#AluminumSlide

Glock 44, the first rimfire pistol of the famous Austrian handgun manufacturer, was released right before SHOT Show 2020 and arguably was one of the most significant new products of the show. G44 has the same external dimensions as the G19 but it is a blowback pistol chambered in .22 LR. To have a proper slide weight (within G19 slide dimension) for reliable operation of the rimfire blowback action, the pistol has a hybrid slide design – steel slide core wrapped in a polymer outer sleeve. Well, there have been some reports about the unsatisfactory rigidity of these slides which we can’t confirm as we haven’t witnessed any slide issues after running thousands of rounds while testing these guns and shooting them at our booth during the SHOT Show range day. Anyways, for those who for the mentioned or any other reason don’t like the original G44 slide design or want to mount red dot sights on the G44, now there is an aftermarket alternative. Nelson Precision Manufacturing has released a machined aluminum G44 slide called 44X.