Post AWB Glock Magazines

[Domino]

I've been considering a Glock 19 for a good plinker, blaster, and self-defense handgun and I was wondering if anyone has heard anything about Glock making the standard capacity 15 rnd. magazines for it. I am not a huge fan of Glocks but I like the size and I like the gun, but the 15 rounders would pretty much sell me on the design. I currently have a 1911 and a GP100 but ammo isn't cheap and sometimes loading up those Mark II magazines (.22lr) get a little annoying. 9mm Lugar is cheap and plentiful with the added feeling of shooting a centerfire cartridge. I have vowed to never own a 9mm but now it seems a little tempting so if anyone has heard anything from Glock I would love to know.

 

[Moonclips]

You may pre-order them here:

www.topglock.com

 

[GunNut]

I've got a order in now for 10 Glock 17 hi-cap(standard) magazines.

And I don't even own a Glock 9mm yet.

This time around I'm buying magazines first, then guns later.

STeve

 

[Domino]

Good idea. I might just do that, Thanks for the info! Any official word from Glock? I know they make the LEO mags already so it wouldn't be an issue but you never know with some companies. I'm sure Ruger has no intention of making 30 rnd. mini-14 magazines EVER again.

 

[GunNut]

Unless something prevents it, me and most others are buying LEO magazines.

After the ban sunsets there will be no LEO only hi-caps, so all of them should again be available to the general public.

Steve

 

[Edmond]

Check this site out:

http://www.fourfourmagstore.com/home.asp

$22 each or 10 mags for $200. Last time I checked TopGlock, they wanted $26 a piece.

 

[jc2]

The magazines Top Glock is selling are marked "LE/Govt Only" (but after the AWB sunsets be legal). Glock (and SIG) are both saying four to six months before you see a supply of non-government marked standard capacity mags. It doesn't sound right to me, but I guess they are not even going to put any mags into the pipeline until after the AWB is history.

 

[SouthpawShootr]

Glock/Sig/HK can't even import unmarked magazines until after the ban expires. Still it shouldn't take 4-6 months for new ones to show up. I think many dealers will be independently importing marked mags (in Glocks case) and unmarked mags that were not for US import. Maybe these companies think they can make a bit of money by starving us a little more before they import new mags. I mean where's the risk? These companies can make all the unmarked mags they like right now - they just can't import them. If I was in charge of one of these companies I'd have cargo containers full of unmarked mags sitting on the dock in Austria, England, Germany or wherever, ready to ship the second the ban expires. Or maybe on a ship due to arrive in the US just after the ban expries. It's just good customer service. Anybody who has standard caps availble could use it as a marketing tool in those 4-6 months that it takes Glock/HK/Sig to get their acts together.

Then again, these three companies historically have snubbed civilian sales in search of the almighty LE/Gov contracts. I sometimes wonder what they plan to do when all these agencies are supplied and orders are just trickling in for replacements. At that time the goodwill of the civilian gun buying population can make the difference. Colt and S&W pursued LE/Gov and snubbed civilian sales and look what happened to them. Colt is on life-support and S&W is doing better, but not by much.

 

[wally]

I really want to buy LEO marked mags, in the hopes they become collectors items because no such foolishness is ever allowed to happen again!

--wally.