of a gun fight.
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Hickok45 said that what eventually broke on his Gen 2 Model 23, after firing untold tens of thousands of rounds through it, was the locking block (which cracked in half), which naturally disabled it. Easy repair. He just replaced the part, but he noted that it was a good thing it didn't happen in the middle of a gun fight. I don't have tens of thousands of rounds through any of my numerous handguns, But, if I did, I wouldn't use that one for self-defense.
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I do not profess to say that the 40 cal. is any better or worse then any other caliber. I just have a ton (approx. 25 years) of trigger time with that platform. Literally thousands of rounds of 40 cal. sent down range 99 % of them by Glock pistols. It works just fine, when applied in the proper place at the proper time. However, so is a 22 mag, on a 2000lb steer! Under the right circumstances!
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Hickok45 said that what eventually broke on his Gen 2 Model 23, after firing untold tens of thousands of rounds through it, was the locking block (which cracked in half), which naturally disabled it. Easy repair. He just replaced the part, but he noted that it was a good thing it didn't happen in the middle of a gun fight. I don't have tens of thousands of rounds through any of my numerous handguns, But, if I did, I wouldn't use that one for self-defense. That was the gun he carried as a volunteer Deputy Sheriff.
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Hickok45 said that what eventually broke on his Gen 2 Model 23, after firing untold tens of thousands of rounds through it, was the locking block (which cracked in half), which naturally disabled it. Easy repair. He just replaced the part, but he noted that it was a good thing it didn't happen in the middle of a gun fight. I don't have tens of thousands of rounds through any of my numerous handguns, But, if I did, I wouldn't use that one for self-defense. Bingo! Hickock shouldn't have even said something silly like that. Worse than entering your sisters tired Monte Carlo in the Daytona 500.
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However, so is a 22 mag, on a 2000lb steer! Under the right circumstances! Not a farm kid, are ya?......
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Hickock shouldn't have even said something silly like that. Worse than entering your sisters tired Monte Carlo in the Daytona 500. Poor Hickok45. He didn't know he wasn't supposed to say what happened.
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Don't know how one can reasonably wear out a Glock .40.
A little grease on the rails, Bbl, and hood?
Good for tens of thousands of rounds.
GR Grease? Not oil? If it slides? ... grease it. GR
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Don't know how one can reasonably wear out a Glock .40.
A little grease on the rails, Bbl, and hood?
Good for tens of thousands of rounds.
GR Hickok45 said that what eventually broke on his Gen 2 Model 23, after firing untold tens of thousands of rounds through it, was the locking block (which cracked in half), which naturally disabled it. Easy repair. He just replaced the part, but he noted that it was a good thing it didn't happen in the middle of a gun fight. Might have been an early single-pin as well. I actually put a bit of grease on the Bbl./locking-block interface, to reduce the metallic "click" to a damped "thunk". Expect Hundreds of thousands of rounds service life. 8>) GR
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Hickock shouldn't have even said something silly like that. Worse than entering your sisters tired Monte Carlo in the Daytona 500. Poor Hickok45. He didn't know he wasn't supposed to say what happened. "Untold tens of thousands of rounds & it broke." Saying what happened. "IT'S A GOOD THING IT DIDN'T HAPPEN IN THE MIDDLE OF A GUNFIGHT" The statement I questioned, is not saying what happened... just makin a silly assed comment. I didn't watch the vid, so could I have missed obvious sarcasm?
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Which part of what he said is problematic? That he shot his Glock 23 that many times, or that it's a good thing the part breakage didn't occur during a gun fight? Or both?
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However, so is a 22 mag, on a 2000lb steer! Under the right circumstances! Not a farm kid, are ya?...... Egad!
'Four legs good, two legs baaaad."
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Which part of what he said is problematic? That he shot his Glock 23 that many times, or that it's a good thing the part breakage didn't occur during a gun fight? Or both? I thought the statement that I put into parentheses was making it clear as to the comment in question. But obviously my syntax ain't the best on the block, or even in the room for that matter, as there is a cat in here with me. Sorry for the confusion.
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