Glock 44?

[HB]

I found one locally for $359 new.

I want a trainer for my 19 and I like .22s.

The press is pretty negative for this gun but I find it hard to believe Glock would release a lemon. I have no interest in the Taurus .22.

Should I buy it or wait for a gen 2?

Thanks,
HB

 

[Terry G]

You could buy a .22 unit from AA for your Glock 19. I bought one from them for my Glock 21. Half the cost of a G44. The feedback on the G44 has not been great, but it seems most difficulties with it are from the magazines. I shot one that fired fine from one magazine and hung up on the first round from three others. I bought two TX22's instead. The Glock 21 with the .22 kit.

 

[12Bravo20]

Do a search on the forum. There are several threads about the G44. Most of us (myself included) have had great experiences with the G44. Do not believe all the media hype. Mine has ate everything that I have fed it and in a little over 2000 rounds, I have only had 4-5 malfunctions that were totally ammunition related. Accuracy is pretty good considering what it is. I can hit clay birds at 25 and 50 yards with ease.

Here are just a couple of threads:

https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/what-will-the-new-glock-44-eat.864193/

https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/glock-44.865015/#post-11427915

 

[.308 Norma]

My experiences with my G44 mirror 12Bravo20's above. I love it!
What's more, I've never been a big Glock fan. I mean, to me Glocks were alright, a lot of people seemed to like them, but I always preferred either my Sig M11-A1 or my Smith snubby for EDC.
Just look at me now though - for a fun gun, I bought a new G44 5 or 6 weeks ago, and I liked it so much I went back and bought a G19 the following week. My G19 will become my EDC gun as soon as this ammo crisis is over - we're doing okay on ammo and components, and my G19 works with everything I've fed it so far, but what I've fed it so far is not enough for me to trust it for EDC yet, and I don't feel like burning through ammo and components when I have a couple of other EDC guns I already trust - at least not until we can easily replace the ammo and components we have on hand.
Anyway, back to the G44. It too works with everything I've fed it. However, it absolutely loves Federal Premium 40gr Match HP's (1200fps). It's very accurate (or "precise" if you prefer) with that stuff, and my G44 has never had a hiccup of any kind with it. I've killed a lot of close-range (10 -15 yards) ground squirrels over at a friend's ranch with my G44 and that Federal Premium ammo in the last couple of weeks.
BTW though, the 1,200fps Federal Premium ammo results in one failure to eject after another in my Ruger 10-22. I don't know why it works so well in my G44, but it does.

 

[crazydice]

I bought a glock 44 as soon as it was available here.

I always wanted a glock in .22 for plinking and training , but conversion kits and mags are hard to find here in Europe ( at least the ones that are trustworthy )

So i for one was was very excited when the glock 44 was announced.

I absolutely love it and has worked flawless since i bought it.

First thing i changed was the sights as i am not a big fan of adjustable sights.

Second change did give me some problems after installing an apex trigger kit ( softer reset and mags would not seat properly ) but these issues were gone when i re installed the factory trigger ( when i find the time i will look into this further and hopefully get everything working

Only thing i do not like 100% is that the slide is dfferent from other glocks , but this is just a small personal issue and there will be a reason for this that makes sense.

 

[HB]

This is the feedback I was expecting and it’s appreciated. I am not a huge fan of glock’s ergonomics but its ubiquitous and reliable so I chose it as my “serious” gun.

The guy at Academy said it would probably “blow up” and thats when I realized how deep the keyboard commando reached.

 

[12Bravo20]

I think that a few of the first reviewers just hate Glocks, period. I am in no way a Glock fan but the G44 has impressed me. I know how semiautomatic rimfire pistols can be finicky and my G44 definitely is not.

 

[greyling22]

I'm out on the concept, and the materials execution is unconventional, but it does seem to work ok. Personally the idea of a large bulky 22 with a glock trigger, glock sights, and glock ergos stacks up poorly against a ruger mk_ or a buckmark in all those areas. Now, as a trainer, maybe, but the recoil and weight is so dissimilar that I fail to see the advantage there either. But there is a lot of stuff out there I "don't get" that seems to be very popular.

 

[12Bravo20]

The Glock G44 fits in right beside the Walther P22, Ruger SR22, and S&W MP22 as trainers and fall into the service pistol category. None of them will compete with the Ruger Mk series, Browning Buck Mark, S&W 22A, 41, or Victory which are more geared more for precision shooting. I own a Ruger Mk II and a S&W 22A that serve a totally different purpose for me than the Glock G44 does.

 

[AK103K]

I have two 44's, and at this point, between the two, Im halfway or so through my third case (12.5K) of Blazers, plus a number of bricks and boxes of a couple of other brands (Aquila, three or four different other CCI versions, Winchester) as well.

I initially only had three stoppages when I first got the guns, and two of those were 25+ year old Winchester Super X related. The other, a fail to fire, dead primer in one Blazer. That was also the only Blazer round I had any trouble with, in almost three cases too.

The only other issue I had ammo wise, was some old Federal Target Match ammo I had around, that didnt want to cycle the gun. This ammo never functioned in any of the other 22 autos I had either, so Im not faulting the Glock here.

I replaced the factory sights with three dot (9mm) Meprolight night sights, which are what I have on all my other Glocks, and they shoot POA/POI.

Right now, I have 11 mags, and all have been fine and work well.

All in all, they are fun guns. If youre not a Glock fan, then you probably wont like them, as they too are Glocks. If you are a Glock fan, youll feel right at home.

 

[Olympus]

22 Plinkster has a good video review on YouTube of the G44. I trust his assessment when it comes to rimfire guns.

 

[FFGColorado]

This is the feedback I was expecting and it’s appreciated. I am not a huge fan of glock’s ergonomics but its ubiquitous and reliable so I chose it as my “serious” gun.

The guy at Academy said it would probably “blow up” and thats when I realized how deep the keyboard commando reached.

I think that a few of the first reviewers just hate Glocks, period.

Business suppression at it's finest...seen THAT more than once. Great gun, won't 'blow up'....

 

[.308 Norma]

22 Plinkster has a good video review on YouTube of the G44. I trust his assessment when it comes to rimfire guns.

I watched 22 Plinkster's review of the G44 on YouTube, and he brought up something that I did forget about my own G44 - it shoots high of point of aim with the rear sight adjusted all the way down. It's not a real serious problem for me, as I'm used to a 6:00 o'clock hold anyway. However, when I was shooting those close-range ground squirrels I talked about in my other post, I had to hold on their chests to hit them in their heads.

 

[AK103K]

I watched 22 Plinkster's review of the G44 on YouTube, and he brought up something that I did forget about my own G44 - it shoots high of point of aim with the rear sight adjusted all the way down. It's not a real serious problem for me, as I'm used to a 6:00 o'clock hold anyway. However, when I was shooting those close-range ground squirrels I talked about in my other post, I had to hold on their chests to hit them in their heads.

Ive heard others say the same thing.

From what Ive seen others post, the rear sight elevation settings are the same heights as the three different fixed rear sights you can use to deal with elevation issues. Ive also seen others say that Glock has a couple of different front sight heights to deal with it that way too.

Perhaps that may be some of the problem, and maybe some guns have a front sight they shouldnt.

May be worthwhile measuring the front sight and see what you have. Simple enough to fix and from what Ive heard, Glock will send you the other, if that turns out to be the case and you call.

Maybe too, this is just an individual thing and differences in how we aim and shoot? Have you let others shoot the gun and have the same issue?

Both of mine shot POA for elevation as they came out of the box (I dont know what the elevation was set at, I didnt change it), and I had to adjust the windage slightly to the right, as I do all my other Glocks.

I switched the factory sights out for Meprolight 9mm three-dot night sights and they seem to be right on for elevation, at 10-15 yards anyway.

 

[12Bravo20]

It did take me a little bit to get use to the sights on my G44. Once I figured out the Glock sights, it shoots great for me. The only adjustment I made to to the rear sight was for windage.

 

[CNobbe]

I have the TX22 and the G44. I think the Taurus is way better than the Glock, but I haven't had any problems with either of them. The 44 is a nice practice gun. How they couldn't figure out how to get more than 10 rounds in the mag is beyond me..

 

[sigarms228]

I would not hesitate to buy a new Glock 44 and probably will some time this year. From what I have been reading almost everyone that actually owns a Glock 44 loves it and it is not near as picky on ammo as social media "reviews" would have one believe, There is a long ongoing thread on Pistol Forum, see link below, that includes a lot of great info from owners of the Glock 44 and extreme documentation by some of the ammo they have used for it and results. I currently have a Browning Buckmark and M&P 22 Compact and the Glock 44 is the only other 22 pistol that interests me.

https://pistol-forum.com/showthread.php?40496-Glock-44-range-reports

 

[AK103K]

I have the TX22 and the G44. I think the Taurus is way better than the Glock, but I haven't had any problems with either of them. The 44 is a nice practice gun. How they couldn't figure out how to get more than 10 rounds in the mag is beyond me..

I know a lot of people bitch about the 10 round mags, but I really dont see the problem.

Ive heard a lot of people call them trainers too, and I really dont agree with that either.

Fun guns anyway.

 

[CNobbe]

I know a lot of people bitch about the 10 round mags, but I really dont see the problem.

Ive heard a lot of people call them trainers too, and I really dont agree with that either.

Fun guns anyway.

Well, the 44 trigger is the same as my 48 and 20..the only Glocks I own besides the 44. When 9 and 10mm ammo is hard to find I can still get some trigger time with the .44. They are fun guns, I shoot them more than anything else!

 

[FFGColorado]

I have the TX22 and the G44. I think the Taurus is way better than the Glock, but I haven't had any problems with either of them. The 44 is a nice practice gun. How they couldn't figure out how to get more than 10 rounds in the mag is beyond me..

Pretty sure Glock could have 'figured it out', but they were looking at the most likely buyer and so 10R is what it is.

 

[12Bravo20]

Do states that restrict magazine capacity to 10 rounds or less include rimfire magazines in the restrictions too? If so, that could be why the G44 magazine is 10 rounds. I ask since I do not have to deal with magazine capacity restrictions and do not know if that includes rimfire mags.

 

[jmr40]

A double stack magazine with rimmed cartridges is possible, but a lot harder to do and make the gun reliable. I'm sure Glock chose reliability over mag capacity. And I'm fine with that.

Mine doesn't function reliably with low powered target ammo. Standard velocity ammo works just fine. It isn't a target pistol, but is every bit as accurate as my other center fire Glocks. Which isn't bad at all. Overall I like it.

 

[12Bravo20]

I usually shoot mine at 5-15 yards at paper targets for groups then put out clay birds at 25 and 50 yards. It is fun hitting clay birds a 50 yards.

 

[.308 Norma]

A double stack magazine with rimmed cartridges is possible, but a lot harder to do and make the gun reliable. I'm sure Glock chose reliability over mag capacity.

That's what I've read about it. And I too am fine with a 10 shot 22LR handgun - especially now that I've found out how reliable my G44 is compared to some of the other 22LR semi-auto handguns I've owned over the years.
I put the masking tape label on the brick of Federal Premium ammo my wife and I were using for ground squirrel extermination a couple of weeks ago. After one magazine full of these (and 4 failures to eject) in my 10-22, I switched to Winchester 40gr (1,300fps) in the 10-22. But as I wrote on the masking tape, my G44 loves this Federal 40gr Match HP (1,200fps) stuff. And I'm a darned good shot with it if I do say so myself - if the ground squirrels popped up within 20 yards, I shot them with my Glock 44. If they popped up between 20 and about 75 yards, they belonged to my wife and the 10-22.
I had my 22-250 along, and I actually did explode one ground squirrel about 100 yards out with it. But I put my 22-250 away after that. I decided it was silly to make all that noise with a 22-250 when there were hundreds of the little vermin within 22LR (both pistol and rifle) range.

 

[FFGColorado]

Do states that restrict magazine capacity to 10 rounds or less include rimfire magazines in the restrictions too? If so, that could be why the G44 magazine is 10 rounds. I ask since I do not have to deal with magazine capacity restrictions and do not know if that includes rimfire mags.

BIG reason why Glock 43x/48 are 10R. Aftermarket(15R) mags for these are common and work well but states that have a 10R mag maximum is a BIG market. Like California and 8 others...