Best Glock for Range use and Occasional Carry ?

[rfwobbly]

LEO pal carries a 40 cal Glock while on duty, but wants a 9mm for range practice and occasional off-duty carry that has the same sights and controls. I could see this guy eventually using it for action pistol.

What do you recommend ?

 

[FL-NC]

The Glock 19 is their most popular product, and my personal favorite.

 

[Sergei Mosin]

Get the 9mm equivalent of his duty weapon - if he's issued a G22, get a G17.

 

[papaairbear]

Get the 9mm equivalent of his duty weapon - if he's issued a G22, get a G17.

Especially if he could be using it in action pistol in the future. A G19 is easier to conceal, though. And I personally think the Gen 5 triggers are the best yet in a Glock.

 

[Zerodefect]

Glock 34.4.

 

[Doc7]

I’d say 17 based on the anticipated usage. G19 if carry is more than occasional.

 

[Fine Figure of a Man]

How about a 9mm barrel for his duty gun to use on the range and a G19 for carry.

 

[Lennyjoe]

Tell him to get the G19 under the Blue Label program. Best $399 he’ll spend.

 

[Speedo66]

Glock 26, mini Glock, will be more comfortable and more concealable.

 

[GEM]

Glock 19. Tell his department to move on.

 

[Trey Veston]

G19 Gen 5 MOS.

No stupid grip cutout, tacticool front serrations, great trigger, and optics ready. Available through Blue Label for $495.

 

[rfwobbly]

Good suggestions. Keep them coming !

 

[Riomouse911]

IMHO the G19 has the best balance of concealability and shootability for the all-around purposes you describe.

I carry a G34 daily, but for plainclothes dignitary details in a suit and tie it was the G19 riding in my holster.

Stay safe!

 

[Tallball]

For range, the G17.

For carry, the G26.

The G19 is the 'tweener.

 

[Wanderling]

G26. Shoots like a big gun but easy to conceal.

G19 isn’t all that much smaller than G17.

 

[Trey Veston]

Just thought of another option... If he has larger hands, he may be a perfect candidate for the G45, which is basically a G19 with the larger G17 grip. The G19 fit me better, so I went with it, but guys are loving the G45. No grip cutout and has the front serrations and is substantially cheaper than the MOS G19...

 

[Mike .45]

+1 on the Gen5 19 MOS

 

[tarosean]

17L or 34

 

[MTMilitiaman]

Can't go wrong with the Glock 19. It might be the closest thing Glock has to actual perfection.

 

[ATLDave]

Carry and "action pistol" (whether actual NRA action pistol or used as a catchall for practical pistol sports) are kind of working at cross purposes. The former rewards light weight and small size... the latter favors the opposite. I'm no Glockophile, but I am under the impression that the 19 would be the least-awful compromise.

 

[crestoncowboy]

I never cared for the 19/23 size either. I have a 23 but I carry a 27. I usually shoot and sometimes carry a 22. The 19/23 to me is like a v6 car. Worst of both worlds rather than best of either. It's just too similar in size to the 17/22 to be any advantage. And the 27/26 is considerably smaller if I want that carryability.

 

[JTQ]

I never cared for the 19/23 size either. I have a 23 but I carry a 27. I usually shoot and sometimes carry a 22. The 19/23 to me is like a v6 car. Worst of both worlds rather than best of either. It's just too similar in size to the 17/22 to be any advantage. And the 27/26 is considerably smaller if I want that carryability.

Prior to the introduction of the S&W M&P 2.0 Compact, there was probably a decade of folks complaining about S&W not having a G19 sized M&P. I always argued the M&P FS was a better duty size gun than either the G17 or G19, and the M&P Compact (1.0), was a better concealment gun than the G19, and was easier to shoot than the G26.

The G19 analogy I liked to use was the college football defensive end that was a "tweener". He was really too small to play defensive end and was too slow/lacked cover skills to play linebacker in the NFL.

 

[rfwobbly]

I really appreciate all the input. This is really helping.

 

[rubberduck]

i have a glock 23 i like,i live in ca.so i cant carry in public.dont want to go to jail.

 

[IdaD]

Best overall size imo is the 19 although I personally prefer the 2.0 Compact. Either way you have a 15 round mag (that can scale up if you want), a full grip and a 4" barrel with a decent sight radius, in a package that's not too heavy and you can conceal pretty easily. For a duty pistol I can understand wanting a larger grip and longer barrel, and for a dedicated carry pistol I can understand wanting something narrower/smaller, but for an all around civilian pistol the 19 size seems like the sweet spot to me.