Advantage Arms .22 caliber conversion for Glock 17, 17L, G22, G31, G34, G35, G37

[shooker8]

To start I was looking to get more trigger time with my glock for less of a hit on my wallet. Currently I have over 15,000 rounds through my glock since 2004. My father bought this pistol in 04 before I was 21. I have been target shooting with it and him ever since. About a year ago I purchased the 22 conversion kit and have enjoyed it and taken much less of a hit on my ammo fund.

P.O.U.
Training
Warm up before shooting more expensive calibers
Fun
Survival Pistol (becomes very light with the polymer frame)


Pros
Quick change for 22 conversion
Mags are cheap, they drop free, and fit most mag carriers.
Reliability is pretty good for a rim fire pistol. (no major problems yet this is always on going testing in my opinion and is ammo specific)
Accepts Glock sights for more realistic training for your carry or competition pistol setup.
Makes a very light weight pistol with 22 kit that could be used as a survival gun or pack gun.
Packaging is quite nice.

Cons
Makes your frame quite dirty and requires much more cleaning than shooting 9mm.
Mags only 10 rounds. There are non-factory mags that have larger capacity. I would like to see mags that would have the same capacity as the gun it is being mounted on for more realistic training.
Some ammo it does not like at all.
If you rack it slow it will flip the shell up and out of the chamber. It works perfectly though when doing the sling shot method or dropped with slide release.


Overall I would recommend this conversion to anyone. The accuracy is great, the experience is amazing, and it is just plain fun. If anyone has any questions feel free to pm me. Some of the pictures shows the carbon build up for a typical range day for me. This include around 200 rounds of 9mm and probably about the same amount of 22lr. The bullets for me I found to be best price and reliability is Remington Golden Bullet Value pack. These are Brass-Plated Hollow Points and I average about one or two stoppages per 525 box. We have tried others, but these seem to be about the best.

Mag



Weights compared to stock Glock 17




Box it comes in


Pistol comes with Glock factory adjustable sights


Picture of Assembled pistol


Firing pin


Resting Mechanism


Glock frame after a day of shooting


Picture of the hook and reset bar


Feed ramp carbon build up


Glock vs Advantage Arms slides

[thelemite]

I might have to get a threaded barrel version..

[noslolo]

Nice review thanks for posting it. Great job with the pics, you know we love the pics!