Consolidating platforms and calibers - New Glock 19

[Eurodriver]

Within a year, I have gone through a myriad of different handgun platforms and calibers. .357 SIG (although that lasted less than a month), .40 S&W, .45ACP, Glock, Springfield, S&W. It was great having variety, but I am a shooter, not a collector. I don't get off by having the latest and greatest and bragging to friends. (I've actually gotten away from "gun chat" and focused more on doing things that actually matter, like shooting....damn, I sound like Rob.) My point is that it simply made sense from both an economic and training perspective to condense everything and make everything as interchangable as possible.

Enter 9mm Glocks.

I carry a Glock 26, and I have a Glock 19 on my nightstand but what I've been trying to remedy lately is the problem of having quick access to a gun in my car. I didn't want to take my 26 off my person while I'm driving and its almost impossible to get to in a hurry if I don't. I tried a Glock 32 in .357Sig but it lacked magazine and ammo compatability. That coupled with the increased blast and recoil made me reconsider.

Today I picked this up.




Its a G19 Police trade in. Yeah, its old, it looks like it has been dragged down a driveway and the slide doesn't match the barrel/frame. Manufacture date is somewhere in early 2001. But its solid and very smooth. I'm going to run a couple hundred rounds through it on Sunday.

This is what I'm left with. Top G19 is for the nightstand, Middle G19 is for the car, and Bottom is my carry gun.



All three have the same manual of arms, the same recoil, the same magazines (except 26 -> 19), the same ammunition, the same sights, the same trigger pull. It makes perfect sense and I don't know why I didn't do this to begin with.

[JHC]

That is a smart way to do it alright. And that police trade in G19 looks superb. It takes forever to get that look. Appreciate it.

[PrivateCitizen]

Same/same. G19s and a lone G26 for more discreet carry if needed.

All my mags work everywhere except the initial G26 (I retired the other G26 one).

The last G19 I picked up was a G3 with an "R" range. No trouble so far.

[Vgex2]

Excellent setup. That is what a Glock should look like. Congrats.

[rob_s]

You do sound like me. and you have the same guns, for pretty much the same purposes.

I'm sorry.

[Eurodriver]

You do sound like me. and you have the same guns, for pretty much the same purposes.

I'm sorry.

Your message is usually on point and makes sense; but you'll never get me to give up the suppressor on my AR.

[okie john]

That G19 looks like it's just getting broken in.


Okie John

[tacti-cool]

I regularly switch my glock 26 and glock 19.
I love how all my holsters work for both.

[SeriousStudent]

May I be so bold as to make a polite suggestion?

Try and track down a used G19 frame, and an Advantage Arms .22 kit. You can set it up with the same trigger system and sights as your carry G19.

It's very handy as a teaching gun.

[jbourneidentity]

Very, very smart and effective setup. Love the police trade G19. It has character.