New CCW gat piece. Glock 26, 850rds later

[DRM]

Bros, Picked up a G26 to appendix carry more comfortably than my trusted G19. I'm a little dude at 5'7" and the 19 dug in just a little too much seated in a car. So I bought this 3 days ago to make up for it. Accuracy is exceptional and on par with both my 17/19. It's a Gen 3 and I, thankfully, have one of the good extractors in that it has reliably spit the brass at 4 o clock over the entire course of 850rds the past 3 days. I'm running it with a 10+2 factory mag and a 15rd G19 mag as my reload. Cycles and shoots well with the Hornady Critical Duty I have loaded in it for everyday carry. I've been putting it through the CSAT Pistol Instructor Standards today and finished up with a modified version of the 5+1 drill. At 12m, I changed it to draw from CCW, 4 chest/1 head to conserve ammo a little bit. Par time was 4 seconds and I was averaging between 3.4-3.8 with a .7 split from the chest/head shot. Over a course of 100 rounds and 10 run-throughs, I came up with this accuracy. This was all they had on hand at the local indoor range that was smaller than an IPSC and still resembled an anatomy target. I prefer to shoot 1/2 size IPSC with 3x5" A-zones on the chest, but this worked in a pinch. Only 5 shots missed the "spine and brain" boxes with only 1 miss out of 50 rounds. If I just slow down...


I'm more than pleased with its performance. I have a set of Warren plain black rear/tritium front sights on order and am taking all of the trigger components out tonight to polish them up. The stock triggers are great once you learn to just push them to the rear instead of trying to squeeze them. Anyway, for anyone considering picking up a Baby Glock: do it, just know their limitations. For a summer CCW, I couldn't be happier.

[Jayster]

Nice review, very informative. The frame size looks a bit small for me, but may try a rental for fun!!! Nice shooting...

[DRM]

If you can swing it, look into a 19. If I weren't a fucking midget, it would be my all year carry gun. You get the advantage of a slightly longer sight radius and the ability to run a weapon mounted light so it can double-dip as a nightstand/duty gun and still be a great CCW piece.

The only change worth making to a Glock is the sights and a plug in the grip to prevent debris from getting in there. If you're carrying CCW, don't get a huge mag release because you may lose retention on the mag throughout the day. I like the OEM extended slide release on my G17, haven't determined the need on my G26 since I don't plan to get into a gunfight wearing gloves as a CCW gun.

And yes, it has been boringly reliable so far. I still haven't cleaned it and won't until it hits 1,500rds. Then it'll take its place as my EDC after a thorough cleaning/lubrication.

[DRM]

And that should be 50 rounds after 10 drills. I knew there was a reason I wasn't an Officer...

[LouSiffer]

The G19.......small enough to carry....big enough to shoot. I have been spending a lot of time with my G19. Mine is compensated which is a total waste as the barrel is so short and the compensation is barely more than half way down the barrel. I wasn't looking for a compensated barrel, but, it just happened to be that when I got to the gun store. No, it does not cause night vision issues as others have suggested. The flash is so fast, your eyes do not even have a chance to compensate. However, it does make the gun loud as shit. It is louder than my 1911.

Here are some of my tips:

The big trigger is really not a trigger.....it is basically there for appearances. The little "safety" piece on the trigger is actually the trigger. It has a small block that rides up inside the trigger guard. People say you need to put a couple thousand rounds to break the trigger in. The reason for that is that there is often some flashing where the polymer frame was molded. I take some 2000 wet sand paper and lightly and CAREFULLY rub that flashing out to smooth it out instantly versus thousands of rounds.

Polishing the trigger parts and the detent button in the slide does wonders for more smoothness on the trigger and overall action.

Avoid the ghost trigger 3.5 pound trigger bar. It will not get it down to 3.5 pounds. It will get it into the low to mid 4 pound range which is still great, but, it also will give you a gun that likes to double/triple tap and sometimes go full auto. As fun as this sounds, it is highly illegal.

Spend the $225 for a Pyramid trigger system. It is the best money you will spend.

Also, the coating on the upper slide is extremely durable. I launched mine across a concrete pad and a limestone gravel driveway and it did not leave a mark on it. -Lou

[RacerX]

I launched mine across a concrete pad and a limestone gravel driveway and it did not leave a mark on it. -Lou

Not on purpose, right?

[Twitch]

How's your shooting today thorny?

[xenophobe]

The porting on Glocks works really well but it makes them incredibly loud. I wouldn't use a ported gun for carry because you won't be wearing ear protection if you have to use it. Then again, my hearing is already damaged from years of concerts, rehearsals and playing shows, driving tracked vehicles and lots of shooting. I usually wear noise cancelling active ear muffs and squishies when at the range. You can't get lost hearing back, as far as I know.


If I needed a carry gun I'd probably purchase a Kahr 9mm or one of the S&W PD .38's. My P99 is carryable for a mid-sized, but I'd probably want something single stack for concealed.

Not on purpose, right?

My friend Dave was pissed one day, he threw his glock through his window. It had also accidentally been dropped off the top of a 2 story commercial building during a film shoot. It was a little beat but it kept it's accuracy and never missed a beat.

[LouSiffer]

Not on purpose, right?

Actually, it was. -Lou

[DRM]

I wouldn't use a ported gun for carry because you won't be wearing ear protection if you have to use it.

True, but then again, I guarantee they would meter within +/- 2db at the ear and that is negligible in terms of hearing damage. When you're in a gunfight, you literally have the rest of your life to take action to close with and stop the threat. Whatever advantage you can have to make that happen efficiently, the better.

Telling someone not to carry a certain gun because it's "loud" is...well, ignorant. I wouldn't carry a ported gun personally, but SPL should be the least of your concerns when your life is on the line.

I was looking at an M&P Shield for my CCW, but the trigger was an immediate turnoff. It's very slim and comfortable, but the trigger pull and reset are such a vast departure from what I'm used to I stayed with what I know. One trigger pull to learn that transfers to every single one of my handguns.

[rjohnstone]

I'll stick with my stock Gen4 G22.
It doesn't need any tweaking. It has a solid trigger, the stock sights are more than adequate for 99% of any shooting situation I would ever be in.
Hell, at close range (10-15 feet), sights are moot. Hitting center mass at that range has become almost a reflex action.

[xenophobe]

True, but then again, I guarantee they would meter within +/- 2db at the ear and that is negligible in terms of hearing damage. When you're in a gunfight, you literally have the rest of your life to take action to close with and stop the threat. Whatever advantage you can have to make that happen efficiently, the better.

Telling someone not to carry a certain gun because it's "loud" is...well, ignorant. I wouldn't carry a ported gun personally, but SPL should be the least of your concerns when your life is on the line.

I was looking at an M&P Shield for my CCW, but the trigger was an immediate turnoff. It's very slim and comfortable, but the trigger pull and reset are such a vast departure from what I'm used to I stayed with what I know. One trigger pull to learn that transfers to every single one of my handguns.

I guess you need to have a lesson in basic physics there. True, a ported gun isn't really any louder than a non-ported gun. The port is altering the path of the sound, redirecting a great deal of it back at you. So you don't care about hearing loss, that's fine, your call. Even shooting one with full muffs at the range is noticeably louder.

I can say the same thing about the trigger on a concealed weapon. You don't want a 6oz hair trigger on a carry gun that you'd want on a range gun. The trigger is one of the last concerns you should have. The first is that you can actually conceal the firearm well. The second is that it is safe and not prone to accidental discharge.

I would never recommend a ported gun for concealed use to a customer. That porting isn't really going to make any difference, you're already going to have an adrenaline rush in a stressful situation. If that firearm has too much recoil for you, then you should be using a different firearm, not one with ports.

A heavier trigger is in fact better for most people that don't put thousands of rounds downrange a year. Having to pull out a concealed weapon in a crisis is a stressful event on top of a stressful event. That's exactly why Double Action Only firearms are popular defense guns also often issued to police departments.

[DRM]

I guess you need to have a lesson in basic physics there.

And I'll give you a lesson in reading comprehension. I want you to quote in my posts above where I recommended a ported gun for carry, then I want you to remove that Bubba-fied "it FEELS LOUDER, man" thought process you have about SPL's, and go learn how SPL's metered at the shooters ear vice the muzzle effect the inner ear. Just because you can feel propellant gases more doesn't mean it's louder, it means you're feeling more of the gases. This is just perception and doesn't make it any more or less dangerous...it's stilla gunshot and won't be hearing safe.

Same as running a muzzle brake on an AR vs a flash suppressor. I guarantee they'll meter nearly identical at the ear if not the same, but for a bystander, it will "sound" louder even though the hearing damage without ear pro is the same.

I wasn't arguing with you at first, but then you had to pretend to know something and be a smartass about it.

[RacerX]

I wasn't arguing with you at first,

...but now it's on like Donkey Kong!"

[xenophobe]

I wasn't arguing with you at first, but then you had to pretend to know something and be a smartass about it.

Umm....

Telling someone not to carry a certain gun because it's "loud" is...well, ignorant.

Yeah, I'm the only one being ignorant here. Sorry to kick you off your high horse. :P

Seriously, I guess you've never compared a ported Glock alongside one that isn't at the range. That's ok, most people haven't.

I'm trying not to be insulting, but it's proving difficult. Dude, if you can feel more muzzle blast, that also means more of the redirected sound is coming your way. Derp.