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Member Section => Handguns => Topic started by: SJPrice on September 10, 2012, 02:41:14 PM
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Well after years of avoiding the purchase of a Glock and asking to handle them occasionally at the dealer and finding that they did not fit my hand well at all because I have small hands, I asked to handle a Glock 27 Gen 4 a few weeks ago. After the dealer added Pearce extensions to the mags, I walked out of the store with new potential carry gun. After roughly 400 rounds of practice ammo I have switched my carry gun to the Glock 27. It is a great, easy, reliable, clean comfortable to carry, comfortable to shoot, accurate carry gun. I added and or changed a couple of things including a Lasermax guide rod laser, and Tru-Glo TFO (tritium fiber optic night sights) a few more extended magazines and a Galco King Tuk holster. The new Gen 4 grip fits my hand better than the M&P 40C did and it conceals almost as easy as my Kimber SOLO CDP. I guess the best thing I can say about this experience is the Glock seems to be simple elegance. Not sure why I added this post except to share my experience and satisfaction.
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Welcome to the Forum, SJ..... Glock fans are especially welcome here and the reports of their experience with their Glock are especially welcome as well.
Of course, those 1911 fans and their stories are especially welcome too...and those wheel gun fans and, well, all those other any kind of gun fans are especially welcome too.
Glad to hear the 27 won it's place with you.
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Welcome SJ. Always nice to hear from others about what works for them.
I'm a bit of a gad-fly. Some Glock, some wheel gun, very little 1911.
While I'm on the GSSF site a lot, I rarely go to the Glock "gun" site. Out of curiosity I visited it after reading your post. And here are some interesting things I'd not noticed before.
The .380s (G25 and 28) are only available to LEOs.
The Slimeline .45ACP (G36) is smaller than the .380s! WOW! Wish they'd make a slimeline in 9mm
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Congrats, SJ.
I really like my G27 (mine's not the Gen 4). Very accurate foe a short barreled gun.
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Welcome to the darkside! I love my G26 to pieces. The G26/G27 are great guns and very accurate for their size. You made a good call.
FQ13
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Glock, 1911, revolver, whatever.
New gun is new gun ;D
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I too carry the 27. (180gr Short Barrel Gold Dots)
I really wish I could find a 26 at a good smokin, 'are you sure this isn't stolen' price.
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Welcome SJ. Always nice to hear from others about what works for them.
I'm a bit of a gad-fly. Some Glock, some wheel gun, very little 1911.
While I'm on the GSSF site a lot, I rarely go to the Glock "gun" site. Out of curiosity I visited it after reading your post. And here are some interesting things I'd not noticed before.
The .380s (G25 and 28) are only available to LEOs.
The Slimeline .45ACP (G36) is smaller than the .380s! WOW! Wish they'd make a slimeline in 9mm
Any idea why the .380s are LEO only? That just seems weird as its not a common LEO caliber. I mean, even for a bug, there are 9s and .40s almost as small. And why restrict it unless its FA like the G33?
FQ13
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I too carry the 27. (180gr Short Barrel Gold Dots)
I really wish I could find a 26 at a good smokin, 'are you sure this isn't stolen' price.
My dad "lent" me his G26 so my daughter could shoot USPSA with me... nah.... she's gonna use the clubs G17 and I need to get a IWB holster for a G26 ;D
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Any idea why the .380s are LEO only? That just seems weird as its not a common LEO caliber. I mean, even for a bug, there are 9s and .40s almost as small. And why restrict it unless its FA like the G33?
FQ13
I believe because they are blow-back design and that does bad things on making the needed import ability score for handguns.
Glock ships guns with very cheap adjustable sights because they score better than fixed sights. The fixed sights replace the cheap ones after the guns arrive in the US.
The reason Glock doesn't manufacture it's guns in the US and avoid that BS is because of the excellent Tenifer treatment applied to the major metal parts. It uses toxic materials and is not likely to be approved for use here.
Question should be, Why doesn't Glock develop a recoil operated compact and inexpensive .380 like Kel-tec spurred?
For more info on what is done to make the import grade, look here:
http://www.saysuncle.com/2005/12/15/on_gun_laws_that_are_dumb/
Even though it is stated at that link that the .380 caliber is the reason for not making the points, a blow-back .380 only scores 72 points where a locked breech .380 would score 77 points.
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Ahh I see. (Banging head against wall, no I realy don't AAAAAARGH!) I hate 922R! >:( But I'm sure Mitt will save us and repeal it, after all W. raced to end the madness.......crickets. Seriously, I might actually vote for Palin if she'd repeal the damn thing. And it doesn't take Congress either. Its a rule not a law, stroke of the pen and its gone.
FQ13
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Welcome to the wonderful world of Glock SJPrice. My primary carry for the better part of the last 2 years has been a 26 and before that my still favorite 19. I'm personally not the biggest fan of the grip extenders on the magazines because I'm wanting maximum concealability over the 19, but they do make the grip fit a little better. Instead of stocking up on 27 mags with extenders, you might want to consider investing in 23 or 22 mags. They work especially well as spare mags for carry and range and give increased capacity and a little more grip if you choose to use it as such. They also tend to be the same price as the smaller 27 mags.
Any idea why the .380s are LEO only? That just seems weird as its not a common LEO caliber. I mean, even for a bug, there are 9s and .40s almost as small. And why restrict it unless its FA like the G33?
FQ13
As Solus said, they don't meet the import criteria. They are mainly designed for countries were civilians can't own military calibers firearms. More importantly, I don't see a real market for them in the US other than collectable. To my knowledge, all .380, 9mm, .357, .40, and .45 GAP glocks are built on the same frames/dimensions (obviously 3 sizes in each category). The primary advantage of most .380's is that they are small, light, and concealable. A .380 Glock would offer no real size, weight, or capacity advantage to a 9mm. I don't think there would be any cost advantage to shooting .380 either.
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SJ, congratulations on making a great purchase. I have an early model G27 that I have carried for many years. Mine is outfitted with the mag extensions, too. It's less concealable perhaps, but it fits my hand better. And I can still pack it in an Uncle Mike and stick it in the front pocket of my jeans.
I can't tell you how many hundreds or thousands of rounds I have sent down range, but I can tell you I had one failure to feed. It was with some cheap Russian ammo (Golden Wolf or similar) that was non-reload able and had a cheap steel case. Using any kind of quality ammo, it always goes bang--even when it needs a good cleaning.
Keep us informed as you use it more. We all like to hear tales of new guns. And welcome to the family.
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My dad "lent" me his G26 so my daughter could shoot USPSA with me... nah.... she's gonna use the clubs G17 and I need to get a IWB holster for a G26 ;D
I hate you and I'm gonna tell Dad.
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I hate you and I'm gonna tell Dad.
Go ahead, he'll forget by dinner ;D