Damsel took a picture recently of her Balancing Warthog and posted it here. Just out of curiosity, I took out the other pistols and tried the same test. The S&W 908s wouldn’t balance at all. The Glock 26 balanced just like the Warthog, without the magazine and with the slide locked back.
The Glock 30 wouldn’t balance until I inserted a magazine. The magazine gave it a flat bottom to rest on. The Glock 26 has a lip on the bottom front of the grip which kept the gun from falling forward like the 30 was prone to do without a magazine.
Left to right, Glock 26 and Warthog, sans magazines, and Glock 30, magazine inserted.
I’m thinking that this balancing act is possible due to the pistols having been designed for good recoil properties. Does anyone have thoughts on that?