how many rounds is a glock 19 good for?

[#1bambam]

When I bought my G17, the rifling in the bore was almost gone. I didn't want to ask how many rounds had been through it

A stock glock barrel for a G-17 dosent have regular rifling.They look worn out when they are new.

 

[bhp9mm]

wear out one then tell us i don't think to many people have

 

[VeedUp]

that's kind of like asking "how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop" the world may never know.

 

[lefty]

speaking of glocks, i shot one for the first time today, i really liked the trigger but after the first 50 rounds i was ready to throw that thing into the burm. every 3 rounds or so i would get a fte. somewhere between round 150 and 200 i got it worked out to only doing once every 2 or 3 magazines. never had any problems shooting with my 1911 or xd. got any tips because i really want to buy a g19 and am going to continue practicing with the platform to be proficient with it before i buy one.

 

[bhp9mm]

http://membres.multimania.fr/shooter/glock/glock4.html

 

[rustyduck]

speaking of glocks, i shot one for the first time today, i really liked the trigger but after the first 50 rounds i was ready to throw that thing into the burm. every 3 rounds or so i would get a fte. somewhere between round 150 and 200 i got it worked out to only doing once every 2 or 3 magazines. never had any problems shooting with my 1911 or xd. got any tips because i really want to buy a g19 and am going to continue practicing with the platform to be proficient with it before i buy one.

fact is you have the glock and 1911 mixed up. fact. good troll post but we seen it all and glock never lost one sale cause of them.

 

[spanky]

Troof.

 

[rustyduck]

i tried many times to limp wrist my glock 19. i held the thing so lightly i dropped it(before shooting). i even held it very lightly upside down. never had a limp wrist or any kind of malfunction.

limp wrist myth?

i have mags that been loaded since the early 90s. they where unloaded and loaded at the range quite a bit. no problems yet.

 

[Vanilla Gorilla]

The gun I carry when I don't need a rail gun is a Gen 2 with approx. 75,000 rds down the tube.



Nate

 

[Richard in LA]

i tried many times to limp wrist my glock 19. i held the thing so lightly i dropped it(before shooting). i even held it very lightly upside down. never had a limp wrist or any kind of malfunction.

limp wrist myth?

i have mags that been loaded since the early 90s. they where unloaded and loaded at the range quite a bit. no problems yet.

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[Sin-ster]

To answer the OP question, I've been looking at a lot of opinion and hard data in terms of barrel life, coming across overall functional life in the process. Most of the info I was interested in had to do with rifles, but I found the same type of info for pistols in the process.

In terms of rifle barrels, the heavier and hotter loads cause throat erosion faster than the lighter loads. As pistol cartridges do not manage these high pressures, their barrels last longer by default.

Cleaning practices also come into play, more in terms of copper and lead fouling than carbon. More importantly, poor cleaning techniques that damage the lans and especially the crown will wreck a barrel faster than shooting.

Heat is the primary factor for erosion. In terms of rifle barrels, the baseline "least damaging" rate of fire is one round per minute. The data that I've read seems to say that anything between that and 1 round every five-ten seconds is about the same, with a round or more every second being far worse and burst or fully automatic fire being devastating. Again, this is in reference to rifle cartridges, so you can probably scale that number back for the less-potent pistol rounds in question.

Finally, the fact that a Glock barrel is not rifled in the traditional sense leads to longer life. I don't recall the details, but the octagonal barrel doesn't suffer wear at the same rate as a standard rifled barrel.

Basically, as others have pointed out, they last a long, long time. If you're concerned with the guide rods (which seem to be the quoted "weakest" point, although nothing I've found online supports the claim that they break easily), there are multiple, affordable replacement options in stainless steel, titanium or even tungsten.

On top of all that, ponder this. What may be unsuitable for match shooting can easily be more than adequate for plinking or self defense/combat purposes. In other words, it's all relative. How long will the Glock function? Probably longer than you will.

 

[tmlowe]

I'd be curious to see the difference if they didn't use a compensated model.

 

[Sin-ster]

I'd be curious to see the difference if they didn't use a compensated model.

+1. Just the same, interesting video. Wouldn't call it definitive evidence, but interesting nonetheless.

 

[Nolacopusmc]

I'd be curious to see the difference if they didn't use a compensated model.

thinking same thing myself

 

[Paul Gomez]

That little video is a great example of nothing...I can fire any of those pistols with just thumb and trigger finger and get them to go bang &/or I can fire every one of them and get them to fail to extract/fail to eject pretty much on demand.

 

[topgunz1]

anyone ever recorded how many rounds through a glock 19 they shot before its useless? or have they never found the limits to glock perfection?

With my G17, I can shoot 17 rds, or 17+1 before it is useless and I have to reload. Then I get 17 more. It will pretty much continue in that same fashion pretty much forever. I'll get tired of shooting before it will.

 

[GunOneDown]

the answer is infinity. I've heard of 100k + Glocks with no problems, I just can't afford that much ammo.

 

[dukeryder]

i tried many times to limp wrist my glock 19. i held the thing so lightly i dropped it(before shooting). i even held it very lightly upside down. never had a limp wrist or any kind of malfunction.

limp wrist myth?

I know it's not a myth.

I put 1000 rounds or so through both a 17 and 22 with never a problem. EVERYTIME I let my girlfriend shoot either gun she'd have problems with them stovepiping and IIRC feeding problems. It was all 'cause of the limp grip. My SigSauer never had a limp wrist failure though with her shooting it same with the CZ75

 

[JBP55]

I know it's not a myth.

I put 1000 rounds or so through both a 17 and 22 with never a problem. EVERYTIME I let my girlfriend shoot either gun she'd have problems with them stovepiping and IIRC feeding problems. It was all 'cause of the limp grip. My SigSauer never had a limp wrist failure though with her shooting it same with the CZ75

Heavier guns with less muzzle flip and felt recoil.