{"id":822,"date":"2024-03-05T18:25:18","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T18:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/?p=822"},"modified":"2024-03-05T18:25:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T18:25:18","slug":"glock-44-15-round-magazine-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/?p=822","title":{"rendered":"Glock 44 15 Round Magazine Upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Sans, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I want to give my Glock 44 as many rounds as my Glock 19. To do so <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Sans, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I made some changes to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glocktalk.com\/threads\/alex-alex-glock-44-15-round-magazine.1850218\/\">alex alex Glock 44 15 round magazine upgrade<\/a> found in several places on the internet. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Sans, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I started with <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Sans, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/foxalex\">foxalex<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Sans, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">extension<\/span><\/span><\/span> found on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:4574973\">HERE<\/a> on thingiverse. <span style=\"font-family: Liberation Sans, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0I<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Sans, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> added a slot for the magazine spring and side catches to help it hold better. My remix can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:6517703\">HERE<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_815\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-815\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/G44-Mag-Upgrade-06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-815\" src=\"http:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/G44-Mag-Upgrade-06.jpg\" alt=\"Magazine 5 round extension\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/G44-Mag-Upgrade-06.jpg 800w, https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/G44-Mag-Upgrade-06-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/G44-Mag-Upgrade-06-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-815\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Magazine 5 round extension<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Sans, sans-serif;\">I used <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:5848288\">THIS <\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Sans, sans-serif;\">follower. Make sure it is clean with no sharp edges and overhangs.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_816\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-816\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/G44-Mag-Upgrade-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-816\" src=\"http:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/G44-Mag-Upgrade-10.jpg\" alt=\"Glock 44 15 round magazine follower\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/G44-Mag-Upgrade-10.jpg 800w, https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/G44-Mag-Upgrade-10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/G44-Mag-Upgrade-10-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-816\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Glock 44 15 round magazine follower<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Sans, sans-serif;\">I attached it to a Walther PPQ 22 15+1 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taylor-tactical-supply.com\/ppq-nt-mag-spring-p\/100-019c-0ppq.htm\">Replacement Magazine Spring<\/a>. I did not want stretch my factory spring as suggested in some of the online articles. I like to keep all my factory parts as original as I can.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_817\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-817\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/G44-Mag-Upgrade-14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-817\" src=\"http:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/G44-Mag-Upgrade-14.jpg\" alt=\"Glock 44 15 round magazine spring\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/G44-Mag-Upgrade-14.jpg 800w, https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/G44-Mag-Upgrade-14-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/G44-Mag-Upgrade-14-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-817\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Glock 44 15 round magazine spring<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_818\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-818\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/G44-Mag-Upgrade-16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-818\" src=\"http:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/G44-Mag-Upgrade-16.jpg\" alt=\"Glock 44 15 round magazine follower and spring\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/G44-Mag-Upgrade-16.jpg 800w, https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/G44-Mag-Upgrade-16-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/G44-Mag-Upgrade-16-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-818\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Glock 44 15 round magazine follower and spring<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Sans, sans-serif;\">Then I slid the spring assembly into the magazine and made sure it slid without getting caught and hanging up on anything.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_819\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-819\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/G44-Mag-Upgrade-19.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-819\" src=\"http:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/G44-Mag-Upgrade-19.jpg\" alt=\"Glock 44 15 round magazine spring insert and install\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/G44-Mag-Upgrade-19.jpg 800w, https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/G44-Mag-Upgrade-19-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/G44-Mag-Upgrade-19-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Glock 44 15 round magazine spring install<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Sans, sans-serif;\">Slid the base back on:<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_820\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-820\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/G44-Mag-Upgrade-21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-820\" src=\"http:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/G44-Mag-Upgrade-21.jpg\" alt=\"Glock 44 15 round magazine base plate\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/G44-Mag-Upgrade-21.jpg 800w, https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/G44-Mag-Upgrade-21-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/G44-Mag-Upgrade-21-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-820\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Glock 44 15 round magazine base plate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Sans, sans-serif;\">For the final product:<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_821\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-821\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/G44-Mag-Upgrade-23.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-821\" src=\"http:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/G44-Mag-Upgrade-23.jpg\" alt=\"Glock 44 15 round magazine complete\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/G44-Mag-Upgrade-23.jpg 800w, https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/G44-Mag-Upgrade-23-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/G44-Mag-Upgrade-23-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-821\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">G44 15 round mag complete<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Sans, sans-serif;\">I put around 100 rounds through it so far without issues. I will try and keep this post updated.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I want to give my Glock 44 as many rounds as my Glock 19. To do so I made some changes to the alex alex Glock 44 15 round magazine upgrade found in several places on the internet. I started with foxalex extension found on HERE on thingiverse. \u00a0I added a slot for the magazine &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/?p=822\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Glock 44 15 Round Magazine Upgrade&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,28,29],"tags":[49,30,82],"class_list":["post-822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-glock","category-pistols","tag-3d-printing","tag-glock","tag-glock-44"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=822"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":825,"href":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822\/revisions\/825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}