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1. Fully agree, Pat, that with any semi-auto .22 you need extra magazines. My standard is to have five magazines for any .22, and that is the case with my G44. It hasn’t jammed yet after
   several hundred rounds without a cleaning (on purpose). Highly recommend as a trainer and ammo saver for your centerfire Glocks and for introduction of a new shooter to Glocks, as well. Thank you for this review – most folks are leaving the .22s in the showcase and buying the centerfires where I live. If you own a Glock centerfire, this is a smart purchase for continued practice in these spare times. best, redclay7

   1. I got my Glock 44 to use as a training pistol for my little grand daughter…..the noise, recoil and muzzle blast are non existent with this little .22….also useful for introducing a retriever pup to gunfire….there’s no need to start a beginner off on a hand cannon….that can make them gun shy real quick……I’ve been a Glock owner since 1987 and believe in the brand.

2. I’m a Glock fan and the designations can be confusing.

3. Go buy the Taurus TX 22, it comes with two 16 round mags and over a hundred dollars cheaper than the Glock. Once you shoot the Taurus you will probably put the Glock away and it will just become a dust collector.

   1. I like Glocks but I bought a TX 22. Over 2200 rounds through it and still having too much fun. I wish all my guns had that trigger.

4. Hmm, I remember yrs ago of hearing some class mates in high school bragging about spot lighting deer ( 50’s and 60’s ) and later I worked with guys who bragged about doing the same thing. I later worked in the stockyards part of a packing plant where we always use a .22 lr to put down sick and diseased and crippled animals ( both hogs and cattle ( with some of the cattle weighing as much 1500 lbs or more )). My Dad one time tried to ” scare ” a dog with a .22lr at a quarter of mile and ended up killing the dog ( the dog died three days later ). A few yrs ago, a retired secret service agent made the statement that 50% of the people killed in the U.S. are shot and killed with a .22lr. So I know what the ” lowly ” .22lr can do, at least in my line of experience. Just my two cents.

5. By the way, nice article about the Glock 44 ( .22lr ), but I’m not a glock fan

6. Blessings in disguise, ya gotta love it. Luckily I don’t think you can go wrong with a Glock. I tell people they are like the small block Chevrolet of the gun world. They come from the factory bare bones, reliable, simple and utilitarian, you can run them like that but they’ll lend themselves to being turned into just about anything you can imagine from a home defense gun with a WML, night sights and extended mags to a lightweight race gun with a milled slide, fancy trigger a mag well adapter.

7. One can never have too many good .22s. We’ve been shooting a lot more of it since the ammo drought started, since I have quite a bit of it. I’ve been on the lookout for a Glock 44, now I’ll have to intensify the search. We have several Glocks in our family, so adding another one is a no brainer. Thanks for the review.

8. My local gun shop has a new Glock 44 right now for $329. I guess I should go get it.

9. God Bless the wife, that will buy her husband, a firearm as a surprise. … +In the Casio house, it must be said often, “You can’t go wrong with another Glock around the house.”

   The Glock shape doesn’t really fit my hand very well. … But, Glock has a well earned reputation for dependability to work, when ~needed. +Accurate enough to hit the intended target too; with a well aimed shot.

   A .22lr is inexpensive to shoot, comparatively. &(Yes, there is an ammo shortage). People need to practice shooting to be good at it. We live in dire times.

   1. I misspelled Cascio as Casio. There’s a difference between a Casio and Cascio. …. The Cascio is always right, all the time.

10. I recently got to try one of those that a friend had and it was a neat little shooter. However No collection is complete without the timeless Ruger 10/22.

11. Legalities aside CCI Stinger at up to 40yds in the gourd is a sure thing but from a rifle.
    We are grown folks and we know the ramifications in good times but knowledge isn’t harmful.
    I can not tell you about a handgun in the scenario however I can tell ya a 40gr solid Remington that puts a hole in a critters lungs, regardless of said critters size, requires patience, time and a little tracking skill.
    Distance to target would be close for a handgun to get enough penetration.

12. Having had several .22LR semi-autos and a couple of .22LR revolvers, if I had to depend on just one, it would be a revolver. Having a semi-auto fail to cycle is not a rare event. Having a .222LR fail to fire in a revolver isn’t rare either, but the next shot is just a trigger pull away.

    1. Chris, I tend to agree with your revolver recommendation. My experience with the Walther P22 3″ 22LR are ahem … ammunition sensitive. I could blame ‘dirty gun’ more than the ammo it is a very close 2nd. Many moons ago I developed a grudge against the single action revolver 6 shot , but I could see a double action in my future. My daughter enjoys the P22s as long as they run.

13. Pat-
    I’m just down the road a spell… If you wish to relieve yourself of that spare Glock 44, I am sure we could work an equitable trade!
    I have looked for one for the past few weeks and have failed my mission. I ended up with a Heritage 22LR/22Mag as a compromise because I have buckets of both rounds.
    In all seriousness though, I am nearby and have various sorts of barter, trade, and currency.

    1. Try the local Bi Mart. Mine seems to have one all the time.

    2. Nothing wrong with the Heritage. I picked one up because it was so cheap. It quickly became my favorite pistol for around the farm. It is very accurate with 22mag and pretty good with LR. I’ve never had a light primer strike and the sights on mine are the HiViz variety. The added bonus was I already had a holster that fit the Heritage like a glove.

14. Pat ,,,,,,in nam we used a high standard with 22shorts to take care of problems ,,,no can just barrel against the target. In arm pit

15. Glock sells a drop-In, factory replacement, threaded barrel, in case you are wanting to compensate it,
    https://www.brownells.com/handgun-parts/barrel-parts/barrels/barrel-g44-threaded-prod133487.aspx?avs%7cMake%7e%7eModel_1=Glock__44

16. I really wanted a .22 handgun that was reliable. I researched and bought a Walther P22. I’m disappointed. It misfires fairly often, on the second or third round of a full 10 round mag. It sounds from this article and comments that the G44 may be more reliable.

    I have a Glock 17 and it has never misfired or jammed. Not even once. I wish I could get something close to that reliable in a .22 handgun. Maybe the G44?

17. I just have to share this with you. As for carrying a 22lr I agree and I had that conversation with my mom who carried concealed a 9 shot 22lr revolver. I was trying to talk her into “At Least” a 380 but when we when to the range and she emptied that revolver in just a couple seconds and had a 2 inch grouping right on the target’s Heart area and then she pulled out it’s twin (that I didn’t even know she had) and repeated it, I SHUT UP!!! My mom was a shooter her whole life & taught me a lot, but that lesson brings a smile to my face every time I remember it.

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