Comments on: Thinking About Buying a Law Enforcement Trade-In Gun? Read This First https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gun-nation/what-you-need-to-know-about-buying-law-enforcement-trade-in-guns/ Sat, 27 Sep 2025 00:03:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: KJ https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gun-nation/what-you-need-to-know-about-buying-law-enforcement-trade-in-guns/comment-page-1/#comment-92506 Sat, 27 Sep 2025 00:03:14 +0000 https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=29145#comment-92506 In reply to uncommon_sense.

On the other hand, my Glock 35/9mm conversion (barrel and recoil spring) has about 10,000 competition rounds through it. It’s malfed only a couple of times, all related to a chipped extractor. When I replaced it, I also did the recoil spring and a few others. I have more rounds through this than all my other pistols combined. I call it good-to-go for self defense.

]]> By: uncommon_sense https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gun-nation/what-you-need-to-know-about-buying-law-enforcement-trade-in-guns/comment-page-1/#comment-92481 Fri, 26 Sep 2025 23:15:40 +0000 https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=29145#comment-92481 “For those who might say 9mm won’t run (cycle) in a .40 because the extractor/ejector are different, I say, that’s a cool story, but I’ve shot thousands of rounds of 9mm from my converted guns and have yet to experience that issue.”

First of all, I love the way Mr. Markel worded that! More importantly, reliable function (when shooting 9mm Luger cartridges in a conversion barrel in slide chambered for .40 S&@) is most certainly NOT a guarantee in any given handgun. While it clearly has been reliable in Mr. Markel’s particular handgun, it may be very unreliable in your conversion. And if your conversion handgun is a “fun gun” for recreational shooting, that is fine–whether or not it is reliable–as long as you enjoy shooting it. If you plan to use your conversion gun as a self-defense firearm, I highly recommend against that. Choose wisely.

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