Yesterday, the 10-day harassment ended and I took possession of our new Glock 26 subcompact pistol. We went into the range and put about 30 rounds through the new gun. I found the gun to be smooth and easy to use. When we were finished, I took the pistol home and practiced field stripping it – we’re going to the range again this weekend and I will clean it up after that.
I found a very good YouTube® video demonstrating how to field strip the Glock 26. This gun is much easier to disassemble and reassemble than our S&W 908 9mm pistols. Using the video as a guide, I was able to strip the gun and put it back together in under 30 seconds – without hurrying. In the image at the left you can see the gun’s component parts after field stripping – the barrel, recoil spring assembly, slide assembly, frame and the stock 10-round magazine. Click on the image for a closer look.
Glock 26 Specifications
Weight: 560 g / 19.75 oz
Length: 160 mm / 6.29 in
Barrel length: 88 mm / 3.46 in
Width: 30 mm / 1.18 in
Height: 106 mm / 4.17 in
Caliber: 9 mm Luger Parabellum
Action: Safe action
Feed system: 10 / 12 / 15 / 17 / 19 / 33 round magazine
Sights: Fixed front and rear
Click on the image for a close-up of this little beauty.
Good for you!
Now go ahead and buy plenty of ammo for it pronto; the price of ammo, as per my sources, promises to go up right around September 1, anywhere from 5 to 25 percent. Natchez Shooter Supply has good info on this including copies of letters from remington, Winchester, and CCI & Federal about the price increases. See: http://www.natchezss.com/customerService.cfm?contentID=manuIncrease&src=BA481
Ouch.
All the best,
Glenn B
Thanks for the heads-up.
It just so happens that the gun show is in town this weekend. We plan on purchasing about 2k rounds of 9mm, 1k of .38spl, 500 rounds each of 12 and 20 ga. That should keep us going until the next event.
I guess that eventually, we will have to bite the bullet (pardon the intentional pun) and pay the increased prices.
I reload my own, and the cost of the lead is going to suck, but I’ll still be able to save a few bucks by packing them myself. Then again, I shoot 10mm which begs to be reloaded.
We might try reloading the .38 caliber first. Easier to keep track of the brass and we want to try reloading wadcutters as a target round. We’ve never done it, but we’re willing to get the equipment and find out how it gets done.
We’ll be at the gun show this coming weekend and plan to stop at some of the reloaders’ displays.