Posted on 04/22/2021 6:11:28 AM PDT by Onthebrink
Like Glock’s other pistols, the G44 is built around Glock’s Marksman Barrel, a unique design that forgoes traditional grooved barrel rifling in favor of a polygonal barrel. Glocks maintains that this design provides a better gas seal between the bullet and barrel, as well as less bullet deformation. Both of these qualities translate into reduced barrel fouling and wear as well as better downrange accuracy. In the case of the G44, the barrel is 102 millimeters, or 4.02 inches long.
The introduction of Glock’s Gen 5 models saw additional serrations added to the front of the slide, a feature that is also carried over to the G44 and provides for an additional tactile surface for shooters to grip when charging the pistol. The G44 also has a small accessory rail forward of the trigger for attaching a variety of accessories.
An accessory rail for attaching accessories. Wow, that Peter Suciu sure knows his stuff!
So that you can stab your drug dealer rival, DarNell, horizontally, gangsta style.
I want one with the chainsaw attachment
Actually, so when you run outta gun food you can sling it like a boomerang!
Ha ha - Ridicule is what this blogpimp deserves.
Not impressed, light-weight, feels like a toy. And for its size, embarrassing the magazine only holds 10.
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It’s not a machete, but...
Fail in the first sentence. Glock's Marksman Barrel adds traditional rifling to the polygonal barrel.
Regular Glock polygonal barrel on the left, Glock Marksman barrel on the right:
Interesting fact: The origins of the "Marksman Barrel" was the result of several multiple-officer involved shootings in Miami where the forensics teams couldn't determine which bullet came from which officer's Glock, because the polygonal rifling didn't leave enough uniquely distinguishing marks on the projectile. All of the recovered bullets looked too similar.
In response, Glock started offering their "EBIS" Enhanced Bullet Identification System barrels to law enforcement. The EBIS included a few traditional rifle groove to their polygonal barrel, to make it easier to associate individual projectiles to specific guns.
These came to be known as "Miami barrels." The Marksman Barrel is just a Miami Barrel, but added to all Gen 5 Glocks, not just Law Enforcement special orders.
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OnTheBrink Delenda Est.!!!!
I still miss Brisco County Jr
The trigger on Glocks feel like a rubber band breaking on a cheap toy.
There are much better triggers on polymer framed striker fired pistols out there.
I bought the Brisco DVD set, watched it, and lent it to a friend.
The bullets did not seal well in the barrel and delivered less power than if they did. Outside of a smooth bore (with a bullet with less power because it's not spinning), lack of grooves on a bullet means it was slightly undersized for the barrel.
A polygonal barrel would have more gas escaping around the bullet than a standard barrel.
A polygonal barrel would have more gas escaping around the bullet than a standard barrel, and provide more velocity to the projectile.
It is the opposite. Polygonal barrels seal better than a traditional land and groove barrel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygonal_rifling#Advantages
A number of advantages are claimed by the supporters of polygonal rifling. These include:* Providing a better gas seal around the projectile as polygonal bores tend to have shallower, smoother edges with a slightly smaller bore area, which translates into more efficient seal of the combustion gases trapped behind the bullet,[4] slightly greater (consistency in) muzzle velocities and slightly increased accuracy.[1]
* Less bullet deformation, resulting less frictional resistance when the bullet travels through the barrel, which helps to increase muzzle velocity. The lack of sharp surface deformation on the bullet (rifling marks) also reduce drag in flight.
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