First use: Advantage Arms .22 conversion for Glock 17

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Oleg Volk

Staff Alumnus
Fired 100 rounds of MiniMags through it.

Accuracy: damn good! I got better results than froma 5.5" Buckmark.
Trigger pull: very nice.
Reliability: the upper was reliable, the three magazine I had with it were not 100%. The feed lips were too far apart, so I experienced about eigth stoppages, all of the same type. Talked to AA's Steve, he promised to mail replacements asap. Will also get a magazine loader, which would be helpful: loading magazines wears out my fingers.
Feel: like a real Glock. The upper is aluminum, so the gun isn't as top-heavy as the real G17 but recoil and muzzle flip are more than on a Buckmark. Good trainer. Mags fit in standard Glock mag pouches.
Sights: standard new-style adjustable Glock sights. Mine were factory regulated to point of impact at 7 yards, perfect for windage.
Customer service: great, on par with Kel-tec.

The conversion kit is very simple, has no small or fragile parts, seems better designed than the CZ Kadet. I asked Glock about buying a used G17 frame, they said "No, not even through an FFL". A friend who had not fired a handgun in 15 years tried it, got good fast. It is a must-have for training, IMO.

I may or may not get replacement mags by this weekend. Will try to adjust existing mags. I got a few types of 22 to try, will report my findings.
 
Oleg:
I had the kit for my G26; I thought it would be a great training device also but my wife didn't care for the Glock grip angle. Have to agree that it is a quality product; both mags I had functioned perfectly and it was accurate.
 
Two days after talking to Steve of AA on the phone, I have a package with three properly fitted magazines and a mag loader. Without the loader, each mag takes at least two minutes and gets my fingertips raw...with the loader, each mag takes 30 seconds and fingers are OK.
 
I don't recall the mags being that much of a bear on my former kit for the G19. Perhaps more muscle is needed due to the shorter length of the 26 mags. All in all, though, a high-quality product that Glock is probably sorry he didn't think of himself.:D
 
Mags aren't HARD but combination of sharp edges and my reluctance to press on the lower round with the rim of the one on top make loading awkward.
 
How about for the .45s?

Is there ant reason why AA doesn't make any conversion kits for the .45 caliber glocks (21, 30, 36)? I'd buy one, if they were available.
 
Oleg,

If you want an extra frame for your Glock, and have access to an FFL (which I'm sure you do, of course) you can get them from Glockmeister. Glockmeister will sell them to anyone if you send in your old frame to them to be destroyed, but FFL holders can buy one without sending the frames in to be destroyed. Check out the following web page:

http://www.glockmeister.com/uprec.html

Hope that helps!
 
The only trouble is that they are selling a stripped recaiver. Where would I get the rest of the parts? How hard is the installation?
 
I personally don't know how hard the installation of the other necessary parts would be, however, you could probably get a Glock Armorer to install them for you.
 
You won't harm anything by

pressing down on the cartridge with the rim of the one in your fingertips. I push straight down with the base then rotate the nose forward while pushing the rim the rest of the way back up under the feed-lips. This works well with the Kadet mags, or any other that don't have external buttons to lower the followers such as the Ruger.
 
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