Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns Any Glock 27 Fans?

Ok, noted! You do not like the G27!

Regards, Blue

In my experience, the 26/27 prints noticeably less than the 19/23 when carried IWB at 4:00 (but then, the 19/23 is pretty good in that department, too), and draws and shoots (in the case of the 26, anyway) nearly as well. It's a worthy compromise, IMO.

Like I said, though, for me, the 27 is too snappy, but that's how I feel (to a lesser degree) about the 22 and 23.

G27 is the most traded-in gun there is.

That should tell you something.

I really gt a kick out of macho guys in a gun shop trying to convince their wives / girlfriends that they need a G-27 as their 1st carry gun.

Since it's not a pocket gun, might as well carry something slightly bigger that is easier to shoot.......G-19, M&P Compact 2.0, etc.

MM

The 19 is about the best size in a Glock. That being said, the 26/27 size Glocks are decent and never had a problem with them. I really never noticed much difference in “snappiness” with the 9 or .40.

I have one and love it. I also love my Glock 22, so maybe I'm just a .40 ho.

Guns like the 27 short change their user right out of the gate.

You're immediately compromising the two most important factors in a handgun: Sight radius and grip.

The shorter sight radius is going to be a handicap and you're causing massive mitigation to the most important aspect of combat handgunning which is the ability to establish a proper grip.

To make things even worse, you gain almost zero advantage in the concealability department. You're still carrying a double-stack width Glock which is going to print almost as bad as 19 or 19X size grip frame and slide length. Unless of course you're carrying appendix, but that would mean you could easily carry a 19 or 19X size gun and have the same levels of concealment.

I can't tell you how many know-it-all shooters I've had tell me they "shoot their 26/27 just as well they do their 17/22."

"Oh really?" Start timing them and run drills like 2, 2, & 2? Or 1, reload, 1? Or the Bill Drill? Or the abbreviated Bill Drill? Or The Dicken Drill?

They invariably reply with "Oh fugk I can't shoot this thing for schit."

Because they can't.

Because they fugking suck.

Loser.

For me I have somewhat large paws and I do not shoot a G26/27 sized Glock anywhere close to as well as a G19 or G17 size frame. Shooting it slow fire is one thing, but putting a shooter on the clock and running drills where speed and accuracy matter, the G26/27 does not come even close performance wise, as compared to the larger frames.

If I am going to belt carry, either IWB or OWB, the difference between a G26 and G19 is so small in terms of concealing that it does not make much sense to go with the smaller of the two options in most cases. There are always exceptions to that, but for general purposes, I will always go with a G19/G17 over a G26 size.