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I've heard of people doing it to. However, if you do you need to limit the amount of rounds you do before you have to clean the barrel out. The lead has a tendency to build up while the copper from the jacket bullets don't present that kind of problem.

You cant use lead in Glock or any other polygonal rifled barrel because the lead will build up in the grooves and cause an increase in pressure that can cause the Kaboom. For me it's a non issue. When I get into reloading I don't plan on reloading. If you want to reload with lead you can buy a replacement barrel from Lone Wolf that has traditional rifling that will allow you to shoot lead.

I have a G30 SF and I would like to get a G19 now. I love shooting my wife's. I wouldn't get rid of the 45 though. Sometimes its nice to have options. The 19 can do most things the 17 does and you can use the 17 mags in the 19. I don't see much gain in getting the 17. Right now Glocks are having extraction issues that range from weak extraction to shooting the brass back at you face. It's a shame as they are a sound design. I don't know what changed. This problem is happening with new Gen3s and Gen4s. I wouldn't buy a G19 unless it had a serial prefix of M or earlier.

Some people have said they have had no problems with their new Gen 3s and 4s. Others say they don't have problems until they get up to 500-1,000 rounds. There is a long thread over on Glock Talk about how to fix the issue. Depending on the pistol some people have had success and others haven't. I have read about too many people sending their pistols to Glock to get it back saying either the problem was fixed or it was in spec only to keep having the same problems.