In this day where Keltec can get 50 rounds going in a .22LR handgun, why did Glock stop at 10? That would be the driving feature to get the G44 - otherwise my Ruger MII is great. Tied the Keltec - it just felt way to cheap to me and so sold it.

So it can be sold in the states with 10 round limits.

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And so Glock can come out with a "New" model that will hold 30!

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To sell in states that limit to 10 rounds are probably the reason.

I've always heard that higher cap magazines for rimfire ammo is a hard thing to mfg and keep it reliable.

But if I can dream ... I'd like a big ol' 'nanner magazine for it in 22 cal like the 33 rounder in my Glock 19!

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I would suspect along the lines of what pawngal suggested. There is also the logistics and profit angle to consider. Marketing a high-cap pistol in a capacity limited state mandates manufacturing 2 or more different capacity magazines, which requires maintaining a larger inventory of taxable product (remember, zero inventory). Marketing a high-cap magazine as an option can be more profitable. They could also be considering the political climate.

BTW, which frame is the 44 based on?

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Based on the model 19, Glocks best selling pistol. Glock 19 holsters and mag carriers are supposed to fit. Sounds like a good understudy for the 19. I would be surprised if Glock doesn't offer a larger cap mag in the near future for this pistol. I am hearing about $370 or so as an estimated street price. At about 14 ounces, might be a good woods carry pistol if the accuracy is there.

Larry

My Taurus TX22 16 + 1 runs flawlessly. If Taurus can do it, Glock should be able to make one blindfolded.

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You know, after I posted that I thought about the Butler Creek steel lip magazines for my 10-22's. They're reasonably priced and work very well.

There used to be a 22 rimfire machine gun (180?) with a 100 round drum.

I stand corrected, Glock needs to give me a high capacity reason to buy another 22 pistol.

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My point was they are already using the newer staggered approach in the magazine. And they already deal with 10 and hi-cap for nearly everything in the lineup, so I don’t buy it.

CZ offers 22LR 'Kadet Adapters' for a number of their most popular pistols.
Seems like a better approach to me if you want to train you get the identical pistol and trigger to practice with, just a different slide/barrel and magazine. No, they-re not cheap. But after you shoot a couple thousand rounds, you've saved more $ in ammo than the cost of the Kadet Adapter. Especially good if your safe is running out of room. lol

Magazine design and capacity isn't "how many cartridges can we stuff into this volume".

(1) You mention the Kel Tec CP33. For one thing, it's a rather large handgun. The G44 is designed to be a packable .22LR or a 19 trainer.

(2) The .22LR is a rimmed cartridge. You can't just jam them in a magazine, you have to ensure that the magazine is designed to position them properly so that the rim of one cartridge doesn't sit in front of the rim of the cartridge above it. The CP33 is susceptible to rim-lock, because Kel Tec didn't do this.

(3) The CP33 magazine is a double double-stack. The G22 uses a more reliable single-stack design. Most .22 trainers and serious target guns use a 10-round magazine for exactly that reason.

(4) 10 rounds of .22LR is going to satisfy most people just fine.

And no, before anyone chimes in that the "CP" in CP33 stands for "Competition Pistol", it is not. It's a toy.

The American 180 used a drum style magazine.

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Thanks for the lecture on what most us know.

Because Glock had absolutely no idea what they were doing when they made the G44. The G44 is just a lazy attempt to break into the .22LR pistol market because why not.
There was clearly no thought whatsoever put into the design of the pistol, hence why practically nothing about it is even vaguely competitive, much less innovative. If just a .22LR pistol presumably intended to compete with the lowest common denominator, and it doesn't even succeed at that humble goal, assuming that it was even its goal to begin with.

You know the old joke about Glock inventing the .45 GAP for no other reason than Glock wanting a cartridge with its name on it? Well the G44 is a pistol which seemingly exists merely because Glock wanted a .22LR pistol with its name on it.

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How do you know? Have you shot one?

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There is a rumor about 15 round magazines. I hope so. The folks at Glock aren’t stupid. I’m willing to bet they planned ahead.

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So why are you complaining about the Glock 19 not holding fifty rounds?

Apparently that is most of us other than you.

Most pistols on the market, especially those of decent quality, do not rely on freakishly large magazine capacity to set themselves apart.

There are many people (other than "magazine dumpers") who shoot pistols of this type and don't want to spend their range time loading a whole box into one magazine.

Someone competing in most competitive league environments will not be at a disadvantage with these magazines, and, as Kanewpadle says there is already a rumor about 15 round magazines.

More important than capacity would be reliability, safe operation, decent construction and general utility.

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DHC, you overlook the often heard comment about those .45 GAPs that they opened up the use of .45s to those who could not physically handle their large frame pistols, the GAP being housed in the same size as their 9mm / 40 S&W sized frames. That was the selling point for some agencies that adopted them. OTOH, I wouldn't buy one because I consider it a soon to be orphan cartridge.

As far as bringing out a .22, Glock is a successful business enterprise because they sell what the market wants, not everyone want a PDW/CCW pistol. Plinking or target shooting a .22 can be fun, w/o the expense of centerfire ammo.
And there is always the training aspect of teaching someone to handle the platform in a light caliber, before moving up to real world ammo.

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Having thousands of rounds through the TX22, the small pencil like barrel gets TOO hot to handle after dumping two mags of 16 rounds......literally TOO hot to hold in your hand. I have pondered how the plastic guide rod holds up under that much heat.

So the G44 has a polymer slide huh? Hmmmm.....

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*sigh*

The slide contains both steel and polymer. If you're curious as to whether Glock can make a high-temp polymer, go check out G18 torture tests on YouTube--dozens of 33-round sticks of 9mm are required to kill that gun's plastic guide rod. Dozens more before the polymer frame starts shaving.

And long before that, the gun is too hot to touch with bare hands.

I think it'll hold up to a few .22s.

As long as the 10 round bullet clips don’t jam up all the time, I’m cool with it.

I’ll take reliability over max overdrive capacity assault banana clips.

The mag capacity seems to be every Glock fan boys major complaint about the G44. I don't get it?
Ten rounds is actually very common in many .22 pistols. Its pretty much the standard. None of my .22 semi-auto pistols hold more than ten and I'm fine with that.
OP: do you have a problem with your Ruger MK II's ten round capacity?
I think the Glockophiles are just looking for an excuse to gripe.

Lot of dislike on various forums for the Glock 44. I predict many naysayers will wind up owning one.

I guess the 10 round limit will be a problem when the chipmunks charge though.

And the drum-mag was not designed to feed the weapon, only to keep the cartridges flowing into a feeding mechanism that would properly align each cartridge in turn for properly aligned feeding. There is a difference!

Rimmed cartridges are not very suitable for autoloading weapons because of the limitations on keeping the cartridges properly aligned within the magazine. Even single-stack mags must be within a relatively small range of angle to contain and feed the ammo properly, and throwing a double-stack design into the process is very difficult to do.

What a piece of junk....totally useless. I think I need one. Especially for my kids, lady, and new shooters that may be recoil sensitive to blast away on, so they can get the feel and asthetics of the GLOCK down. Then graduate up in caliber to the G19, as the gun will feel at home in their hands. I believe that some people think they are smarter than they actually are, and know everything. Maybe the people at GLOCK actually have their stuff together, and will develop a successful line of pistols some day...

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FWIW, my CP33 has not had any magazine related failures in a couple of thousand rounds of mixed ammo. Yes, it's a large pistol but the PMR30 has virtually the same magazine and is 'normal' size. I plink at various ranges with my rimfires, and ten round magazines tend to run out quickly when you're keeping the 4" plastic ball bouncing on the fifty yard berm. There's been many a day where I've longed for something like a snail drum to feed my model 41. Yeah, I get the whole restricted mag market thing, but in open states ten rounds is just a warmup. YMMV

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It seems to me the issue is the way Glock over-hyped this as 'Legendary' and some folks expected it to be something really special. I mean, it's OK but just yet another 10 round 22LR pistol. HoHum. Yeah, lots of folks will buy it but IMHO Glock is stooping to the same mentality that came up with Springfield's 'Grip Zone'. Legendary? Really?

I like Glock pistols. I carry a G30SF daily. But for the life of me, I can't come up with a good reason why I'd want one in .22 caliber. A G21SF is probably next on my to-buy list.