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That's a good point. The magazines are also high quality enough they became a standard on other platforms. The whole platform is well packaged.

• ggreer 3y ago
  Other platforms use Glock magazines because they are popular, not because they are particularly high quality. The most reliable magazines are double stack, double feed. Glock magazines (like many other pistols) are double stack, single feed. This simplifies feed ramp design, but it creates more friction in the magazines because the rounds have to slide against each other as they go from double stack to single stack at the top of the mag. This is not to say that Glocks or their magazines are unreliable, just that a better solution exists.
  • graphe 3y ago
    Is manufacturing for them easier? I knew they weren't the best but it's what I mean by good enough. It's a high capacity pistol magazine that is a common calibur that people deem good enough. It's ubiquitous.
    • ggreer 3y ago
      Glock magazine bodies are plastic with integrated metal parts, so materials costs are lower but manufacturing is harder. Some companies make Glock-compatible magazines out of metal, and those have higher capacity in the same volume (eg: Shield Arms). I think the Glock design is excellent, but the magazine is the weakest part. It's not bad, it's just not as good as some others.