Glock30--Can it shoot 10mm?

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Pooch

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I know the barrel would have to fit the hole in the front of the slide and the breach face is wider the the 29 and you would need to use a 10mm mag and the spring probably needs changed! But, I have heard that this works in the 21 and it will feed and eject without incident, is the reason I ask. I have been told the ejectors are the same as the 29. Others have told me they have put 9mm barrels in 40's and not found the breach face difference to be problematic. So it makes me wonder? I would never use this set up for personal defence. but I have lots of G20 mags and love shooting the 10mm too, I think this would be a better set up then the 45 and 40 super dupers and the gun was made to handle 10mm anyway. So has anyone tried this? Will the 30 function with a good aftermarket 10mm barrel made for the G-30?
 
The 29 and 30 use the same ejector and extractor. That said, what's the rationale behind loading a gun designed for one caliber with a different caliber? The 10mm and .45ACP are not the same animal; neither are the 9mm and 40S&W.

If your gun is stamped for a particular caliber, use it, not something else. (Yes, I know about .38/357 and other revolver loads.)
 
So Coineac, your saying guys shoot not put 40S&W barrels in their 357 sigs or they should not try to make their 45 ACP shoot 45 Super or 40 super or 400 corbon or thier 10mm to shoot 9X25 or on and on and on yada yada?? Stay within "your" comfort level, thats fine and maybe what I want to do wont work, I dont really know yet and it sounds like you dont either but your response was about as informed as this; "If da man vas meant to fly, da good lord vould have put da wings on him back!
 
I'm so sorry about the posts, but my puter kept timing out trying to send it, so I used back button and sent again, it never gave a message that it had been sent! I even came back to my original post to see if it had posted and it had not, so there must be some delay for the posts to get entered sometimes. Should there be a double post protection? And why cant I delete the post, it has a delete button, but it says only moderaters, hell I would clean up my own trash if you let me.!!! Whatever!!

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I always contemplated on just buying the topend of a model 21 for my Glock 20. Seems to be a faster way of converting from 10mm/45... Why not do the same for the 29/30 series?
 
The 29 also has a different grip frame than the 30. You would have to find a way to alter the 30 mags as well as the slide.
 
Brasso,

Thanks for your reply, what do mean? I would use 20 mags in the 30 grip, are you certain the grip/frames are different? I was told they are the same and why do say alter the slide, because of the wider breach face, cause I have heard from someone who has done this to a 21 but a 20 barrel in their which I would not do because its a slopy fit, but the rounds chambered and ejected fine, but one report is not enough. Lastly, do you have any experience here or are you theorizing? thanks!
 
Pooch, suggesting that shooting 10mm through a G30 is analogous to the shooting .400 Cor-Bon and the other conversions is apples and oranges. The various aftermarket barrels for the aforementioned conversions are made specifically for G30's. They are machined to lock up exactly like a factory .45 barrel. A 10mm barrel is narrower in the barrel hood area than are the correctly-machined aftermarket conversion barrels.

I've shot thousands of rounds of .400 Cor-Bons through my G21 and plan to shoot thousands more through my G30, as soon as the .400 barrel arrives.
 
Yes, Walter of course you are correct! Still, I have heard that it works fine out of a G-21 and I desire to do some limited shooting out of this format in 10mm, If I can. Therefore, I seek confirmation on this point. Again, I do not intend to carry such a rig for personal defence nor would I use high end 10mm loads. With a properly fitted barrel, I feel comfortable that the set up would be safe enough to fire the round, my question, for someone who might have tried this, is will the gun cycle inspite of the larger breach face and if so where did they get a barrel.

For me this question is similar to a guy finding out if he can shoot lead in his Glocks. In a perfect world, you dont need to, you can get another barrel or shoot platted bullets, and you might have 20 weapons/calibers to select from but then again, there might be a day, when one would like to know or like to be able to stretch ones possiblities with a more limited inventory. Call me crazy if you like, but its just a question, I am always amazed at the information that comes accross these boards.
 
I may be wrong, but the 30 magazines wont fit into a 29 because of the style of base plate. The grip frame on the 30 is cut deeper to accept the larger mag plates. You might be able to switch base plates and put a 29 mag into a 30, but you can't do it the other way around. I also think that if you did switch base plates, that you would have an illegal magazine becsause it would hold more than 10 rounds. I believe that glock designed these so that this could not be done.

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I don't know the answer, but I've had both, and I can tell the ejectors are NOT the same. It's short and straight on the 10mm (G29), but longer and curved on the .45 (G30).
 
The newer ejectors that Glock is using in the 29s are the same as in the 30s, the curved one. #8196 i believe. 29 and 30 frames are exactly the same and the opposite mags fit in each.
Walter, any idea if 400 Corbon will feed from the 10rd double stacked G30 mags?
 
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