aftermarker parts for a reliable gun?

[Gallahad]

CAN all the aftermarket parts such as light weight strikers, "better" triggers, higer or lower power springs, and other internals actually make a glock more reliable? I guess I lean toward wolf "stuff". Im torn right now between a g20 or a snub revolver. I know Id like the glock more, but the revolver would probably last longer, and may be more reliable???

[Keith L]

Are you having reliability problems with your Glock?

[Oldshooter]

Are you having reliability problems with your Glock?

Thats funny I was reading the op and was going to reply and ask the same question.
 
I have yet to see one out of the box that wasnt front line ready.

[mcwoodduck]

I am not sure that the Replacement parts would make a gun less reliable.  Changing out the barrle to a WOLF so you cna shoot Lead, adding a lighter striker reduces your lock time as the lighter striker under the same spring will make it faster.  Using a lighter metal that is stronger than steel like Tititanium would work.  Changing the trigger from a standard to a shorter reach should not be a problem. Well I say that it should not be a problem, unless the part was improperly installed, the gun is improperly reassembled or is a faulty design that causes problems. 
The choice between a Small Glock and a Small revolver is a personal choice.  Depending on many factors. 
Your size, can you hold each of them confortably, and shoot them with one hand and not have to adjust it with the other., can you get two hands around the gun?
Now the only thing that reliability has to do with the gun if both are working well and you can handle the recoil and manage it.
(manageing the recoil on the auto will change the function of the gun.  Let's say the slide need s to travel 2" and you move 1" the slide will only eject the old case and will not load a new one.) 
The reliability of a good gun is going to be more with your ammo.  In the Auto if you have a dud round you need to tap and rack, with a revolver you simply pull the trigger agian.   

[Gallahad]

never had a problem with 2 glocks, but I never got more than 500 rounds through either. never a jam or misfire on 2 out of the box guns. with no break-in time. I really like them, wish they were prettier     I switched to lonewolf barrels and guiderods on both, and still never a hitch. I was told hammer fired semiautos were more reliable, but shot a witness last weekend, and 2 out of five shots threw the safty back up! terrible muzzle blast compared to my glocks. not as comfortable. terrible trigger. Ive had a lot of wheel guns, and have seen 2 fail. one was an OLD double  action 22 that the hammer would bind up on, and the other was a raging bull 44mag that the frame was irregular, and when using different ammo, some cases would rub on the frame and stop rotation! That said, when the moving parts are working and properly lubed, is a revolver less prone to breaking during operation? After all they are at rest loaded or not.

[Savage]

Glock 20 or snub revolver? Two entirely different animals. The 20 is the large frame semi auto chambered in a high pressure pistol cartridge.  Snubbies are normally  fairly compact, and lesser power unless you've found a mdl 29 with a 2" barrel. Fifteen rd magazine in the 20, five or six in the revolver. The 20 makes a decent trail/field/hunting gun, the snubbie would be more suited for concealment and close in defense work.
To answer your question, any quality auto pistol of modern manufacture fed good ammo from good magazines should be every bit as reliable as a revolver. Under extreme field conditions the auto would likely be more reliable. Nothing wrong with Wolff gun springs or Lone Wolf products.
Savage

[Keith L]

I don't think qua;ity aftermarket parts make a Glock less relaible.  Mine is plenty reliable with factory or LW barrel.  I read the OP as asking if he could make a Glock reliable with aftermarket parts.