Shot my first Glock model 26 today, here are my thoughts and impressions......
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THE PILGRIM
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Only have one.
43X with 15 round Shield's.
It's as reliable as me!
But I still call my SIG 365 X and X Macro my 'Combat' Pistols.
It's the Glock trigger.
Will never shoot enough or live long enough to really like it!
Did have a 23, my Son has it.
Elmer say - Three Pounds, like breaking glass.
But, but, he was talking Revolvers!
Of course he was!
But remember, I am an old revolver Guy!
43X with 15 round Shield's.
It's as reliable as me!
But I still call my SIG 365 X and X Macro my 'Combat' Pistols.
It's the Glock trigger.
Will never shoot enough or live long enough to really like it!
Did have a 23, my Son has it.
Elmer say - Three Pounds, like breaking glass.
But, but, he was talking Revolvers!
Of course he was!
But remember, I am an old revolver Guy!
max503
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Why should cops have all the advantages? Ain't my life worth preserving too?
My Glock 26 is there for me when I need more than my 42.
Muscle memory carries over between the two.
I like short, fat, and chunky. Always have.
Ask my drinkin' buddies.
My Glock 26 is there for me when I need more than my 42.
Muscle memory carries over between the two.
I like short, fat, and chunky. Always have.
Ask my drinkin' buddies.
If I were in the market for a carry semiauto today I might well opt for a P365.
But I haven't been in that market for quite some time. When I was, the Glock 26 was the answer for me.
One rides in the console of my truck, and another rests in my top dresser drawer for those rare occasions when I feel the need for more than a snub in my pocket.
Considering I own every variety of holster I might need, more spare parts than I'll ever require, and enough magazines to ensure my great-grandkids will have a sufficient supply—not to mention having expended many cases of ammo in practice—I see no reason to switch.
Yeah, it's chunky compared to its current competitors, but it remains a damn good gun.
But I haven't been in that market for quite some time. When I was, the Glock 26 was the answer for me.
One rides in the console of my truck, and another rests in my top dresser drawer for those rare occasions when I feel the need for more than a snub in my pocket.
Considering I own every variety of holster I might need, more spare parts than I'll ever require, and enough magazines to ensure my great-grandkids will have a sufficient supply—not to mention having expended many cases of ammo in practice—I see no reason to switch.
Yeah, it's chunky compared to its current competitors, but it remains a damn good gun.
Everybody has an opinion and mine is that the Glock 43X with the S15 mags is about the best CCW ever. Most important thing with a self defense pistol is reliability and I don't think anything beats the Glock models for that. Easy carry in an IWB holster especially one like the Milt Sparkes Criterion or similar.
Doug M.
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I have not worn jeans in years; mostly cargo pants, and when needed, dress pants. It is not at all difficult to pocket carry the 26/27/33 if you dress properly for the circumstances.
I never go with out a handgun on me but not in my pocket . I know your a die hard snubby /pocket cc guy but I am not . I spend my first 40 years oin florida , collier county florida mainly . Thru my year after graduation was working for a learning the treade for building a custom homes in a part of naples know as Port Royal . My days tend to start early , get some fishing in before work at the rear of job sites . I wear long pants always on the job . An over sized T shirt tended to be the primary shirt of choice at work . for most years . IN the peak of hot weather temps in the slab could be in the low 100* range and mid afternoon 5 to 10 minute down pours . At times we changed cloths after lunch do to being wet to your boots . White sand and polish concrete floors reflect a lot of sun light !! I did wear a leather tack shop made iwb holster for some years I learned from the maker to treat it like a saddle and it will last and last . Back then My at work CC gun for 4 years was a s&w 669 but never r4eally liked it as I was a already a 1911 guy . After work and a shower my first carry handgun was a colt officers acp and 4 years later a lw commander . I know florida very well. I was also a what some at work called a swamp rat as many after work days I was checking hog traps on the way home . Built our homes as an after work job till 10:00 pm at night . Go to were we lived eat shower sleep a few hours and repeat . I always had a easy on and off holster too for quick trips to the store , 3 two 4 minutes away . During me carpenter to carpenter foreman years my tool bags ran on a old army web belt and heavy duty suspender so it hung loose around my waist to keep form pulling against me and my CC handgun .
WE sort had this conversation before . You do pocket carry I mainly do 3:00 carry but getting old and lost weight that at some point I'll carry a 9mm instead of a 40sw or 45 and then in a aiwb for my hellcat pro comp but I do have a m&p 4" compact with a dot optic assuming I will need on for CC one day . The last almost 30 years have been in western NC mountains where sweating requires serious hard work just to break a sweat but mainly to get awat from the rules for hunting as in what makes a legual swamp buggy and going fishing and dealing with a no wake zones and clot sizes changes then the importing of large scale drug importing that went on in collier county . We moved to raise our girls in a smaller rual county where crime is very limited yet big city is close enough . We into the cooler weather times now . midr 70* days and mid 50* degree nights . Built homes up here for mostly florida half backs to vacation in and now retirement has been good .
cheif38 . I know florida well . Born there an spend my first 40 years in collier county fl mainly . Fresh out of high school it was learn the building trade with a custom home builder in an area of naples know as Port Royal so working in hot weather around a white sand lot or on plished contrete that reflex the sun in to the low 100* range most of the summer . Then you get thos hot afternoon 5 to 10 minute down pours to jack the humidity a bit higher . These lots wer most on the water too . Some of use wouold show up well before work to catch a few fish for dinner . So nothing is special about floridas heat and humidity ! I was also an avid outdoorsman . hunting building swamp buggies or airboats . Built our own homes as an after hour project so wyes I know the best and worse that florida had to offer like the importing of drugs buy boat or aircraft too . After we had our girls in school we decides to move to a better environment and picked a town in western NC mountains . No more hot weather to deal with . You have to work really hard to even sweat here when 85* and lower humidity is the norm for summer and were into the mid to upper 708 for highs and low to mid 508 for nights now . I life long buddy and I built mainly vacation homes up for part time florida folks folks with money to invest ! .
I never pocket carried and have no interest in doing so and we have had this conversation before . ha
I never pocket carried and have no interest in doing so and we have had this conversation before . ha
What problems did the length of the barrel on the Glock 19 cause?
This is the first I have heard of any problem. I have two Glock 19s, Gen 5, and they have been 100% reliable with all ammo (same as all my other Glocks).
David Sinko
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I now carry a Glock 23 in the front pocket of my duty cargo pants to and from work. It's a bit heavy but this is only to and from work. Occasionally I'll stop at the grocery store on the way home but pocket carry of a 23 isn't something I'd do as a matter of daily routine. I had been accustomed to carrying the S&W 64 snub so I don't really notice anything different with the Glock.
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