Thoughts on the Glock 22?

Won't the gun get beat up faster?

I find the recoil of gen4 G22 to be pretty tame for .40 (thanks to new recoil spring and low bore axis), couple newbs think it has less felt recoil than my P226 9mm and I think I agree, less flip for sure.
 
Agent666 said:
The Calgary Police Service uses them, and cops I know like their weapons. I think at least one armoured car company (Brinks?) uses them, as well. Lots of aftermarket stuff, because of their ubiquity.
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Actually, Brinks uses the M&P40... I'd advise anybody looking at a Glock to also look at the equivalent M&P. It's not necessarily better, but the differences might work better for you.
 
misanthropist said:
Major downside with the G22: if you put a light on the light rail, you may find the gun is no longer reliable, and you experience FTEs on a regular basis.

If you aren't going to put a light on it, it should be fine.
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I had a Surefire X300 on my gen 3.5 G22 and never had an issue, shot through 300 rounds with it on before I sold the X300, no jams.

Love the Glock 22 - it's the gun I'll grab if SHTF and I can only take 1 from the safe. Yeah I trust it that much!
 
Bonjour43ma said:
I had a Surefire X300 on my gen 3.5 G22 and never had an issue, shot through 300 rounds with it on before I sold the X300, no jams.

Love the Glock 22 - it's the gun I'll grab if SHTF and I can only take 1 from the safe. Yeah I trust it that much!
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That's good and all...I would consider it conclusive if you ran three to five times that much through it.

300 rounds is on the low side for diagnostics although if you're looking for a specific problem, it might be enough. It would definitely leave me inclined to think that PARTICULAR gun did not have a severe problem.

If it were mine, and I were evaluating it because I wanted to keep a light on it, I'd leave it on for four or five range trips, say, a thousand to fifteen hundred rounds...if it's not giving failures after that point I would expect it to be all right.

Although the issues with G22s and lights are so documented that I would probably always keep an eye on it to see if anything developed.
 
Since it was brought up the M&P is the most comparable gun to the Glock. I still say if you
do a pros and cons chart of each the Glock wins. The M&P might be a better fit for some and in that case I always say whatever feels best, you can use best and runs the best wins.
One thing I always look at is the cost of mags and parts. Both categories the Glock wins. I also like the takedown of the Glock-I doubt many people would say the M&Ps takedown method is superior. Sure you pull the trigger on a Glock but if you safety check it than there's no problem, I'd rather do it that way than have to remove a tool from the grip...etc.
I'm gonna be selling one of my G22s in the coming weeks for a fair price. I also see that there are at least 5 other G22s up for sale, most with fair prices.
 
misanthropist said:
That's good and all...I would consider it conclusive if you ran three to five times that much through it.

300 rounds is on the low side for diagnostics although if you're looking for a specific problem, it might be enough. It would definitely leave me inclined to think that PARTICULAR gun did not have a severe problem.

If it were mine, and I were evaluating it because I wanted to keep a light on it, I'd leave it on for four or five range trips, say, a thousand to fifteen hundred rounds...if it's not giving failures after that point I would expect it to be all right.

Although the issues with G22s and lights are so documented that I would probably always keep an eye on it to see if anything developed.
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I understand completely. I'm speaking strictly from a range-gun use point of view with the light on, and I would've kept it on there for much longer if I hadn't sold the x300. 90% of the stuff I found on this particular "issue" has been with the X200/X300, and the users experienced jamming right away (first or second mag), and not 300 rounds later. So perhaps my particular copy of the G22 has no issues with an rail attachments, as you said, but I'm sure I'm not the only one that doesn't/didn't have issues.

In any case, my G22 has gone through 2,200 rounds in the past 6 months and I can only remember 1 instance of FTE, so I trust the gun by itself for sure.
 
I have a gen 3 Glock 22 and a gen 3 Glock 17, i really wanted to like the 22 more than i do, i dont know what it is about it, but i shoot the 17 with a lot more accuracy. I shoot my 1911 better than both. The Glock is a great functioning gun, not much to look at but i really enjoy them. As others have said, the m+p is another good one to try, it feels better in my hand than the glocks. The Springfield XD9 is my next handgun purchase, great shooting gun, i recommend giving it a try if you get a chance.
 
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