Gen 5 23 MOS field pistol project

[mmc45414]

Both my 300BO guns have green Magpul handguards and grips and stocks, anything they make in green I bought. I wish they would make color coded floorplates for the magazines (maybe I will paint some...).

One of my newer shooter buddies I shoot with on Sunday kept having stops in his reliable M&P, and none of the clearance drills would work. We would stop the exercise and analyze the problem, and it kept happening. At some point he must have dumped a handful of 40 rounds in an ammo can of 9mm.

On Thanksgiving day my brother in law was struggling with (I think) his 365, same deal, only that one was even a bitch to get the round back out of the magazine.

Think I fixed this.

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[GJM]

Got some more ammo to continue testing, with an emphasis on the Underwood Lehigh load.

[fatdog]

Await your results with the Lehighs since the Underwood 200gr cast version did not cut it.

[JHC]

Got some more ammo to continue testing, with an emphasis on the Underwood Lehigh load.

By any chance might you chamber a Gold Dot and then swap out mags when moving from town to the wild places and back and forth?
Purpose being to reduces the banging around of chambering and re-chambering not that easy to replace premium loads; I mean since the protocol for a wild beast is 1st warning shot anyway?

(I haven't observed Glocks being hard on a cartridge in that manner but many smart folks report that's a thing. It was quite a hassle when we visited AK as we were staying with the kids in their quarters on JBER and the G22 had to be empty and cased and all ammo stripped from magazines leaving and entering the post.)

[GJM]

By any chance might you chamber a Gold Dot and then swap out mags when moving from town to the wild places and back and forth?
Purpose being to reduces the banging around of chambering and re-chambering not that easy to replace premium loads; I mean since the protocol for a wild beast is 1st warning shot anyway?

(I haven't observed Glocks being hard on a cartridge in that manner but many smart folks report that's a thing.)

That is my practice, Gold Dot in the chamber, and either Lehigh or Gold Dots in the mag depending on location.

[cheby]

Got some more ammo to continue testing, with an emphasis on the Underwood Lehigh load.

Could you please chronograph the Lehigh ammo if you have a chance?
Also, could you please measure the OAL?
Thank you

[HeavyDuty]

Got some more ammo to continue testing, with an emphasis on the Underwood Lehigh load.

That put a dent into your retirement.

[vcdgrips]

I cannot speak to the Lehigh rounds.

The 180g Lawman and the 165g GD (as well as the 180g GD) are 3 loads I have seen and used 100's of thousands of times out of Glock 22/23/35/27 platforms.

Both of your Speer offerings should be GTG function wise and 4 inch @ 25 accurate all day long.

[GJM]

I cannot speak to the Lehigh rounds.

The 180g Lawman and the 165g GD (as well as the 180g GD) are 3 loads I have seen and used 100's of thousands of times out of Glock 22/23/35/27 platforms.

Both of your Speer offerings should be GTG function wise and 4 inch @ 25 accurate all day long.

The Lawman and Gold Dot loads are all I have used with the MOS -- I would put the Gold Dot more like two inches at 25 out of a Gen 5 23.

[vcdgrips]

GJM

1. I only have Gen 3 guns ergo my 4 inch reference as they have been universally held to be less accurate than Gen 5 models.

2. I doubt I could shoot 2 inches@ 25 with a RDS Gen 5 gun.

3. I have NO DOUBTS you can in fact shoot 2 inches @ 25 with a Gen 5 gun!!!