I have owned my G44 or about a month now. Have ran all sorts of ammo thru it, 36 & 40 grain, cheap bulk box to CCI Mini-Mags, not one single malfunction in 800 rounds. The trick to this gun is in the magazines. When you load the mags, turn them upside down and pull the helper tabs and shake it a little. This helps align the rounds in the magazine properly, thus zero malfunctions. I will run 100 rounds in the G44, then grab my G19 and run 100 rounds, it has really helped with the fundamentals.
I got this same advice from armorer at GSSF and had no problems with the gun. Used a glock cert to get one and looking forward to plinking with it or using it to train with new shooters.
I generally agree with you about waiting to buy a gun after all the bugs are worked out, however I broke that rule and bought the 44 the day it was released. I conpete in rimfire division in GSSF Matches. Fortunately I bought 10's of thousands of 100 round boxes of MiniMags when they cost less than 7 bucks a pop. MY 44 was broken in with 300 rounds of MiniMags with one failure feed when shooting the 5th magazine, I got lazy and didn't follow Glock's recommendation for loading magazines. My 44 has always run like a champion from day one. I have won many first place positions and 500 patches I've stopped keeping track. At 40,000 rounds I started to fear something might break so I bought a purple 44 as a backup. Both of these gun love cheap crap ammo during practice and plinking with few issues, however when it comes to matches, CCI MiniMags or Standard Velocity are my goto. GLOCK needs get off their behinds and add a G17 size version and MOS to their line up! And lower their price! I generally only recommend the 44 only to people who want to compete in Glock matches. I recommend The TX22 and PPQ22 for open sight training and the FN502 for open and optics. Those 3 guns feel heavy like real guns and real gun magazine capacities
I purchased a couple G44s 3 years ago and have fired numerous bulk pack boxes of ammo through them. Never had any problems with them. I can't recommend the Promag magazines though as I've had a couple of them break off the little side pull tabs. Accuracy is ok.
I’ve had a G44 since 2021. The first 600ish rounds I had about 50-100 malfunctions. Since then I haven’t had a single malfunction. I shoot Aguila, CCI, Blazer, winchester, Federal, Remington. It really likes the Aguila but it still eats everything else.
Sorry you had issues with your Promags. I own 12 of them and plan to buy 8 more, as mine function flawlessly. You may have to break them in as I do. HOP on down to HomeDepot taking an empty ProMag with you, find a wooden dowel rod that fits between the slits and on top of the follower. If it fits buy it, take it home and use it to conpress the spring about 100 times. That should be enough to break in the spring. Keep your mag loaded with 17-18 rounds. Over time the mag will comfortably hold 18 rounds with no issues. I generally keep mine at 15 or 17rounds to emulate a G19 or17.
@@RevGunn-jq3cq I took your advice, well sorta. I left it fully loaded since the last time which has been about a month. I unloaded the mag and used a similar tool to depress the spring ALOT of times. Reloaded and off to the range. It ran like Usain Bolt in the 100 meter. Thanks
How are the sights on the newer ones? One major issue a lot of people complained about is that it aims high and that the sights cannot be fully zeroed in. When I used the G44 in a training class it was definitely shooting higher than where I was aiming, I’m assuming it’s an older production G44 from when it came out, but idk if they fixed this issue.
Broke mine in on CCI Mini Mags and that is all I run in it. 2,000 rounds and not one malfunction. Oh, I cleaned and oil the gun when it was new before I ever shot it, plus I am a fanatic about keeping a gun clean so it get cleaned between 100 and 200 rounds.
I accept a polymer frame but despise the thought of a polymer slide. 👎🏼 I heard that Glock says the plastic slide is needed for function but I'm not buying their BS!
So you CAN dry fire these? When I went to go buy mine, I dry fired it in the shop and the gun guys were like “Oh sir, you can’t dry fire that, it’s a rim fire”.
I owned one ,but I get Rid after two years, and got the sig 322 It has a 20 row magazine compared to the 44, that only has a 10 round mag ,a lot of things on it. If God had them I would’ve stayed with the 44
I have owned my G44 or about a month now. Have ran all sorts of ammo thru it, 36 & 40 grain, cheap bulk box to CCI Mini-Mags, not one single malfunction in 800 rounds. The trick to this gun is in the magazines. When you load the mags, turn them upside down and pull the helper tabs and shake it a little. This helps align the rounds in the magazine properly, thus zero malfunctions. I will run 100 rounds in the G44, then grab my G19 and run 100 rounds, it has really helped with the fundamentals.
Okay thanks
Thanks for the info on the mags.
No problem
I think that would empty the mag
wouldn't it? Ha, good one.
I got this same advice from armorer at GSSF and had no problems with the gun. Used a glock cert to get one and looking forward to plinking with it or using it to train with new shooters.
Owned mine for about a year. Runs great and zero regrets.
Awesome man
I generally agree with you about waiting to buy a gun after all the bugs are worked out, however I broke that rule and bought the 44 the day it was released. I conpete in rimfire division in GSSF Matches. Fortunately I bought 10's of thousands of 100 round boxes of MiniMags when they cost less than 7 bucks a pop. MY 44 was broken in with 300 rounds of MiniMags with one failure feed when shooting the 5th magazine, I got lazy and didn't follow Glock's recommendation for loading magazines. My 44 has always run like a champion from day one. I have won many first place positions and 500 patches I've stopped keeping track. At 40,000 rounds I started to fear something might break so I bought a purple 44 as a backup. Both of these gun love cheap crap ammo during practice and plinking with few issues, however when it comes to matches, CCI MiniMags or Standard Velocity are my goto. GLOCK needs get off their behinds and add a G17 size version and MOS to their line up! And lower their price! I generally only recommend the 44 only to people who want to compete in Glock matches. I recommend The TX22 and PPQ22 for open sight training and the FN502 for open and optics. Those 3 guns feel heavy like real guns and real gun magazine capacities
Glock doesn’t release anything that has bugs still. That’s part of their brand value.
It’s not an iPhone, haha.
I purchased a couple G44s 3 years ago and have fired numerous bulk pack boxes of ammo through them. Never had any problems with them. I can't recommend the Promag magazines though as I've had a couple of them break off the little side pull tabs. Accuracy is ok.
Interesting
It’s always the ammo. They all have tolerance issues.
Agreed
I’ve had a G44 since 2021. The first 600ish rounds I had about 50-100 malfunctions. Since then I haven’t had a single malfunction.
I shoot Aguila, CCI, Blazer, winchester, Federal, Remington. It really likes the Aguila but it still eats everything else.
Good results
I have one and lost count of the rounds ran through it. The only issue Ibhave is with the ProMag 18rd mags. They jam like Atlanta traffic.
lol really that’s interesting I’ve had the opposite experience
Sorry you had issues with your Promags. I own 12 of them and plan to buy 8 more, as mine function flawlessly. You may have to break them in as I do. HOP on down to HomeDepot taking an empty ProMag with you, find a wooden dowel rod that fits between the slits and on top of the follower. If it fits buy it, take it home and use it to conpress the spring about 100 times. That should be enough to break in the spring. Keep your mag loaded with 17-18 rounds. Over time the mag will comfortably hold 18 rounds with no issues. I generally keep mine at 15 or 17rounds to emulate a G19 or17.
@@RevGunn-jq3cq I took your advice, well sorta. I left it fully loaded since the last time which has been about a month. I unloaded the mag and used a similar tool to depress the spring ALOT of times. Reloaded and off to the range. It ran like Usain Bolt in the 100 meter. Thanks
Good man
How are the sights on the newer ones? One major issue a lot of people complained about is that it aims high and that the sights cannot be fully zeroed in. When I used the G44 in a training class it was definitely shooting higher than where I was aiming, I’m assuming it’s an older production G44 from when it came out, but idk if they fixed this issue.
Haven’t had that issue at all brother, mine works good
Good video
Thank you
Broke mine in on CCI Mini Mags and that is all I run in it. 2,000 rounds and not one malfunction. Oh, I cleaned and oil the gun when it was new before I ever shot it, plus I am a fanatic about keeping a gun clean so it get cleaned between 100 and 200 rounds.
Nice
How do you ask for a newer version when you buy one? What do you say when buying?
Speak to the gun shop employee and ask if when they got them in
You said you do carry it but wouldn't recommend it for a carry?
Just around the property not in public tho
There are much better weapons to carry for self defence that is in the same price range of the G44
Is there a option to change the sights
You can change them to any Glock sights
I run mines with a 24 round promag. No issues
Sweet
I accept a polymer frame but despise the thought of a polymer slide. 👎🏼
I heard that Glock says the plastic slide is needed for function but I'm not buying their BS!
Agreed
So you CAN dry fire these? When I went to go buy mine, I dry fired it in the shop and the gun guys were like “Oh sir, you can’t dry fire that, it’s a rim fire”.
You can dry fire these, the new rim fires you can it will not damage it. In the manual it even says you can they have no idea what their talking about
@@JTSHOOTERREVIEWS ok, appreciate it!
You have to dry fire to disassemble the gun so it's ok
How can you tell a gen 1 vs a gen 2?
If it blows up or not
Well mine has the stock Glock rear sight not the weird one that came shipped with the Glock 44, so maybe it's a newer model.
@@anthonywilliams1616did you ever find out?
Is that a... cat tourniquet copy? Bruh.
It’s rhino rescue
350 so far, not one failure.
Hell ya
mine has been flawless.
Sweet
its the ammo man.
Yeah it is
I owned one ,but I get Rid after two years, and got the sig 322 It has a 20 row magazine compared to the 44, that only has a 10 round mag ,a lot of things on it. If God had them I would’ve stayed with the 44
Ahh