Posted on 04/17/2015 3:38:54 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Loaded, looks fine to me...
Everyone makes mistakes. It is how you deal with them which is important.
Of course you should not be making a lot of them.
I do recall getting some bad Glock mags from Glock. They were the ones with a brass colored metal visible in the feed lips. The good ones were changed to black metal.
What kinds of bullets are those? They aren’t copper jacketed.
>> Of all the challenges of building a Glock magazine etc etc
GLOCK does a really fine job of building Glock magazines.
I think I’ll stick with theirs.
Why take a chance with such a critical component?
They look like silvertips which I think actually are just regular jackets which are plated.
Ya thanks, I did a google on silvertip 9mm, looks just like them.
Around 1990 a local Wal-Mart began clearing out their Winchester Silvertips. I have no idea why as they were very popular at the time.
I bought several boxes and still have some. As good as they were I think there have been improvements made since then.
Are they 100% polymer, or are they metal with polymer cover?
Wow, they’ve been around that long.
I prefer Federal HST for all my carry.
Since I have a Gl19, I guess I’m just skarewed.
And I like Magpul. Oh well.
I am not sure the silvertips are still being made. I would buy something more modern if I were just starting out but I have so much 9mm and have so little money that I keep several mags full of silvertips in my Browning mags.
I no longer have a Glock but wish I did along with a bunch more.
9mm, blaaaaaa.
It needs to be .40 or bigger, preferably .45!!
Silvertips were made by Winchester (only) and, depending on the caliber, could have been a lead core with either all-aluminum jacket or plated copper jacket. They made a slew of ‘em. IIRC, the smallest 38-Spl W-W Silvertip bullet was 85 grains. (For short-barreled revolvers).
A local dealer takes his trade-in ammo and puts it in zip lock bags and sells it at a greatly reduced price.
I bought a large bag of Remington Golden Saber. It shot to the same place as the sights are sighted to in my Brownings.
I have not read anything on them that I recall but they sure look wicked.
I am pretty sure I paid only $10 for maybe 70-80 of them. I do keep the one gun I have ready by my bed loaded with the Golden Sabers.
I know the AR mags by Magpul function flawlessly in my rifle. I don’t use anything else. Ever.
HK would have said it’s our fault....and they hate us
Generally, I’d say choose the largest capacity pistol in the the largest caliber you shoot well...
But there is a good case to be made for the 9mm...
Without starting a “Mine’s bigger or better” war, take a look here: http://www.tactical-life.com/firearms/7-reasons-cops-choose-9mm-40/
I carry a 9mm daily and have never felt under-gunned...
“To each his own”...
Agree on all points you made in your post. My current caliber / capacity is a Glock 31 ..... meets my local needs for my local threat with the 125gr Gold Dot HP’s from Speer .....
Stay Safe !
FBI is going back to 9mm. I carry Hornady critical defense.
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