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Originally Posted by mrray13
The problem with Glock .40s is that they didn't support enough of the bottom, by the feed ramp. This can lead to ka-booms, especially if one reloads a little hot. Not too mention, it can, and does, create the Glock bulge in all fired cases, which can be an issue with reloaders. Personally, I'd wish Glock would throw just a little more metal in that area, as well as change the rifling and the gun would be that much better.
As to the slide lock, it's a convenience thing for me. When doing quals, or understress reloads, the rack it method is the only method. However, when plinking with the wife, the slide lock is a nice feature, and on occasion, I use it as well.
The middle finger blister happens no matter how I grip the gun, lol. The triggerguard rubs against it to the point of causing the blister. My Dremel and G23 have a date, lol, it just hasn't happened yet!
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Wellll... I was reloading some .40 one day and my QC was out to lunch. I double charged a case. It was supposed to have 4.5 grains and ended up with 9 grains... It didn't overflow like .223 does to tell me I did something wrong... So I am at a range... Pop pop pop ... pop pop BOOOOM. It felt like a firecracker went off in my hand. My mind took a snapshot of the flames shooting out of every possible crack. The slide release lever was never found. The chamber top and ejection side were missing. The part of the slide just in front of where the chamber is was peeled up and the side under the ejection spot was bulged out and the gun was locked in a position of being partially locked back. Needless to say, I had to go buy a new duty glock (ours are personally owned anyway). 9 grains in a .40 will blow any gun up.
I gave the gun to the dept armorer (I truly gave it to him to keep as a conversation piece) and, about 20 minutes later, he brought me back the frame with new internals and a new slide/barrel assembly and said to use that as the reload gun. Since then, my QC is not allowed to take breaks or lunches.
I like using the extended release because it looks cool but the holster issue bugged me too much so I went away from it.