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This is going to be a bunch of rambling with some moderately strong opinions and with some solicitations for other peoples opinions. So, jump in when you feel like voicing yours.
So while I like guns, I don’t like them in a way that I see them as possessions that I enjoy just the fact that I own them. After nearly a dozen moves and two floods I’m thoroughly convinced there is such a thing as too much stuff, and guns ( particularly handguns) is not an area I which I care to indulge collecting for the sake of collecting.
Anyways I have been giving significant thought to a unified platform. Another words if my “subcompact” and full-size big scary gun used the same series of mags (glock 17,19,26,34,45) and had all the same manual of arms and interchangeable parts (you sort of can do this with gen 5 stuff). So today I had the idea to cut down the grip of a g17 or g19 to the height of a g26 making a long slide 26. To my surprise someone went down this road about 10 years ago and a few others have followed. There are apparently even clone frames already.
As a side note I feel like the sig 320 could fill the need Im just not aware of frame as short. As best I understand it the 365 and 320 are very similar but that’s about it.
Ok I’m gonna restate the concept, subcompact and full-size guns that can share parts, slides, barrels, holsters etc, subcompact that can accept a real wml (not just the punny tlr-6 I have on my Shield), a subcompact that accepts 33 round mags.
From a shootability standpoint a cut down 17 or 19 will recoil less than a 26 (or any other subcompact for that matter) light or no light because of the weight, the longer sight radius allows for faster sight acquisition.
Couple visual aids for inspiration
So while I like guns, I don’t like them in a way that I see them as possessions that I enjoy just the fact that I own them. After nearly a dozen moves and two floods I’m thoroughly convinced there is such a thing as too much stuff, and guns ( particularly handguns) is not an area I which I care to indulge collecting for the sake of collecting.
Anyways I have been giving significant thought to a unified platform. Another words if my “subcompact” and full-size big scary gun used the same series of mags (glock 17,19,26,34,45) and had all the same manual of arms and interchangeable parts (you sort of can do this with gen 5 stuff). So today I had the idea to cut down the grip of a g17 or g19 to the height of a g26 making a long slide 26. To my surprise someone went down this road about 10 years ago and a few others have followed. There are apparently even clone frames already.
As a side note I feel like the sig 320 could fill the need Im just not aware of frame as short. As best I understand it the 365 and 320 are very similar but that’s about it.
Ok I’m gonna restate the concept, subcompact and full-size guns that can share parts, slides, barrels, holsters etc, subcompact that can accept a real wml (not just the punny tlr-6 I have on my Shield), a subcompact that accepts 33 round mags.
From a shootability standpoint a cut down 17 or 19 will recoil less than a 26 (or any other subcompact for that matter) light or no light because of the weight, the longer sight radius allows for faster sight acquisition.
Couple visual aids for inspiration