Glock Mags and Non-Glock Pistols

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Aside from the real deal, are there other pistols out there that accept Glock magazines?

I know there are a few carbines and AR's that take Glock mags (Aero ASR, JRC, & Sub 2K come to mind) but I don't think there are any handguns. So why not? I would imagine that with so many Glock owners out there there would be a plethora of mags just lying around.

Maybe something more sleek? A hammer fired clone? Just wondering . . .
 
i belive the KRISS pistols use glock mags.......

but there are 2 problems with a company using another companies mags.....

1) you are relying on the engineering and QC of another company for the reliability of your product......

if Glock started shipping crap mags, your products arent going to work as they should, and you would have no controll over it.

from an engineering standpoint its a bad idea...

2) you are making no money from the sale of important accessories......if you have a competition shooter buying 10-20 mags for their gun......you are making 0 profit off those sales.....all that money is going to glock.

from a business standpoint its a bad idea....

also, there may be some licensing issues with using another companies products.....
 
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I know there are a few carbines and AR's that take Glock mags (Aero ASR, JRC, & Sub 2K come to mind) but I don't think there are any handguns.
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Interesting, I didn't know there were any long guns that took Glock mags. I have't been paying attention to that.

Thanks.

tipoc
 
I think most of the companies using Glock mags are actually capitalizing on the reliability, popularity and distribution of the Glock pistol.
 
M-Cameron said:
i belive the KRISS pistols use glock mags.......

but there are 2 problems with a company using another companies mags.....

1) you are relying on the engineering and QC of another company for the reliability of your product......

if Glock started shipping crap mags, your products arent going to work as they should, and you would have no controll over it.

from an engineering standpoint its a bad idea...

2) you are making no money from the sale of important accessories......if you have a competition shooter buying 10-20 mags for their gun......you are making 0 profit off those sales.....all that money is going to glock.

from a business standpoint its a bad idea....

also, there may be some licensing issues with using another companies products.....
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Yes and no.

All the CZ75 clones out there can use CZ75 mags and they make no money off those mags.
 
Well you also don't have the issue of developing and selling your own mags. That costs money. Money to develop the mags and money to produce them as well as dealing with the quality of them.

AERO and the others don't have to make their own mags. They rely on Glock to carry that weight for them, and Glock does.

Tanfoglio's CZ clones are a bit different. They do make their own line of mags, or have them made. Some will accept their own mags and some CZ's mags. There are some differences with some models. Tanfoglio does not rely on CZ mags. Aero and the others that are built for Glock mags do.

But who other than Glock makes Glock mags? Certainly no one on a large scale.

tipoc
 
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Yeah Cameron, but all three of the Korean KCI G17 mags I bought had multiple issues.
Very hard to load, couldn't reach advertised capacity, difficulty seating them and frequent jams.

I have no experience with Magpuls, but have otherwise been pleased with everything else I've used of theirs.
 
You must have been living under a rock for the last yea or two lol
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It's warm under here.

Like I said I pay little attention to pistol caliber carbines made to accept Glock mags. I did not know such things existed. Apparently I pay zero attention to who makes mags for Glocks. But if it's only been the last "year or two" I forgive myself my lapse.

But...

At the top of this year Magpul announced yet another ground-breaking product, the PMAG 17. An inexpensive polymer 17-round Magpul magazine for Glock 17s, the PMAG 17 was guaranteed to succeed even before it hit the market. About the only thing that could go wrong was if some small, but critical step or test was overlooked.

A small but critical mistake was made. Just a few days after the public release of the PMAG 17 Magpul has confirmed that some magazines are not feeding correctly when paired with other 9mm Glock pistols, specifically the Glock 19 and Glock 26.
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http://www.guns.com/2015/04/16/magpul-glock-mag-update-we-screwed-up/

It makes sense that others come along and make mags for any successful line of pistols.

tipoc
 
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It makes sense that others come along and make mags for any successful line of pistols.

tipoc
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And they certainly have for the Glocks. On a very large scale and at very good pricing ($15 each free shipping is the norm)
 
I've heard it said that the best way to build a great Semi-auto pistol is too build a great mag and design the pistol around it. IMHO no one has done this better than Glock.

I would think if someone wanted to design a pistol carbine especially in 9mm Glock would be the Ideal choice to build around already having a quality 33 round mag available. And Magpul is releasing high-cap mags in Glock too.
 
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Exactly...

It's pretty doubtful that Glock mags in the current design are going away anytime soon. There are over 3 decades of Glock mags out there. Any change to the mag's design would cause a major upheaval with its end-users, agencies, fanboys...etc. What better way to use it as a foundation to improve on the gun's design or even just cosmetics.

As for legalities, I'm pretty sure the Glock magazine do not have active patents on 'em anymore.
 
Glocks are very innovative, but I just don't see the magazines as anything special. Compared to a Sig or Beretta mag, they're quite thick and they don't always eject themselves cleanly from the gun.
 
M-Cameron said:
i belive the KRISS pistols use glock mags.......

but there are 2 problems with a company using another companies mags.....

1) you are relying on the engineering and QC of another company for the reliability of your product......

if Glock started shipping crap mags, your products arent going to work as they should, and you would have no controll over it.

from an engineering standpoint its a bad idea...

2) you are making no money from the sale of important accessories......if you have a competition shooter buying 10-20 mags for their gun......you are making 0 profit off those sales.....all that money is going to glock.

from a business standpoint its a bad idea....

also, there may be some licensing issues with using another companies products.....
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Mec-Gar makes mags for a 'plethora' of OEM firearms manufacturers. Magpul is getting into that end of the business as well. If it is in fact a bad idea 'from an engineering standpoint', then I guess all the major automobile, appliance, electronics, aerospace and a 'plethora' of other industry OEMs are all doing something wrong. That is, unless they maintain strict QC of their own on their suppliers, which, SURPRISE, is exactly what they do...
 
Glock mags are awesome and one of the reasons I plan to become a Glock owner is because of the magazines and their availability and reliability and compatibility with various models and magazine lengths. If there were most pistols that used Glock magazines, I'd be more than willing to look at them and consider buying them, but there are none other than Glock and so I gotta go with Glock.
 
If you use Glock mags in a magazine-in-grip handgun design, then you're going to accept Glock grip angles and certain other form factors in your gun. People who like Glock grip angles and form factors probably like Glocks themselves. Why would you buy a gun that feels like a Glock but isn't a Glock? What's the pitch?
 
Apparently there are some folk who believe Glock mags are just flat out great and better than most others. Why is that?

tipoc
 
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