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Originally Posted by Plan9
Glock 34 with a 26 Grip. Interesting.
First thoughts:
What will be your carry load? Small mag with 1 or 2 full size reloads?
Are you permanently attaching the mag sleeves for this gun?
Can the mag sleeve shift and prevent proper insertion?
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Yes, exactly! The Glock guys definitely started it. XD guys chopping the Service (4") down to subcompact length is semi common, enough so that Springfield released a compact grip/full size slide varient of the XD45, but as far as I know, I'm the only Tactical guy to chop.
Well, I have three 13 round mags and four 16 rounders, so I could do one or two full size or compact mags as the reload, depending on how I decide to carry them. Going from 16 to 13 really isn't that much of a sacrifice, so a lot of the time I'll probably just carry the compacts.
The sleeves are slip-on, I suppose I could glue them but there's no real benefit. There isn't any way they could prevent insertion without some serious mud or something, they're close-fitting hard plastic, same material as the grip, and even if they slid up, a slightly-more-aggressive-than-normal 'tap' would seat them. They are one of the reasons I did this, as they're like $8 from Springfield. For gun games I'll probably still run 16 rounders.