What will the new Glock 44 eat?

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I seen a bunch of videos where people are shooting their new Glock 44. There’s a bunch that claim their guns don’t function well with bullet weights under 40 gr.
I’ve shot a few hundred rounds of ammunition thrown my G44, but most of it was old ammo I had at work. But today I brought a bunch of ammo from home to try out.
Here’s the list of ammo I tested.
#1 Federal Premium Hunter Match 40gr HP.
#2 Federal Gold Medal 40gr.
#3 Federal Champion 40gr.
#4 CCI Standard Velocity 40gr.
#5 Geco Match 40gr.
#6 Geco Simi Auto 40 gr.
#7 Remington Subsonic 38gr.
#8 Aguila Super Extra 40gr.
#9 Armscor 36gr.

I had no function problems with any of the ammunition and was amazed that the Armscor shot very well.

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So for those that have Glock 44’s or have shot them, what were you feeding it and how did it do?
 
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I picked mine up last Thursday, and on Friday I put 434 rounds through it - some leftover Remington 36gr plated Golden Bullet (aka 'big bucket of crap'), a few boxes of Blazer 40gr LRN, and a full box of Federal AutoMatch 40gr LRN.

I had zero feeding / extraction / ejection issues but two failure-to-go-bang malfs, both not surprisingly with the Rem Golden Bullet - one round that took two hits to fire, and one round that would not fire no matter how many hits around the rim I tried. In both cases, the firing pin indentation was solid / deep - the ammo was clearly not well primed (or not primed at all). <shrug> That's pretty much par for the course with the Remington stuff. Accuracy was meh, but it was 38F outside and I wasn't trying to linger. :)
 
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I picked one up last week. On Sunday I shot 200 rounds of Federal auto match and 50 rounds of CCI standard velocity, and 50 rounds of CCI Quiet .22.
I had one Failure to fire from the Automatch, a hard solid dent and no bang, re-chambered and it fired on the second try ( so it was a defective round).
300 rounds+ fired on the first range trip, no failures to feed or eject. Good accuracy.
 
These are what I shot first time out with mine. Started with the higher power stuff and finished with the less good Remington stuff. Gun functioned flawlessly, 220 rounds total, zero malfunctions. While shooting the Remington stuff I encountered random weak rounds, still no issues.

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My experience also that it will eat most everything. I was surprised at how accurate it seemed to be so I put in an OC triggers sear group with overtravel adjustment and a 3.5lb connector and now I am really surprised. AT 40ft 8 out of ten times I can shoot a hickory nut out of a squirrels mouth. That's pretty good for an old dude. Seriously the gun has great inherent accuracy.
 
I have two 44's, and have a little over 3000 rounds in total through them now. A little over 2000 through the first gun, and 1400-1500 through the second.

99% of that has been 40 grain CCI Blazers. When I got the first gun, I tried some CCI Stingers, CCI AR Tactical, and some 25 year old Winchester Super X.

In total, Ive had three stopages, all at the very start with the first gun. Two of those rounds were basically "squibs" with the Winchesters, and one fail to extract with the Blazers. Thats it.

Both guns have been very reliable, and I havent had any of the magazine issues some seem to be having. I have a total of 11 mags now, 4 that came with the guns, and others I got at a mix of places, local shop and online, and they all work fine.


You're calling all those vids fake? :evil::evil::evil:
By "all those vids" do you mean the one or two that are passed off over and over again as "new proof", everytime someone who doesnt like them posts yet another problem? :D
 
My experience also that it will eat most everything. I was surprised at how accurate it seemed to be so I put in an OC triggers sear group with overtravel adjustment and a 3.5lb connector and now I am really surprised. AT 40ft 8 out of ten times I can shoot a hickory nut out of a squirrels mouth. That's pretty good for an old dude. Seriously the gun has great inherent accuracy.
I take it those other two times, the squrriel didnt make out to well?:p
 
By "all those vids" do you mean the one or two that are passed off over and over again as "new proof", everytime someone who doesnt like them posts yet another problem? :D

Yes, those videos. :D They come in all size, shape and color to fit the current need.
 
I take it those other two times, the squrriel didnt make out to well?:p
Basically it sucked to be the squirrel. Someone brought up the mag issue. I think they are referring to the last round loaded pointing toward the feed ramp rather than above it leading to first round failures to feed. This can happen but is easily avoided. After the last round is loaded invert the mag and pull back on the followers and give the mag a light shake and release the followers presto all cartridges are properly aligned.
 
By "all those vids" do you mean the one or two that are passed off over and over again as "new proof", everytime someone who doesnt like them posts yet another problem?

I was just busting his chops for the irony in the type-o. I dont have a clue as to the number of vids out there as I haven't watched any regarding the 44.
 
I "tap" my mags too (with everything), and havent had any issues, and at this point, thats hundreds of mags through the guns.

When I first got the gun, I noticed a couple of times, the last round was more level than at an upward angle, as they should be, but they were still always pointed at the ramp on the front of the mag. That seemed to straighten itself out as I used the mags and they settled in. I havent seen that occur for a while now.

One other thing. If you dont like the sights, a set of 9mm sights will work just fine. I tried a old set of factory plastic sights I took off another gun, and they were dead on. I then ordered (9mm) Meprolight three dots for both guns, and they too work great.
 
I was just busting his chops for the irony in the type-o. I dont have a clue as to the number of vids out there as I haven't watched any regarding the 44.
I’m always getting busted for my type-os. I’m a very bad speller and spellcheck makes my post readable. :)
I know I should proofread, but then y’all wouldn’t have the pleasure of poking fun at me.


By my eyes it looks as if the Aguila shot the best (?did you mean Aguila instead?). That's a ragged hole.

Are you a lefty gunny? Looks like your sights could be adjusted a little left on the pistol. Good shooting. :thumbup:
I was surprised at how good it shot the Aguila. It also shot the Federal Premium Match Hunter very good, had one flyer on that one.
I was having a little trouble focusing on the front sight, eyes just ain’t what they used to be.
I’m right handed, but I have nerve damage in my right shoulder and neck. It causes me to shoot to the left on just about all handguns I shoot. Those groups were fired with the rear sight adjusted all the way to the right. Once I decided on the ammo I will shoot the most in it, I’ll adjust the sights again.
 
I see in my new Bass Pro flyer that they are on sale for 359.

I wonder how long it will be before threaded barrels are common for them.

Might be fun.

Todd.
 
I'm going to get one, still bummed about the mag capacity but that won't stop me.glad to hear they're working well. Just what I need, another 22...

Well look at it this way, with just 10 rounds per magazine you won't fly through the ammo so fast! Actually, it didn't seem to slow me down all that much, I couldn't believe how fast I blew through over 200 rounds my first time out with the thing. There are rumors that a 15 round magazine is in the works, we'll see.
 
Well look at it this way, with just 10 rounds per magazine you won't fly through the ammo so fast! Actually, it didn't seem to slow me down all that much, I couldn't believe how fast I blew through over 200 rounds my first time out with the thing. There are rumors that a 15 round magazine is in the works, we'll see.
I'm not a guy who needs giant magazines just seems like if 15 rounds of 9mm fit in a similar size gun (g19) they could give us a couple more for the rimfire version, either way it's not a deal breaker to me. I know there's trouble with double stack magazines for rimmed cartridges so perhaps it has to do with that. I'd take 10 that work instead of 20 and it's a jam-o-matic.
 
Most all .22lr magazines that are reliable are single stack because of the rim on .22lr.
Staggered mags will have the problem of rim lock where the rim of one round gets over top of the rim of a round above it in the magazine and causes rim lock and a failure to feed.
Even the large capacity 10/22 magazines are really single stack magazines. So to make a reliable 15 rounder or a 20 rounder you will need to make a magazine that is longer than the current one.
 
The 10rd single stack design allows for thumb grips on the follower on both sides of the magazine, and that's handy as all get-out.
 
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