My New Glock 26.5

[Good Ol' Boy]

So I've been carrying a gen4 G26 with 12rd mags for a couple years. I shoot it great and am competent with it.

With everything going on in the world I was looking to add some capacity. I thought about trading up to a G19 when I found a solution that allows me to keep my G26 and turn it into something like a small G45.

This combo carries almost exactly the same as my 12rd mag set up and is basically just as concealable. I'm carrying OWB to begin with so a slight printing has never been an concern with me.

So just like the G45 is a combo of a G19 slide with a G17 grip, this is like a G26 slide with a G19 grip. And the capacity.

I'm dubbing this the G26.5. Will be my new carry set up.

 

[Mark_Mark]

can’t beat a glock! want to see a glock 17XL??? I got one, it’s hitous

 

[JR24]

Yep, used to carry my 26.4 that way too since I didn’t like the Gen 3/4 Glock 19 finger grooves.

Works fine and shoots great.

Still once I got the Gen 5 19 I sold the 26 and didn’t look back.

 

[Good Ol' Boy]

Yep, used to carry my 26.4 that way too since I didn’t like the Gen 3/4 Glock 19 finger grooves.

Works fine and shoots great.

Still once I got the Gen 5 19 I sold the 26 and didn’t look back.

Yeah I just wanted the "option" of going back a little more compact even though I don't see that happening.

Then there's the cost of buying a new gun. I was seriously looking at trying to hunt down a gen4 G19.

But this option allows me the G19 capacity/grip but with option to downsize if there was ever a desire.

 

[trackskippy]

I prefer my 26's with the factory 10 rounder and wrapping my pinkie under the grip. The extensions make it feel sorta like a 19, and the ones I tried pinched the crap out of me.

I like the 26 because its small enough to go where a 19 wont.

I have a couple of 19's and they still bug me. I prefer the 17's. I have a 45 too, and that's another one that really makes no sense to me either. Its almost like someone from over at SIG switched to Glock and started designing guns.

 

[The Glockodile]

can’t beat a glock! want to see a glock 17XL??? I got one, it’s hitous

Do show it!

The 17L is my favorite range gun

 

[Mark_Mark]

Do show it!

The 17L is my favorite range gun

You will hate this then…!

 

[JR24]

Yeah I just wanted the "option" of going back a little more compact even though I don't see that happening.

Then there's the cost of buying a new gun. I was seriously looking at trying to hunt down a gen4 G19.

But this option allows me the G19 capacity/grip but with option to downsize if there was ever a desire.

If you like how it feels there’s no need for the 19 IMO. The 26’s hump hits the middle of my palm in an irritating way, which is why I stopped using it. Minor quibble but it was there

 

[Good Ol' Boy]

If you like how it feels there’s no need for the 19 IMO. The 26’s hump hits the middle of my palm in an irritating way, which is why I stopped using it. Minor quibble but it was there

That's my thought. Carrying the 26 with the 12rd mag you definitely notice the "hump" although I had no problems with it.

With the G19 mags and XR spacers it feels close enough to a G19 grip to me. I know opinions vary.

Reloads take a bit of acclimation but are certainly doable with repetition/practice.

 

[JR24]

When I carried in such a way, I didn’t bother with the spacer on my reloads, just a basic 17 mag. Easier to conceal and still shoot fine.

 

[jmr40]

I ended up with 3 G19's. Long story. Since it is hard to make a Glock any uglier, I decided to chop the frame down on one to G26 length. It isn't professional quality craftsmanship, but it works. I don't find the slide/barrel length of a G19 any harder to conceal than a G26, but the smaller grip of the G26 is a plus. I also ground off the finger grooves at the same time.

I now have a gun with a 4" barrel that will work with 10 round G26 mags, 12 round G26 mags, 17 and 19 round G17 mags or 33 round G18 mags. It's ugly, but functional.

 

[md7]

I like a G26. Never leave home without mine.

 

[Blue Jays]

Looks are naturally subjective…
I feel G26 in 9mm and G27 in .40 S&W are among the more attractive small Glocks.