Seeking some wisdom on why this little pattern shows up on my Gen 4 barrels and not my earlier models. I know there's some guys on here that know a lot more about Glocks than I do. Did a little research and didn't really find anything.
That's Braille. Glock makes barrel designed for normal people and the visually impaired. Those dots, should you know how to read Braille, will tell you which barrel you have. That's right - Glock, such a simple weapon, even a blind man can use it!
Yeah, I know that was cheesy, deal with it.
Seeking some wisdom on why this little pattern shows up on my Gen 4 barrels and not my earlier models. I know there's some guys on here that know a lot more about Glocks than I do. Did a little research and didn't really find anything.
I could swear that the whole "bullet rifling signature" thing has to be a myth or tv generated urban legend.Possibly, but those are only available to LE agencies on a purchase order.
OP, what he's talking about is a way Glock came up with to be able to determine what bullet came out of which Glock. Polygonally-rifled barrels are notoriously difficult for a forensics examiner to identify a given bullet from, due to the nature of the rifling itself. For an extra fee, Glock manufactures the barrel in such a way that retains the superiority of the polygonal rifling yet makes the bullets from that barrel easy (or less difficult) to identify.
I seem to remember this odd-looking dot matrix arrangement visible within the frame on some Gen 3 pistols that I had detail-stripped to clean/service.
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I could swear that the whole "bullet rifling signature" thing has to be a myth or tv generated urban legend.
I can understand being able to get an idea of the kind of firearm that may have been used in a crime through the rifling pattern, but trying to pin it to a specific individual firearm is too big of a stretch for me to believe.
I dont know...Then you need to acquire some more imagination. It is a science; a highly developed science that has put many a killer in prison.
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