Wanderling
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When buying my first handgun a couple years ago, I decided to go with Glock because they were touted as reliable, simple to maintain and learn to shoot with, inexpensive, rugged, and good to go out of the box with no break-in period or mods required just to make them work right.
It was all proven true, by the way.
I wanted a plinking / HD gun, with perhaps carry down the road. I decided on 9mm, so I looked at G19 vs G17. G19 was the most recommended gun, but when I rented them both, I didn't see much size difference yet G17 was much easier for me to hold - the way the grooves were spaced on G19 pinched my pinky finger just enough to make me uncomfortable & thinking about holding the gun rather than concentrating on shooting it.
I did not even consider G26 - small gun is not supposed to be as accurate as the larger one, and having to curl the pinky under the butt seemed unnatural.
And that was my mistake.
I rented two different G26 in the last two months.
I am shooting as good with them as I do with my G17. That's without the pinky extension. I just bought one and with pinky extension it's every bit as comfortable to hold as G17, while still being much smaller.
G17 is still as great of a gun as it was when I bought it. But I could've gone with G26 from the start. It's just as good - at least up to 25 yards - and much more concealable.
So, if you are considering your first Glock... definitely rent and shoot G26.
It was all proven true, by the way.
I wanted a plinking / HD gun, with perhaps carry down the road. I decided on 9mm, so I looked at G19 vs G17. G19 was the most recommended gun, but when I rented them both, I didn't see much size difference yet G17 was much easier for me to hold - the way the grooves were spaced on G19 pinched my pinky finger just enough to make me uncomfortable & thinking about holding the gun rather than concentrating on shooting it.
I did not even consider G26 - small gun is not supposed to be as accurate as the larger one, and having to curl the pinky under the butt seemed unnatural.
And that was my mistake.
I rented two different G26 in the last two months.
I am shooting as good with them as I do with my G17. That's without the pinky extension. I just bought one and with pinky extension it's every bit as comfortable to hold as G17, while still being much smaller.
G17 is still as great of a gun as it was when I bought it. But I could've gone with G26 from the start. It's just as good - at least up to 25 yards - and much more concealable.
So, if you are considering your first Glock... definitely rent and shoot G26.