I R a Gunsmith.

Actually I'm a redneck with a soldering iron.

As most of you already know my daily CCW is a Glock 26. Now the Glock 26 is a fantastic little weapon, however it as a coulpe of draw backs. One being is is a little weapon. If i could do it again I'd go with a Glock 19 and probably cut the handle down a bit.

But alas, due to budgetary constraints, as well as local gun laws, I can't do that. So, how to make the Glock 26 a better weapon?

Well if you are Glock, you release the Glock 26, Gen 4


If you are a poor starving African, you modify it yourself.




The original Glock frame is very very slick. It has some very minor bumps on the side pannels, and some almost understated chekering on the front and back strap. When your hands get a little sweaty, as happens in the 36C heat or, say, under stress, the weapon becomes very hard to hold onto. If the Gen4 26 is anything like the Gen 4 17, then the new grip is great. The original one not so much.

So after a little looking around, and seeing what other people have done I decided to give it a shot. I practiced on some old Springer BB guns I had, and while those lessons were fine, they were also not really the same as working on the Glock polymer.

The Glock 26 has only been stippled on the front strap, right hand side, and half way aroud the back strap. Leaving most of the left side of the gun original. This is because as a CCW it rides against my skin and the stippling can be rather rough. That is the whole idea of the stippling really.

I did bend the stippling on the front too far around the frontstrap and is does rub, but not too much. I won't be that enthusiastic if I ever do it again.

One added bonus is the minute ammount of grip increase you get. I find the Glock frame now fills my hand better. The stippling raises a minute ammount of polymer in a ridge. About half a mil or something. It is a very minute change, but it feels so much better.

The +2's on the mags all take stippling very well and the increased grip is immediately noticible. The mag pouches I have are Glock 19 pouches, so the little bitty 10 rounders hardly fit in them, with the +2's and the stippling gripping and drawing the reloads is much easier.

First true outing is this Saturday, shooting IDPA and 3 gun. Lets see how it holds up.

KBK

I finally caught the bug which you guys speek of. This past tuesday I got to shoot a hand gun for the first time.

ParielIsBack wrote: $12 for 50 rounds of 22? Wow.  A brick of 22 is normally $10.But shooting is fun, there's no doubt about it.So that thing carries 12 rounds, Kayback?  Quite a punch for such a little gun.

Where are you buying a brick for $10?

lol steep

if he got it from walmart it may have been cheap, but if he bought the rounds at the range it would explain the cost difference...the range has to make money somehow

I assume he bought it at the range.  I guess if you're doing it once, it's not bad.  But 24 cents a round is expensive for any pistol ammo.  More expensive than I'd be willing to pay to go plink (although I'm not sure that's a fair comparison, given that I have cheaper alternatives.)

African rednecks you say....

flurry- the thing that sucks for me and ceesman is that NY only allows ten round mags. Can't wait to get out of this state...

If you are limited to 10, and you want a serious work horse blaster, then get an M&P in .45. As combat tupperware goes they are rock solid.

If you can, and your laws allow it, do what others have suggested to me and get the Smith & Wesson M&P45 - Threaded Barrel Kit. It is an extra $200, and you'll have to shell out another $200 in tax stamps plus whatever the supressor sets you back, but you'll have a damn nice toy.

I'd get one if they weren't the equivalent of a new car here. Damn import taxes and gun dealers making their profit in DOLLARS. Grrrr.

The Glock 21 SF is a nice weapon, don't get me wrong. I loved the one I shot, and a Glock 21 SF Gen 4 would be boobs. You might want to look at the Glock 37 in .45GAP. Like I said I don't want a GAP because there is absolutely ZERO ammunition supply. It would end up sitting unused in the safe next to my brother's unused .454 Casull.

Given that you already have a 1911 and you are limited to 10 rounds, I don't see why you shouldn't get an M&P. It would make the perfect stable mate.

GAP is hard to get everywhere.

An M&P in 9mm is high on my list of purchases once I have somewhere to keep guns.