Range report: Shooting the Glock G26 gen 3 - pics included

[Tangle]

I usually shoot mid-size or full size guns, but I wanted to shoot a G26 in my standard 50 shot drill and see how it compares to say a G17.

My standard eval drill used to be 5 shots each at 3, 5, 7, 10, and 15 yards, which takes 25 shots with 25 left in a box of 50. Not long ago I modified my eval drill to include rapid fire as well. I reduced the slow fire shots from 5 to 4 and that leaves me with 30 rounds. I divide those 30 into two 15 round groups and shoot three five shot strings with each group. That works out nicely for a box of 50.

So here's the 4 shot, slow fire, although not "that" slow.

Modified standard eval drill - 4 shots at 3, 5, 7, 10, & 15 yards. This isn't my 'best' effort, but if you like the G26 size guns, you should like this:



As you can see, there is a nice group centered in the X ring - for such a small gun, I think that's pretty remarkable. There only 3 shots out of the X ring and one of those is almost touching it, so a near miss.

I was disappointed in the rapid fire drill. I just could not keep the hits in the orange. In fact, there were a number of pretty bad misses - I'm too embarrassed to post the rapid fire targets. I'm not sure what the problem was. It looked to me like I was on target just about every shot, but they sure didn't go where I thought they were gonna go.

I shot the slow fire only with an extended mag; I figured it would be tough enough with the small gun without having a grip issue.

I alternated the mags, one with the extension, one without, in the rapid fire - didn't see much difference.

The gen 3 trigger worked just fine, although being used to the lighter gen 4 trigger, may have had something to do with the rapid fire, or maybe it was a sight radius issue. I'm just not sure. But one thing I am sure of, the little fellow has plenty of accuracy.

I did a follow-up eval using a gen 4 G17 and did little if any better in the slow fire portion. The rapid fire however was a different story. Fifteen rapid fire shots all in the orange save one:



Hmmm, looks like one round just barely had enough powder to get out of the barrel

Know what I did with the last 15 rounds? Eyes closed at 3 yards. Again with the G17 gen 4. Here's how that went:



The highest group has three hits that make a great group, but I could feel that I was getting pushed out of position by the recoil - I wasn't paying enough attention to technique, and that was the first group too.

The middle group is a 2" group no matter how you measure it.

The lower group to the left, is a 2-1/4" group counting the low hit; not counting it it's a 1-1/2" group.

Remember this drill is not about absolute accuracy. It's a drill to measure body mechanics and repeatability. But, I'm rambling off topic now; somebody should have stopped me.

Anyway, pretty impressed with the little G26 gen 3!

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[Luis50]

Nice going sir.

I need more practice.

[Klash545]

try shooting it at 100yds,you will be surprised

[CDW4ME]

The Glock 26 is a subcompact, but shoots like a bigger pistol.

[P95]

Not bad...thanks for sharing.

[Glocked]

I wouldn't trade mine for the world. I can shoot the butthole out of a skunk at 20 yards. Lol. Thanks for sharing.

[ScottM]

All the above reasons are why I had mine milled for an RDS instead of a larger model.

[C hawk Glock]

I wouldn't trade mine for the world. I can shoot the butthole out of a skunk at 20 yards. Lol. Thanks for sharing.

Boy that has to stink in more ways then one! Do you just aim for the brown bulls-eye considering everything else is black and white?

[Dooger]

Nice!

I actually can't shoot the G26 worth a crap...it is for sale actually. Now, the G19 is a different story.

[RKflorida]

heh, heh, it's working Tangle, it's working! Push a pencil into a target to show insane accuracy with the G26 and all the G26 owners get depressed and want to sell their guns!!!! Now we can buy them up cheap! Cheap I tell you!!!

[barstoolguru]

nice grouping

[zonker1986]

for those having trouble shooting the G26, try picking up a Glock Factory 12 round mag with finger extension. It helps stabilize the gun during rapid fire, and gives a place for your pinky.

[camsdaddy]

Zonker do you find this extension better than the other extension alternatives?

[zonker1986]

Zonker do you find this extension better than the other extension alternatives?

absolutely. Other grip extension bite my finger. Not so with the Glock factory mags with extension. I have them on my G26, G27, and G33. The added grip length does little to inhibit concealability
of the gun and gives you 12+1 in the G26 and 11+1 in the G27/G33.

[Dooger]

I have the Pearce Grip Extensions (+1 and +2), GAP finger extensions, etc. and I still can't shoot a G26 well. Plus, if you use the Pearce, you may as well jump up to the G19 for CC. I think it all boils down to it being a different grip angle on the G26. I bought a PM9 anyways and won't look back. I'm selling the G26 to get a Gen 4 G19. That'll make two G19's in the house. My wife loves my Gen 3, so she'll end up with that. The Gen 4 will be a second house gun, woods carry weapon while hiking and hunting, and maybe even get a little holster time in the cold winter months.