I have a dedicated glock 19 gen 3 lower with an advantage arms upper that I had NP3 a while back. I went a bit nuts investing in this platform with a second threaded barrel for suppressed use, matching sights to my carry gun, a full spare parts kit from AA, and maybe 20 spare mags of different lengths including the longest ones they make (maybe 20 rounds or so I forget).
I also have a complete glock 17 gen 3 lower that I was considering doing the same with and sharing from the same mag pool. But I barely shoot the g19 AA 22 in the last few years because I had limited range time and wanted to focus on actual 9mm recoil.
Well, things have changed and now I have waaayyyy more range time available but also the G44 exists, and also I’m realizing my biggest hurdle to overcome with my pistol skill is grip strength and flinching on recoil. I saw a nice post on here recently where people argued for/against G44 for range practice and TLG had an article about .22 training and which select drills it’s good for.
So here I am wondering what I should do.
Keep what I have, buy nothing more, use TLGs lists to create a training regime:
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marksmanship
strong- and weak-hand only shooting
draw stroke
reloads
transitions
judgmental shooting
shooting on the move… With SOM, the line between good .22 training and bad .22 training is definitely easy to cross. But like transition drills, SOM training can benefit from a .22 in terms of learning how to move your feet and position your body for a stable shooting platform
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Keep what I have and add to it with a g17 AA upper. So that if my g19 kit fails eventually, my 20 spare mags aren’t useless. At least some of them aren’t since over half are extended mags beyond the g19.
Sell what I have and buy a g44. I’ll clear cash here since I’d be selling 20 mags too.
Sell what I have or keep it, either way, and buy an actual .22 gun like a ruger or an old s&w meant to shoot 22 suppressed because right now I have a 22 suppressor and no great host gun for it. I find my AA g19 to be less than perfectly reliable, could be my ammo, But I suspect it’s because they engineered the upper around fitting a glock receiver rather than optimizing for reliability.
My goals here are to:
Improve my training regime
Reduce unused stuff I’m hoarding. I don’t use all but 2 of the 20 mags I have. I lived through the AWB and new town scare so when AA released extended mags I went overboard.
Clear up cash that might be tied up in crap I don’t need
Have some 22lr system to run with my suppressor that doesn’t suck so if I needed to use a suppressed 22lr in real life for something, I can do it reliably. This is definitely a bit LARPy since I’m a civilian but I already have the suppressor and can’t sell it really so mine as well optimize around it. Though I do have a m&p22 and ruger 10/22with threaded barrels so maybe that’s host enough.
Also worried that g44 might put advantage arms out of business eventually making spare parts hard to come by.