My Glock 22 Review Part One

I owned my very first Glock about six months ago, and now I have my second Glock. They are just fantastic guns, they are light, and engineered so well that they are reliable, durable, and accurate, enabling me to easily hit tight groups with it when I need to. 

They also have so many accessories and parts that you can buy off the market, and they are almost all drop in, something you do on your own, at your own leasure. And it also enables you to customize your gun to your own liking or whim.

Also, I felt I can build a better Machine Pistol with it since some of the critical accessories for doing so only available for full-sized Glocks like the Glock 22. 

 
'.40S&W Caliber Choice'
I chose a Glock 22 for a number of reasons, first is mainly caliber compatibility with my Glock 23. Some of the accessories and parts I bought for the Glock 23 are compatible with my Glock 22, like the Lonewolf .40S&W Compensator, for example. Or the Glock 22 magazines with Arredondo Magazine Extensions.

Another is versatility. The good thing about the Glock 22, is that there are conversion kits for it to enable it to use 9mm and .357 SIG calibers. I wanted to keep those options open should I decide to go down that line somewhere down the road. And the conversions are very simple and easy. In the case of the .357 SIG, its just a change in barrel, and everything else is the same. In the case of the 9mm, just change the barrel, magazine and extractor, and you a ready to go.

The .40S&W is in most cases, superior to the 9mm, giving me a little bit more of stopping power, at slightly longer ranges.

'Physical Appearance and Feel'
Although the Glock 22 is only about half an inch longer and taller than the Glock 23, for some reason it just looks much bigger than the Glock 23. This is definitely a full-sized gun when you see it.

For me, the biggest difference between the two is the grip. It's not that the Glock 23's grip is not comfortable, it's just that the Glock 22's grip is even more comfortable. On the Glock 23, your fingers tend to be bunched together closely because of the smaller height of the grip. On the Glock 22, your fingers have that extra space to loosen up a little along the frame, making for a more comfortable grip. The thickness is just about the same, and along with the extra grip space gives you a more positive grip on the gun.

The added weight of the extra half inch on the slide and barrel also seems to have improved the balance of the gun. Definitely between the two, I like better the "feel" of the Glock 22.

Picture of my Glock 22 as of April 26, 2012


'Shooting Impressions'
Despite the difference in size, weight and grip, when it comes to the recoil, I really can't say which one is worst or better between the two guns. To me, they both feel the same in that aspect.

As far as accuracy is concerned, again, just about the same also, using target boards at 13 meters, using slow-fire method. The stock barrel on the Glock 22 fed both prime and reloaded ammo without any hiccup whatsoever, typical of that Glock reliability. For prime ammo, I used the Armscor .40S&W standard load Full Metal Jacket Semi-Wadcutter (FMJ-SW), while for the reloaded ammo, I used the Teflon-Coated Semi-Wadcutter (TC-SW) rounds.

Picture of the target board during my last shooting session