5 Extraordinary Thoughts About Glock 26 Products
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Wow! This Glock 26 Style Spring Pistol will be an excellent little piece and it has a lot going for it, especially within this price range of spring airsoft guns. Foremost, the overall appearance is pleasing, if not entirely accurate with respect to the surface texture variations between the slide and molded grip-frame which may be typical of the real Glock. You'll find very noticeable molding lines on the trigger, slide, frame and magazine base, but in this particular price range this really is to be expected.
On top of that, the gun is pictured having an orange colored muzzle end slide face, but as supplied comes with a full length black slide and orange barrel extending approx 1/4 to 5/32 inches beyond the slide, which I at least find more attractive. The picture also indicates 'COMBAT DELTA' and 9x19 indented into the left slide face, but mine arrived 'smooth'.
So....how does it feel and shoot. In a word - good. It's no surprise Glock's are so popular. It just naturally fits, at least in my hands. The grip contouring and thumb indentation, even including the 'pinkie rest' on the magazine extension, the back strap shape and radius, trigger and trigger guard notch are generally ergonomically correct for an intuitive 'grip', site picture & target acquisition. What I find remarkable is how the front site blade visually indexes so accurately within the ramped Novak style rear site blade (and on such an cost-effective pistol), allowing an extremely precise site picture which minimizes the effect of the short site radius.
I am certain this makes perfect sense to those of you who appreciate such things. The magazine holds 9 BBs, and is fed by manually retracting a spring loaded 'follower', thus allowing the insertion of BBs in to the 'ammo well'. The follower incorporates a detente notch allowing the user to lock the follower spring within the base position while loading - a good touch - however perhaps not really necessary. Just remember to release the follower to guarantee proper feeding prior to reinsertion of the loaded mag. Depressing the magazine release in the event the pistol is vertical will immediately drop the mag - there's no binding - yet the mag catch clicks and holds securely. Being that it is a spring airsoft gun, the slide must be manually retracted to compress the spring and cock the pistol for every discharge (shot). Through the way, I am certain this is ho hum stuff to most of you, but for those new to Airsoft, it is not bad info., especially since this really is such a great 'starter gun.'
Anyway, the spring feels really firm, perhaps because this is such a small pistol, and I found it necessary to grip the slide just about along it's length between the 4 fingers and thumb of my left hand. I suppose one 'can' cock this pistol by gripping just the cocking serrations on the rear of the slide, but I don't recommend this method, as doing this requires a grip tight enough to dimensionally compress the slide. After a couple of times though, it becomes second nature. The first shot was a real surprise. This thing shoots hard for a low cost springer, and I highly advise proper eye protection, especially if there is any chance of a ricochet. I didn't 'bench' this thing for accuracy, but it would be interesting to determine how it groups and at what distances.
Trigger action was also a nice surprise, with no take-up like most real Single action/double action Euro wonder nines. Apply pressure and the trigger moves rearward about 1/8 - 3/16 of an inch and releases crisply (on my example). Trigger pull is tactile but not too stiff. Through the way, I did not subject the pistol to any torture tests or put a gazillion rounds through it, but then again, it still impresses me at this price. The gun comes in a molded Styrofoam box with a printed cardboard cover and a sample pack of.12 gm. BBs, all of which were quickly dispensed through my example, without having a hitch. So....there it is. I really like the glock, to the degree it's sort of difficult to put it down. I just wonder if any real Glocks may very well be sold as a result of someones discovery of this fun little thing?
Addendum thoughts: For starters, why such a prolonged review of an low-cost spring pistol? First of all, there is not always a distinct and technically measurable correlation between the expense of an item as well as the enjoyment one experiences in association with it's use. To put it differently, it does not always take a lot of cash to have a lot of fun. In some cases, there is an an inverse expenditure/benefit correlation (more income, less fun). Besides, Airsoft customers appear to be very passionate regarding their opinions of everything Airsoft, and not surprising.
