I have owned and carried a Gen 4 Glock 26 for about 3 years now. This is a sweet little pistol, the recoil is very manageable, the pistol is accurate and reliable as well as highly concealable. I wouldn't trade it for another compact 9. Some advocate buying a G 19 instead but here's what I did, I bought a pearce 2x grip extension for my first mag and left the other two mags at 10 rnds. That way I have increased magazine capacity if I want it and I still maintain the concealability of the 10 rnd mags. By the way 1/2 " doesn't sound like much but it does matter. Check out the 26 and the 19 together carry each one if you can and shoot each one if you can. Don't let capacity stop you this little pistol will take any 9mm mag made for glocks.