The 9x22mm

We like to cover the obscure Glocks hiding in plain sight: so today I bring you two short production guns chambered in 9x22mm.

While there are innumerable versions of 9mm cartridge that have been produced and Glock is known for their 9×19 models but it is also well known that they produce 9×21 models for use in jurisdictions that restrict the 9×19 for civilian use. But a less commonly known fact is that the .357 SIG is designated as the 9×22 in C.I.P. regulated countries.

You may be thinking that the .357 SIG isn’t that rare, and you’d be mostly correct. The cartridge first came to market in 1994 but Glock was slow to adopt the cartridge. In 1994, S&W introduced the their Glock knock-off and touched off a legal war between the two companies. Perhaps it was the lawsuit that distracted them, or the baby Glocks coming out in 1995, but Glock didn’t introduce a .357 SIG caliber model until 1997.

As with any of their new models, initial roll-out was slow and it wasn’t more than a year before Glock began rolling out Gen 3 models. This left the production numbers for Gen 2 9x22s under 2,000 pieces each between the model 31 and 32. Further differentiating these models, the first 1,000 of each were marked as “.357 SIG” while the second batch of 1,000 are only marked “.357.” This is frequently attributed to the on-going legal battle between S&W and Glock (Glock also removed all “SW” markings from their .40 S&W models at the same time).

We’re still on the hunt for a European edition that might have the 9×22 caliber marking on it, yet just finding a Gen 2 .357 is an accomplishment on it’s own! These models are coming up on 30 years since their production and it seems that most were squirreled away by their original owners so few are found on the open market. In addition, the discontinuation of the .357 calibers by Glock has driven the prices of all these models significantly higher. As with most older Glocks, our recommendation would be “If you see it, buy it!”

~ThatGlockGuy