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yeah I got the PM, and don't recall that I was talking about cars...

The Glock 30 is quite a lot bigger than the Glock 26. I need the accessory rail in a subcompact so that I can have a small gun that will fit in my pajama pocket for when I walk the dog at 3 a.m. (he is old and has bladder issues). I need the accessory rail for a strobe light/laser combo to mount on the gun since it will be dark when I walk the dog. I have trouble holding a flashlight, gun, and dog at the same time. If I don't hold on to the dog, then he'll run in to the street and get run over.

I heard that the springfield xd subcompact has issues with the grip safety and if you don't grip it just right, then it will not fire. For example, if you grip the gun at an angle due to quick draw in an emergency (oops!), then it won't fire (double oops!). Is this true? Also, I heard that the barrel is more elevated on the xd than on the glock so there's more recoil with the xd. Is this true?

Is there a reliable and tough glock 26 accessory rail mod?

Is there another manufacturer of subcompact 9mm with zero recoil and 10+ rounds of ammo like on the glock 26 but with an accessory rail?

Thanks,

rubiconjp wrote:Even though Glock 9mm models have been mostly reliable, it is known that other bigger caliber Glocks to have reliability issues with rail attachments, thus the reason for Gen 4 Glocks.

Oakland PD recently recalled all their Gen 4 Glock .40's due to reliability issue with attachments. Personally, I'd not want to attach anything to a Glock. The G26 is good as it is for me.

I only know of issues with the G22 - when a light was attached it would cause the frame to bind the slide at a wierd angle to the forces, which would cause some guns to not go fully into battery after the slide cycled. This was part of the reason we moved to the 21SF.

I have read of light attachment reliability issues with the G22 and 23. Understandably since those are the most widely issue police sidearms, thus the problems are more pronounced because of recalls by the agencies, which are widely publicized.

However I have seen reports of G19 with reliability issues too.

gigag04 wrote:

rubiconjp wrote:Even though Glock 9mm models have been mostly reliable, it is known that other bigger caliber Glocks to have reliability issues with rail attachments, thus the reason for Gen 4 Glocks.

Oakland PD recently recalled all their Gen 4 Glock .40's due to reliability issue with attachments. Personally, I'd not want to attach anything to a Glock. The G26 is good as it is for me.

I only know of issues with the G22 - when a light was attached it would cause the frame to bind the slide at a wierd angle to the forces, which would cause some guns to not go fully into battery after the slide cycled. This was part of the reason we moved to the 21SF.

The reliability issues with the .40S&W pistols was supposedly one of the major reasons for the changes for Gen4 (especially the recoil spring changes). Of course, the "upgrades" don't seem to have fixed the problem, and now there are reports of reliability problems with Gen4 9x19 pistols. "Glock Perfection" indeed.