Bamashooter
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Own A G19, G22 and G27, shoot the G27 the most and the best. And for the Glock fanboy haters go to the Sig forums and listen to their drivel! And yes I have a Sig,: prefer my Glocks.
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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.
I've seen a lot of used G27s for sale barely fired. .40 S&W is a snappy round, recoil-wise. I have no problem shooting a Glock 30, but with anything other than light handloads, my 23 is actually painful. I would imagine that a 27 is so small as to be difficult to control.I've only owned and ever fired my G27 (among Glocks).
Just curious if the same paradigm seems to hold true for people who have fired the 27 and larger Glock .40's?
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People also used to read by candlelight and travel by horse.If I ever find myself in a situation where 10 shots is not enough, it's one BAD situation.
People used to go out with a 5 shot revolver and a moon clip & considered themselves well armed.
A lot of people still do. More power to them if they are comfortable with it.If I ever find myself in a situation where 10 shots is not enough, it's one BAD situation.
People used to go out with a 5 shot revolver and a moon clip & considered themselves well armed.
When I worked armed (concealed) security, the Sarge asked me one day if I'd mind swapping my G22 for another officer's G27, and I agreed to the swap. A couple days later we had to re-qualify, and I'd never shot the G27 before. I scored 2nd highest of the entire security force with that G27, all original equipment, unmodified.
But once upon a time the perps were carrying the same 5 shot revolvers.People used to go out with a 5 shot revolver and a moon clip & considered themselves well armed.
Well, I was going to buy a Shield before getting G26 but Shield was actually longer in the grip while holding less, eh, bullets in the clip (... asking for trouble )The 27/26 and especially 29/30 are way too thick and bulky for how small they are.
I do like the 41,35,& 34...they need to make the 20's counterpart to these.
Yup the Shield and LCP are my only two carry guns. Since solving my EDC problem it's let me focus of large fun guns. It was a long journey (M&P 9c, PT145, P229, G27) but I'm happy now.Well, I was going to buy a Shield before getting G26 but Shield was actually longer in the grip while holding less, eh, bullets in the clip (... asking for trouble )
Glock is a bit thicker, Shield is larger, Glock holds 10 rounds in the mag, Shield 8, Glock is harder to fit IWB, Shield grip sticks out more (both by a small amount).
I guess it's the matter of personal preference.
To me, not having a full grip on Glock 26 did not pose a problem at all - I actually bought a Pierce extension but took it off when I realized I was just fine without it.
If I'd wanted an even smaller carry gun, I'd be looking at Ruger LCP or something similar.