Grimjaws "Strayed into the Glock world" post got me to thinking.
Back around Xmas I bought my self a present when AIM surplus had a sale going. (They have way too many "sales" and get way too much of my money as a result.) The sale this time was for a AR pistol in 9mm with a blade brace. It was a couple hundred off because the company that makes them was coming out with a new side charging AR9mm. It is Glock pattern and uses any 9mm Glock magazine. I did buy 1 33rd just because but for the most part bought a load of the inexpensive Korean metal lined Glock 17 mags.
Here 'tis
After I saw Grimjaw's post I got to thinking that it would not be a bad idea to have a handgun that used the same mags. Enter another AIM Surplus sale. They had another batch of the .40 cal Glock 22's in stock. This time from the New Orleans PD. $279 for these, and another hundred dollars at the Glock Store gets me a Glock 17 barrel, extractor, trigger housing with ejector, and some trigger job parts.
I still do not like the grip angle and finger grooves on the later Glocks, but they have this thing called Polymer80 frames. They just so happen to have a 1911 grip angle and no finger grooves. Guess what else I have coming.
So now I get to do one of my favorite things, tinker with guns. When I get done I will have a stable mate for my 9mm AR pistol and both will use the same magazines.
Oh yes, obligatory picture of the NOPD Glock 22.