Reviews & Ratings for Lone Wolf Arms AlphaWolf Barrel For M/42 380ACP — 7 reviews — Page 1

I bought this barrel for my Glock 42 so that I would have more options as to the type of bullet that I hand load into my once fired casings. After making 50 hard lead alloy bullets of my usual weight, primer and powder charge, I took the pistols with the new barrel installed to the range for a test firing. It functioned perfectly with no failure to feed or stove pipe incidents. Accuracy was also very good when compared to my original Glock barrel's previously fired targets. I would buy this barrel again as it gave me more options for my reloading as to type of bullet.

I thought I could clean up the feed ramp with 1200 grit sand paper and scotch brite, but The surface of the feed ramp is uneven and there are a bunch of cut marks groves in it. So now I'm down to 500 grit paper and I've been sanding on it for like 15 minutes. I expect more quality for 200$!!

Perfectly replaced original barrel and has no issues cycling most ammo. Steel cased Monarch ammo does not cycle through it properly but that's okay since it gives you opportunity to practice clearing malfunctions.

I've seen many reviews about how this barrel has too tight of tolerances and I've seen this about other barrels as well. People have got to make sure that they have the right guide rod and spring weight! You can't just drop it in and shoot a full magazine without first ensuring your guide rod and spring weight is correct or it will not cycle properly. If you are using a bushing because you have a newer generation, make sure that it's a good quality bushing from a good quality company. The Glock store in my opinion has the best bushings as they click and place rather than just sit freely in the slide. You don't have to take the guide rod apart to install a bushing and then screw it back in with loctite. You simply click the bushing in place, install your guide rod and then test the cycle by firing off a few rounds. I fire a 9mm Glock 19 Gen 5 and I can tell you from my experiences with the newer generation model that everything is about the guide rod in spring weight which could range for me anywhere from 11 lb to 15 lb when using a compensator and if the barrel is not cycling properly as a standalone I would highly recommend testing other guide rod and spring weights to be sure before judging the barrel itself. I don't own a lone wolf barrel, but I do own a velocity mod 2 from killer innovations, kkm precision and faxon firearms. Those are three of the top five barrels you can possibly get for a 9mm. Unfortunately Zev technologies currently doesn't make one for the Gen 5, but...
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The only things it did correctly was drop in to the slide and allow the silencer to thread onto it. Because of the extremely tight tolerances of the chamber, it wouldn’t! Every shot was a FTF, with or without the silencer attached. Pull back on the slide slightly and it would chamber a round. And this pistol has never failed to fire or eject. Lone Wolf needs to rethink designing a ‘match grade’ aftermarket barrel for a small concealed pistol. I would never carry it with their barrel installed. I would only use to target shoot and it defeats the purpose of turning an auto loader into a straight slide single shot! I returned it for another. If I have the same problem with the replacement barrel, I’ll just ask for a refund and so much for that little project!