I would think, in this litigeous society of ours, that there would be some lawsuits, ergo, a public record, on some of Glock's Kb. A Kb with somebody's reloads is not Glock's Kb; it's the reloader's Kb.
I've shot twenty-thousand rounds of my reloads through my Glock 21, and , in fact, have experienced a Kb. Wasn't Glock's fault. As a matter of fact, I was using one of those nice, aftermarket match barrels, shooting .400 Cor-Bon.
I've never detected any sign of case bulge in any .45 cases fired from my Glock. I've reloaded them until the cases split, with absolutely no problems.
The reason that you hear of a few problems with Glocks is that they're outselling everybody else combined right now. Maybe if they were more reliable, they'd treat us civilians with the same respect that Colt does. BTW, I have a 70 Series G.C. at this very moment right here with me. Have another in my safe; gave a third to my son, when he graduated college.
The 70 Series Colt is a pretty decent anachronism, but it's not in the same universe with my Glock. The Glock displays far superior, more progressive engineering than the near-century-old Browning design. The toughness, ease of field stripping, low cost of replacement parts, lack of necessity to employ a gunsmith for repairs, superior handling of recoil and muzzle flip, etc., etc., ad infinitum, make the Glock a far superior handgun for me than my 1911's.
If I had to chose between one Glock and three 1911's, with no option for later trading/selling, I'd pick the Glock in a heartbeat.
Of course, all of this is just a matter of personal preference. It's nothing but opinions. Hell, there are folks out there who drive Chrysler Corporation cars and send dumbasses like Schumer, Clinton, Feinstein, Nadler, etc. to represent them in D.C.
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Shoot to kill; they'll stop when they're dead!
[This message has been edited by WalterGAII (edited November 28, 1999).]