Glock 44?

TonyAngel said:

I suppose my question for those that have one is...does the trigger feel the same as it does in the other larger caliber Glocks?

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Yup. I cant tell the difference.

The 44's are fun guns too.

The more I shoot my Glock 44, the more I like it.

12Bravo20 said:

The more I shoot my Glock 44, the more I like it.

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Me too.

TonyAngel said:

I suppose my question for those that have one is...does the trigger feel the same as it does in the other larger caliber Glocks?

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I hope so, because I like my Glock 44's trigger so well that I'm still kinda considering getting a Glock 19 or Glock 48 for EDC - in spite of the fact that I'm adverse to carrying a semi-auto with a round in the chamber unless it has a manual safety. But I guess that's a topic for a different thread. Sorry.
Anyway, last Tuesday the guy in the gunstore that I like told me he didn't have a Glock 19 (Gen 5) in stock, but their triggers feel the same to him as my Glock 44's trigger.

I won't argue that a 22 is good practice, but dry firing is your friend. It is even cheaper than buying 22 ammo plus the cost of another gun. You can dry fire any Glock as much as you want.

My G44 is awesome and tons of fun. The trigger is a bit different to my Glock 19X and my 1992 Glock 23. It is a more crisp trigger than the 19X and heavier and more crisp than the G23. Glocks are odd that way. I recently checked out two Gen 5 G 19's and they had completely different trigger pulls while both claimed to be the same. odd.

Worst case scenario, you buy a Glock 44 and it doesn't work as a training device but gun is probably you have an awesome and fun to shoot .22. Dry firing your actual gun may be more helpful than shooting a G44. I noticed while dry firing my G44 that if I grip hard with the support hand but lightly with the gun hand, I had less movement of the gun as the trigger broke.

helitack32f1 said:

I recently checked out two Gen 5 G 19's and they had completely different trigger pulls while both claimed to be the same. odd.

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That's good to know. Thanks! If I do decide to buy a Gen 5 Glock 19, I'll check out the triggers on a few of them before deciding on which one.

.308 Norma said:

That's good to know. Thanks! If I do decide to buy a Gen 5 Glock 19, I'll check out the triggers on a few of them before deciding on which one.

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Good plan! The used one I checked out had the cutout in the grip that no one liked so I assume it was an earlier model. The newer, brand new one didn't have the cutout in the grip and had a much lighter trigger pull, much like my old Glock 23.

I wouldnt worry about the trigger, its what it is. I have a bunch of Glocks and have yet to come across a "bad" trigger on any of them.

Dry fire is your friend and will go a long way at helping you not to worry about the trigger, and not just with the Glocks. If you have a DA revolver, thats one of the best things to dryfire with daily. DAO of course.

Me 3!

ANY .22 rimfire handgun shooting will help your handgun shooting overall. I regularly utilize my Ruger Standard or MkII Govt target to set myself for centerfire auto shooting...and even as a "warm down" when done. The M-17 does the same warm up/wind down duties for centerfire revolver practice, be it snubnosed .38's firing wadcutters or the big boomers.

Coupled with a solid grasp of the basics and dry-fire practice, putting actual rounds into the target is always beneficial... as dry fire can't always show how well you're performing your sight alignment on target as you go from presentation, to trigger press, through recoil, to follow through. Having a .22 LR that is very close in size/operation to one's actual EDC or duty gun is, IMHO, icing on the cake.

You know we're enablers , so go out and get a G-44. Based on what everyone I know who has one is saying, it'll soon be one of the guns you take every time you go to the range.

Stay safe.

Riomouse911 said:

You know we're enablers , so go out and get a G-44. Based on what everyone I know who has one is saying, it'll soon be one of the guns you take every time you go to the range.

Stay safe.

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Yep the G44 and 1911 with 22lr conversion slide go with me to the range pretty much all of the time.

AK103K said:

I wouldnt worry about the trigger, its what it is. I have a bunch of Glocks and have yet to come across a "bad" trigger on any of them.

Dry fire is your friend and will go a long way at helping you not to worry about the trigger, and not just with the Glocks. If you have a DA revolver, thats one of the best things to dryfire with daily. DAO of course.

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No doubt 'some' will assume I'm just a nob, but after firing many Rugers, Sigs, Taurus', Berettas, Springfields...I don't see the various triggers in all my and my son's Glocks 'bad' at all..7 of them...YMMV and all that...

AK103K said:

I wouldnt worry about the trigger, its what it is. I have a bunch of Glocks and have yet to come across a "bad" trigger on any of them.

Dry fire is your friend and will go a long way at helping you not to worry about the trigger, and not just with the Glocks. If you have a DA revolver, thats one of the best things to dryfire with daily. DAO of course.

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I’m not worried about them being bad, just pointing out the inconsistencies between 3-5 recently sampled Glocks. I dry fire incessantly, much to the chagrin of my wife and family. After recently doing the fabled .25c trigger job to the G44 and my G19X, both triggers are completely different in character to each other, making practice on one not immediately applicable to the other.

I shoot a bunch of different guns with pretty much every trigger type you can think of, and I dont give the triggers on any of them any thought when Im shooting them. I just shoot the guns and focus on the sights and/or target when I shoot.

I keep hearing the Gen 5 Glock triggers are so much better than the other Gens, and I really never noticed, and still dont. And Ive got guns that span the generations. But again, I also dont pay attention to the trigger when I shoot, so it really doesnt matter.

I do have to admit that the glock 44 has a better trigger out of the box than my other gen 4 pistols

But i tend to do some work on most of them anyway and none of the triggers remained factory

In my 44 i put the apex action nhancement kit for gen 5 models and now it feels more like my other glocks with the same kit but for gen 4

Also swapped out the factory sights for glock night sights ( the plastic ones with the u notch )

The only problem ( if you can call it a real problem ) is that the mags do not seem to seat like it does with its bigger brothers

TonyAngel said:

Here’s a little tidbit. When I first got my 48. I didn’t see anything wrong with the trigger other than that vibration sensation. I didn’t think it was particularly heavy and pretty crisp for what it is, but I ordered a minus connector for it anyway just to see. So, I get the connector in and go to swap it out and wow. There was already a minus connector in there. I guess I should have looked first. Pfft.

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What is a minus connector?

I put the https://www.glockstore.com/Double-Diamond-3-5-Pound-Connector-for-G42-43 in my 48 it took the spring { twang } out of the Trigger a big improvement over the stock

Trigger feels about the same as my 19. I use it as a trainer to conserve center fire, I do believe it helps with every shooting operation other than recoil management, including the mechanics of drawing from concealment and all the draw stroke positions. One thing I dislike is the front sight nut, its impossible to get my front sight tool concentric so I had to jam it on the nut off-axis to replace the front sight. The rear sights are adjustable which is great but I personally blacked mine out with a sharpie. With regards to reliability, my one sample, I've had three malfunctions in my ~1000 rounds I've put through it with a variety of bulk ammo. Two stovepipes and one failure to extract. Based on my experience the internet was wrong with regards to reliability; the big youtubers want you to believe you'll be clearing jams with every mag; maybe for them, but not my experience, I wonder if they have some anti Glock agenda but I won't speculate further on that.

TonyAngel said:

So...I'm considering a Glock 44. My impulse was to get an M&P (what a sweet rimfire), but I have a purpose. I suppose my question for those that have one is...does the trigger feel the same as it does in the other larger caliber Glocks?

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It's the same trigger, but the 'snap' (break) is a little heavier being a rimfire and all. I'm guessing they used a heavier striker spring. I use my G44 as a 'same-gun' trainer for my 19/23/30 battery, and think very well of it.

TonyAngel said:

I have a Glock 48 I'm trying to love. I mean, it's great, but I still shoot my Kahr way better and faster.

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FWIW - I'm trying out the Ghost Angel connector today; got it installed into my range G23 last night after it arrived. It really does make the Glock trigger feel *almost* like a Kahr.

nebraska_farmer said:

..... With regards to reliability, my one sample, I've had three malfunctions in my ~1000 rounds I've put through it with a variety of bulk ammo. Two stovepipes and one failure to extract. Based on my experience the internet was wrong with regards to reliability; the big youtubers want you to believe you'll be clearing jams with every mag; maybe for them, but not my experience, I wonder if they have some anti Glock agenda but I won't speculate further on that.

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I am not a Glock fanboy, in fact the G44 is my first Glock. I have only had 4 malfunctions so far which were definitely ammo related. I had a couple that were slightly underpowered and I could tell as soon as I shot them and two that did not fire the first time. The two that did not fire did when I tried them a second time. Once I got used to the sights (and adjusted) the pistol is quite accurate for what it is. I find myself grabbing it anytime I head out to the woods or fishing since it issue light and fun to shoot.