njl
01-06-2003, 22:36
I know this room's biased...but I'm starting to consider getting rid of my 40's (27 and 24) for a 26 and 21.
I shot a 3rd gen 21 recently and I think I was actually more comfortable with the larger frame. It felt like there was actually room for my thumbs to be side by side without the right one being forced into the slide stop. It felt more like I was holding onto it and less like it was getting lost in my hands.
I need to do some more comparing, but G21 recoil seemed softer than my G24. I bought the 24 primarily for shooting bowling pins or stubborn steel plates...and while it does a much better job at these than my 34, it still seems to be at a disadvantage (especially with pins) compared to those who shoot .45s.
The wife thinks I already have too many pistols, and I really don't want to keep 3 different centerfire pistol ammos on hand, which is why if I get the 21 I'll be pretty much forced to give something up (the 24) and with just the 27 left as my last .40 it seems like it'd make sense to get rid of it in favor of a 26 or 30...but I already have lots of holsters for the 26.
The only complication is, I know I'm going to want to be able to shoot the 21 with "iron sights" sometimes and a red dot sometimes (my 34 and 24 have Optimas). I wonder how well it'll take constant rear sight changes (and if I can find a reasonably priced G21 Optima mount anywhere with Tasco out of business) or if there's an easy to add/remove rail/trigger pin optics mount that I could remove and replace without losing zero?
BTW...the 21 I recently shot had sights that looked an awful lot like ML10226, which I thought were just for the 9/.40/.357 Glocks. Don't the 20/21/30/29 use a taller rear?
I shot a 3rd gen 21 recently and I think I was actually more comfortable with the larger frame. It felt like there was actually room for my thumbs to be side by side without the right one being forced into the slide stop. It felt more like I was holding onto it and less like it was getting lost in my hands.
I need to do some more comparing, but G21 recoil seemed softer than my G24. I bought the 24 primarily for shooting bowling pins or stubborn steel plates...and while it does a much better job at these than my 34, it still seems to be at a disadvantage (especially with pins) compared to those who shoot .45s.
The wife thinks I already have too many pistols, and I really don't want to keep 3 different centerfire pistol ammos on hand, which is why if I get the 21 I'll be pretty much forced to give something up (the 24) and with just the 27 left as my last .40 it seems like it'd make sense to get rid of it in favor of a 26 or 30...but I already have lots of holsters for the 26.
The only complication is, I know I'm going to want to be able to shoot the 21 with "iron sights" sometimes and a red dot sometimes (my 34 and 24 have Optimas). I wonder how well it'll take constant rear sight changes (and if I can find a reasonably priced G21 Optima mount anywhere with Tasco out of business) or if there's an easy to add/remove rail/trigger pin optics mount that I could remove and replace without losing zero?
BTW...the 21 I recently shot had sights that looked an awful lot like ML10226, which I thought were just for the 9/.40/.357 Glocks. Don't the 20/21/30/29 use a taller rear?