What is the big deal reloading for glocks

[Craig 522]

You can reload for Glocks, just use a few precautions.

Use jacketed bullets or plated bullets. Not lead or moly. Guys do it but it isn't recommended. Glocks have blown apart and every one I have seen was either an over charged load or a lead bullet or both.

As mentioned, Glocks do not have a fully supported chamber. This is part of the reason you don't want to use really hot reloads in them unless you go to an aftermarket fully supported chamber barrel. And the 40 S&W is the most finicky.

Unlike some guns, you cannot load the OAL much longer than factory ammo for a GLock. Most of this has to do with the magazines don't have sufficient room for long bullets.

You can resize fired brass back to factory spec but not in your sizing dies. You need a Case-Pro which will size the case all the way down to the rim. They are not cheap though.

I shoot competitively and Glocks are probably the 3rd most common gun on the range, after 1911s and STI type guns. I guarantee you a large number of them are shooting reloads. However, 9mm factory ammo is just about as cheap as you can reload so unless you need a specific bullet or load, you may as well use factory 9mm stuff.

For the most part, if you use safe loading practices with published loads and good components, your GLock will fire more reloads through it than you can probably shoot in your lifetime.