Magpul’s website shows two new offerings for 9mm Glock fans. The first is a 21 round magazine and the second is a 27 round magazine. Midway has been showing the 21 round magazines in stock for a couple of weeks, with an indication that the 27 round magazines will be arriving soon.

I was in Sportsman’s Warehouse today and they had two of the 21 round magazines in stock for the first time for $18.95 a piece. I really like to stay with OEM magazines, but the price was right so I bought them. Unlike the complaint with the Magpul "standard" G19 and G17 magazines, this version has witness holes at 10, 15 and 21.

I have not had a chance to use them, and may not even attempt to use them for a while. (They may actually be worth a premium after the election.) But, for people trying to make purchasing decisions, I have attached some photos against OEM Glock 19 magazines, including a side by side comparison, a look at a G19 with a Magpul 21 magazine in it, and a photo of a G17/19 magazine pouch with an OEM G19 magazine (L) next to the Magpul 21 (R).

Hope this helps.

I have quite a few Magpul GL9 magazines, for both the Glock 19 and Glock 17 and I just got in half a dozen of these 21-round magazines. All of mine have worked perfectly.

Thanks for the report. I know a police firearms instructor who swears by the Magpul Glock 17 magazines he regularly carries in his Glock 19.

To supplement my original post, here is a picture of the Magpul 21 rounder sandwiched between an OEM Glock 17 magazine and an OEM 33 round "fun stick," followed by a picture of an OEM Glock 17 magazine in a magazine pouch next to the Magpul 21 rounder. It creates a lot of options in terms of spare ammo for Glocks.

...while i will stick with Glock magazines, i did pick one of these up awhile back to give it a go.

so far, it has functioned flawlessly...


potential "con";

wife felt that it was a little more difficult for her to load, as contrasted to loading the various Glock magazines...


potential "pros";

a. the base pad is definitely much easier to remove for disassembly. while some might view that as a possible negative, i surely don't...

b. as seen in the pic, the base pad sits at nearly 90 degrees to the axis of the body. if a chap is using a mag loading device (which i rarely use), when resting it on a table the mag will orient to nearly vertical, as opposed to the glock, which sits at somewhat of an awkward angle when using the mag loader in that manner.