Compact 9mm glock full size#

380ACP is the same diameter as the 9mm but the case is shorter, so less propellant fits in within safe pressure tolerances and therefore the bullet is pushed out of the barrel a bit slower. 380ACP “too small” to be an effective self-defense caliber, they forget two things: first, it’s really just a short 9mm. 380ACP was produced before the smallest Glock 9mm. Ironically, even smaller than the smallest 9mm, the Glock Model 42 chambered for. What remained was designing and tooling up for a single stack 9mm weapon, and since such a weapon would be primarily carried under concealed conditions, it only made sense to start with small versions of the design. 45ACP weapon – so it was proven Glock’s internal workings could be used for such.

Several years back (decades now actually), Glock produced the Model 36 which is a single stack. No matter how creative you are with the engineering, you simply can’t change the space demands of physics and cartridge dimensions.įor a long time, however, a number of Glock fans asked for single stack magazine fed 9mm and/or. You can’t reduce the width of the weapon without sacrificing magazine capacity. You can shrink the slide without reducing the barrel length. But what if they were even smaller? The challenge with reducing any of these dimensions is that they are directly tied to performance features. Their small dimensions also make them easy to carry in the waistband (IWB) in the appendix position (or anywhere else really). In a proper pocket holster, they can easily be carried comfortably for prolonged periods of time. They are externally identical so these measurements apply to both.Īnyone who has ever carried one of these small pistols knows just how compact and concealable they can are. To get a good idea of what we’re dealing with, size-wise, in this pocket pistol, let’s take a look at the external measurements of the G26 and G27. The same applies to the G27 using G22 or G23 magazines for reloads.

Compact 9mm glock full size#

Most folks I know carrying a pocket pistol carry a spare magazine of the same size but the Glocks offer a different option: Since the Glock 26 is just a down sized variation of the Glock 17 and Glock 19, provided they are all the same generation from Glock, you can use the full size G17 or G 19 magazines to reload the G26. So if you add the one round that should be in the chamber when you’re carrying, that’s 11 or 10 rounds in the weapon respectively. The G26 standard magazines hold ten rounds and the G27 standard magazines hold nine. Going back some years now you have the Glock 26 (9mm) and Glock 27 (.40S&W) which were identical in size externally. A few weeks ago there was a conversation had about pocket pistols and when someone mentioned “Glock Pockets” the immediate joke was how it sounded like “Hot Pockets.” The conversation quickly turned to variety and we realized that Glock does indeed have several pocket sized weapons that are of good working caliber (although there will certainly be some debate).