Field & Stream. The Story of the Glock 17 and 19. In the early 1980s, a man who had no experience with firearm design engineered a new pistol. Though the term “game-changer” is criminally ...

Interestingly, when the U.S. military launched its XM17 Modular Handgun System competition in 2015 to find a sidearm to replace the aging Beretta M9, Glock sent neither a Glock 17 nor a Glock 19 as ...

The Glock 26, at 6.41 inches, is more than an inch and a half shorter than the Glock 17. The Glock 26 weighs 21.71 ounces unloaded, a quarter pound less than the Glock 17, and weighs even less ...

If you absolutely need to carry your weapon in deep concealment, go for the 26. Otherwise, get the Glock 19 every time. This article originally appeared at Gun News Daily in 2019.

Released early in 2018, Glock’s new G19X 9 mm pistol is the civilian model of the company’s submission to the U.S. Army’s Modular Handgun System (MHS) trial.