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Letter Re: .40 S&W to 9mm Conversion Barrel for a Glock Model 23?

…have been unable to find this conversion barrel. Do you know anything about it? (I realize that a 9mm magazine must also be used.) Thanks for a great web site. – C.G. in N.C. JWR Replies: As I recall, to convert a Glock Model 23 .40 S&W to 9mm (in effect turning it into a Model 19) requires a M19 conversion barrel, a M19 slide, and even a different ejector. Magazines are not an issue. According to SurvivalBlog reader C.T., a M23 (.40 S&W) magazine will reliably feed 9mm cartridges just fine, without modification.  (Although the baseplate markings might be confusing, in the heat of battle.) Perhaps one of the SurvivalBlog readers that is a Glock aficionado can e-mail me the details on conversion barrels, and I will post them. In the interim, you might nose around a bit at my favorite Glock site: Scott Greenbaum’s Glock FAQ page:  http://www.glockfaq.com/guide.htm…


Range Report: Advantage Arms .22 Conversion Kit for the Glock, by Everyday Prepper

To start off let me say I’m in no way affiliated Advantage Arms or Glock. I don’t get paid to advertise or test their products and I definitely don’t get paid to write reviews. I took the Glock out today with the Advantage Arms conversion kit installed. I wasn’t exactly skeptical of the kit after reading about it online but I was expecting to have some sort of break in period. I opened the kit up and out fell an orange piece of paper that instructed me to put some oil on the parts in the picture. I grabbed the oil they shipped with the kit, put the drops on the slide where they wanted me to and rubbed the oil with my finger to spread it around some. I took a piece of standard 8.5″x11″ sheet of printer paper and hung it up. Next I paced off 10 meters…


Five Letters Re: Choosing the Appropriate Handgun for You and Yours

…the difference is weight, especially near the muzzle. The 1911 in .45 ACP is much more pleasant to shoot than a Glock 9mm, especially with +P ammo. The platform is just as important as the caliber in determining recoil / shootability. I understand the design features of the Glock make them easy to use — no argument there. – Jeremiah S.   JWR: In his excellent article, Officer Tackleberry has outlined his case for the 9mm cartridge and the Glock pistol. I found in the article, however, only a comparison between 9mm hollow point ammo and .45 ball ammo. This might be a comparison of apples to oranges, so to speak, for if one compares hollow point ammo in both cartridges, then the comparison lies heavily in favor of the .45, which can expand to well over an inch in its hollow-point configuration, dwarfing the 9mm characteristics. As to magazine…


The Defensive Pistol, by W.R.B.

…can pretty much guarantee giving away your first shot.  With the Glock you simply draw the gun, acquire the target, and press the trigger. You do the same thing every time. This breeds familiarity and familiarity breeds competence. This competence comes quicker with a Glock than any other pistol. It is as simple as that. There are certainly other similar guns, S&W M&P, Springfield Armory XD, Ruger SR9, but they are all just different versions of the original.  Believe me Gaston Glock got it right, and got it right first.  The Glock is a tool, made by a tool maker.  Most don’t know the Glock 16 was an Entrenching Tool made for the Austrian Army .That’s how he got in, in the first place. The Glock 17 was the first gun he ever designed. Once you learn how to run a Glock then you can branch out into other more…


Letter Re: .40 S&W by Bruce F.

…that will accept a suppressor. The Glock 22 and the Glock 19 use the same lower assembly, but the uppers are different. The Glock 22 upper is more robust to account for the increased pressure from the .40S&W round. CAUTION: the conversion can go only from the .40S&W to the 9mm Luger and not the other way around. The Glock 19 CANNOT be converted to fire the .40S&W. Another CAUTION is to make sure the conversion that you get is specifically for the generation Glock you have. The conversions for the Gen 3 and Gen 4 are different! All of this allows you to shoot your Glock 22 in many calibers/mm. Basically, you get three guns in one. You get the BIG GUN feel even when shooting .22LR, and ammunition is less expensive for the smaller rounds. I have no affiliation with Glock, Wolf, or Tactical Solutions. – Mac C….