Glock 26 or Taurus G3c

[HB]

If you lose or break a part on a taurus, you might as well throw the gun in a lake and buy a new one. If you lose or break a part on a glock, you can buy an oem replacement with no issues.

Taurus guns are junk and cost more to ship to repair than they are worth.

 

[Cornhusker77]

If I was going to war, or if the world was suddenly overrun with zombies, or if I had a job that required I was armed for my own or someone else's protection, I'd say Glock.
If you just want an inexpensive, fun to shoot, paper punch, then the G3c would be my choice.
Heck, just get both in case you are attacked by zombies with paper plates.

 

[jahwarrior]

Guess I'll be the outlier: I'd go with the Taurus, because the baby Glocks have terrible ergonomics. I've shot both models.

 

[Cornhusker77]

Guess I'll be the outlier: I'd go with the Taurus, because the baby Glocks have terrible ergonomics. I've shot both models.

I do like the way the Taurus fits my hand.

 

[trackskippy]

Once you figure out how to properly hold the gun, the 26's grip is actually very comfortable and natural, and they are very easy to shoot well with.

 

[jahwarrior]

Once you figure out how to properly hold the gun, the 26's grip is actually very comfortable and natural, and they are very easy to shoot well with.

I figured out how to hold it. I pick it up gingerly by the butt, and throw it in the trash.

 

[trackskippy]

Dont worry, youll be fishing back out later when you realize your mistake.

 

[The Night Rider]

The bottom line for me is that I've never had good luck with a Taurus. I've never owned a Taurus that I liked. I've never seen somebody else's Taurus that impressed me.

Add to that all the people that I've seen here and on other forums relaying their negative experiences with Taurus and I am highly unlikely to ever purchase or recommend any Taurus product

 

[jahwarrior]

There are plenty of other options to consider in this size category. Until yesterday, I carried a CZ RAMI as my EDC for many years. It's about the same size as the G26, but with infinitely better ergonomics, and with a metal frame instead of polymer, which soaks up recoil better. There are also guns like the Springfield Hellcat, the CZ P10m, and bunch of others, that have a better reputation for reliability and customer service than the Taurus.

I only chose the Taurus because those were the options the OP provided. If I had to choose a subcompact, it honestly wouldn't be either, I'd probably go with a Hellcat or P10m.

 

[HB]

There are plenty of other options to consider in this size category. Until yesterday, I carried a CZ RAMI as my EDC for many years. It's about the same size as the G26, but with infinitely better ergonomics, and with a metal frame instead of polymer, which soaks up recoil better. There are also guns like the Springfield Hellcat, the CZ P10m, and bunch of others, that have a better reputation for reliability and customer service than the Taurus.

I only chose the Taurus because those were the options the OP provided. If I had to choose a subcompact, it honestly wouldn't be either, I'd probably go with a Hellcat or P10m.

This answer makes the most sense.

 

[lee n. field]

Is the Glock 26 really that much better of a gun than the Taurus G3c?
I've got the G3c, just thinking about the possibility of the Glock being an addition to my collection.
But if there really isn't a huge difference, I won't spend the dough on the Glock
I've never had an issue with my G3c.

If you compare the internals, you can tell the G2/G3 series was made to work like a Glock (mostly) but be inexpensive to make.

Glock is better, but I think the G3C does some things righter than Glock.

That, and the G26 grip is just too short for me. The G3C is just right.

 

[sigarms228]

My choice between the two would be the Glock 26 without a second thought though in that category of double stack subcompact I own the HK P30K that I am extremely fond of. I also have a gen 2 Glock 19 that I carry often. I tried a Glock 26 at a factory demo day at LGS and found it to be a very sweet and accurate shooter for me.

 

[bfox71]

It's not even close. The G26 is a way better firearm.

 

[dogtown tom]

With the G26 you can use any 9mm Glock magazine.....10/12/15/17/24/33.
How many 33rounders do you see for the Taurus?

No way I'm trusting my life to a Taurus.
Glock/S&W/Sig/Ruger/Walther/CZ , heck, even Palmetto Dagger before I would ever consider a Taurus pistol.

 

[plumberroy]

I have seen more Taurus automatics go back to the factory then all other guns combined. There was a mass shootings here a few years back my friend is a detective and was there they killed the guy while he was trying to clear his jammed Taurus G series o the other hand I dumped a bunch of partial boxes of 9 mm in a bag through in about 75 rounds of dirty cruddy rounds . Steel, aluminum and brass cases 3 different bullet weights. Ended up with close to 300 rounds. Shook them up. Just grab a handful and load mags they were shot through a 26 and a 17 not I single failure. I would take a Hi-point over a Taurus

 

[Tallball]

I forgot to add something possibly relevant...

Had a G2C and a G26. Got rid of the G2C because of the sproingy trigger, though it worked just fine.

Got a GX4 last summer because it was so ridiculously cheap with the rebate and I didn't have a double-stack nine that small.

It's replaced the G26 as a console pistol for road trips. The trigger is better, it's a little smaller, and I shoot it better.

Taurus GX4 9mm

• Tallball
• Apr 6, 2023

 

[Ks5shooter]

Glocks just work.They are the 350 Chevy engine of guns.You can get anything you need for it.Aftermarket or oem to make it your own if you choose.They just run and run.So G26 for me.

 

[lee n. field]

With the G26 you can use any 9mm Glock magazine.....10/12/15/17/24/33.
How many 33rounders do you see for the Taurus?

Higher capacity magazines are out there for the Taurus. I doubt there's anything but Promag for the really long ones though.

 

[halfmoonclip]

During the Clinton ban, the 10 round G26 made sense; why get a bigger gun that only held 10? It was a funny, fat little turd of a thing, but it worked, and you could hit things. Took it to an Ayoob course, and matched Mas' score.
It was simply a chopped G19, and truly no easier to conceal than its bigger brother. Thickness is what is hardest to hide, until the gun gets really big.
The P365 made the G26 totally redundant, and Glock finally did what they should have done, producing single stack 9s like the G43.
For the OP, why mess with the 26 at all? There are better choices from Glock, SIG, and others. The 26 was a stopgap, an expedient that let Glock market a compact 9.
Moon

 

[lee n. field]

I forgot to add something possibly relevant...

Had a G2C and a G26. Got rid of the G2C because of the sproingy trigger, though it worked just fine.

The G2/G3 trigger is what it is, because of the way they do the "restrike" (DA fallback) feature. Never bothered me.

And, almost all the "Glock type" triggers feel like that to me. "Functional but annoying." "Stockholm syndrome" trigger.

Got a GX4 last summer because it was so ridiculously cheap with the rebate and I didn't have a double-stack nine that small.

It's replaced the G26 as a console pistol for road trips. The trigger is better, it's a little smaller, and I shoot it better.

Taurus GX4 9mm

• Tallball
• Apr 6, 2023

I may look at the GX4 again.

 

[5-SHOTS]

SIG-Sauer P226 magazines work in the Taurus G3.

 

[dogtown tom]

During the Clinton ban, the 10 round G26 made sense; why get a bigger gun that only held 10? It was a funny, fat little turd of a thing, but it worked, and you could hit things. Took it to an Ayoob course, and matched Mas' score.
It was simply a chopped G19, and truly no easier to conceal than its bigger brother. Thickness is what is hardest to hide, until the gun gets really big.
The P365 made the G26 totally redundant, and Glock finally did what they should have done, producing single stack 9s like the G43.
For the OP, why mess with the 26 at all? There are better choices from Glock, SIG, and others. The 26 was a stopgap, an expedient that let Glock market a compact 9.
Moon

I disagree.
The benefit of a Glock 26 is the ability to use any Glock 9mm magazine.
If the P365 made it redundant, no one told the marketplace. If the 26 was a stopgap. its been a darn successful one.

 

[dogtown tom]

Higher capacity magazines are out there for the Taurus. I doubt there's anything but Promag for the really long ones though.

If there anything I dont want in my guns, its a Promag magazine. It make reliable guns unreliable and makes iffy guns a paperweight.

A Taurus+Promag would seem to be the perfect combination for practicing malfunction drills.

 

[The Night Rider]

I think there are better options than the two choices the OP gave us.

If I had no gun and I needed a gun I would probably choose an M&P Shield Plus over either the guns that the poster was asking about.

I still wouldn't pick a Taurus if I had any other option.

I chose a Glock 26 for myself due to its compatibility with a Glock 19 which is what I was carrying at work.

 

[jahwarrior]

If you lose or break a part on a taurus, you might as well throw the gun in a lake and buy a new one. If you lose or break a part on a glock, you can buy an oem replacement with no issues.

Taurus guns are junk and cost more to ship to repair than they are worth.

I will attest to that. What galls me is, if you need a replacement part, Taurus will absolutely not ship it to you, you need to send the gun to them. The extractor in my PT1911 broke, after more than 10 years of shooting every weekend, and none of the spare extractors I have will fit, because of course they won't. Not all 1911 parts will fit Taurus 1911s. I called, said I needed one, and how much will it be. No, I have to send the whole gun to them..

It's been sitting in my sock drawer for a year now.