Glock Model 27 Review

[Music] [Music] the Glock model 27 in 40 Smith & Wesson this is one of the baby Glocks these were introduced in 1996 that was 10 years after the first Glocks were were actually imported into the United States gadsden Glock created the Glock designed the Glock in 1982 that's when it was adopted by the Austrian military and of course you know the story from there I mean this is one of the most popular handguns in the world the model 17 which was Glocks original pistol even though it carried 17 rounds in the magazine the reason the name is 17 is because it was his 17th patent first thing we're gonna do course is we're gonna drop the magazine and check pistol it isn't loaded I'm a big fan of Glock as many of you know and it's just the simplicity of the pistol there are other pistols that I own that are actually of higher quality but as far as durability as far as price and the reputation that Glock has it's unsurpassed and these are just fantastic pistols have gone through a lot of changes over the years and in fact all the way to the fourth generation which is available now but this Glock was actually given to me as a gift my birthday was this past weekend so I've been warning the Glock 27 I have a Glock 26 in nine-millimeter and they are fairly identical there's just a few differences obviously with the barrel size but weight and dimensions again are identical both of them are gen 3 I really personally liked the gen 3 better and a lot of you guys I know we're big Gen 4 fans just had a few hiccups with Gen 4 that kind of brought me back to the gen 3 while they're still making gen threes and they offer gen 3 brand new on their website you know you have an option of Gen 3 origin for the total length is six point five four inches it's four point one seven inches in height and with all Glock slides it's one point one eight inches just slightly over one inch and the barrel length is just under three and a half inches at three point four two inches unloaded one point five one pounds fully-loaded one pound eleven point four ounces now here we have the three size comparisons with the subcompact the compact and then the full-size now these are actually nine millimeters this is a model seventeen in fourth generation this is a model nineteen third generation but they're identical to the 23 and the 22 now to give you a good size comparison here are the three grip sizes you can see we have the model 27 obviously on top and then the mid-size or the compact version you can see the difference in the grip and then on the full size so this is really going to lend itself a lot more to concealed carry and then here we have the different barrel lengths and as you can see there is a major difference also the model 27 is bull-nosed so that really makes it a little easier to get in and out of concealment holsters then the model 23 or the model 22 just to give you a little comparison here is the 9 in 1 for the 27 the 13 and 1 for your model 23 and then your 15 and 1 for your model 22 like little soldiers lined up and other than that this is identical to the model 23 and the model 22 just that it's got the slide lopped off here and then the grip down here now that gives it a decent amount of thickness for concealed carry but I typically carry a model 26 all the time and it can it's very comfortable once you get used to it but this is one of the very popular concealed carry options especially for those that carry a Glock 23 or the 22 especially in law enforcement this is a very popular round with law enforcement one of the good things to though that I really like about the difference between the model 27 and 26 is a lot of times with 40-caliber you lose a number of rounds between the two if you have a same sized pistol and the Glock 27 holds nine and one while the Glock 26 holds ten and one so you're only really losing one round for a much stronger self-defense caliber not take away from the nine-millimeter because I am a big fan of 9-millimeter and with the self-defense loads that we have today this is an excellent concealed carry and self-defence pistol but the 40 caliber obviously gives you more bang for your buck and really the comparison with the price as far as ammo is pretty comparable 40 caliber usually is just a little more expensive than the 9-millimeter but not a whole lot but another consideration between the 9-millimeter and the 40 is that the 9-millimeter is a NATO round it is a military round while the 40 caliber is typically a law-enforcement round now a lot of law enforcement SAR starting to kind of drift back to the nine-millimeter mainly because of recoil and that's another point is that the 9-millimeter recoil is going to be somewhat less than your 40 caliber your 40 caliber is going to be a little snappy and that's one of the differences specifically where most people really go back to a nine-millimeter if they don't really care for the snappiness of the 40 but the big thing is is you have power versus recoil and you know the more recoil you have that means the more force you have going out of the business end of the barrel and so you know you have to weigh all these things out when you're trying to decide what's the best pistol for you we're gonna shoot a few rounds with the 27 and the 26 just to give you a visual on the recoil first the 26 the 27 and 40 Smith & Wesson there's definitely a noticeable difference with the 40 over the 9-millimeter with a little more recoil a little bit snappier but really it was not difficult to get right back on target with either one but the nine-millimeter is definitely less felt recoil but the 40 has more power now the Glock is called the safe action pistol and you know a lot of people think that because there's no external safety that there aren't any but of course you have your trigger safety here and this little blade has to be depressed before the trigger can fire without that blade being depressed it prohibits the trigger from firing it has to be pushed in before it you can release the striker also inside are two internal safeties and so this is called a safe action pistol and it is safe but like any pistol you need to observe your safety rules regardless the standard trigger pull on Glock pistols is five and a half pounds and you have some take-up and then you'll have a snap and then your reset is a very audible snap and Glock triggers I've been shooting it standard for years but one of the things I like to do with all my Glock pistols is at least polish up the critical parts of the trigger assembly and it's not really that difficult to do to smooth out the parts you need to be careful there are a couple of areas that are critical that you don't need to touch but if you really you know any factory they're putting out products at a reasonable price and the finish is not hand finished and so it's really amazing what difference it makes just doing a little bit of polishing on certain parts of the trigger of course you can also send this to a competent gunsmith to really do a serious trigger job I know Wheaton Arms does an excellent job I've had a couple of pistols that have had trigger jobs done and it really is superior and you know you can change out the connector and you can do some things like that but really overall the Glock trigger is what it is and you just get used to shooting any pistol you have and that's the big thing is getting used to it you know you can have a super fantastic trigger but if you're not getting trigger time out at the range it's really not doing you all that much good triggers are very important and the Glock trigger is just it's what it is the Glock sights which I like or the u-shape at the back and a dot at the front they're a ton of different aftermarket sights that you can get night sights fiber optic the sky's the limit really with Glock also accessories and anything holsters whatever you need usually you can find them for the Glock pistol now this is the gen 3 which has the standard texturing has some finger grooves here this is a vast improvement over the Gen 1 and Gen 2 of course it doesn't have the accessory rail because it is a very sub compact pistol but all the other gen 3 pistols have the accessory rail now compared to the new gen 4 here you can see the texturing that you're gonna get on a gen 427 it's the rough texturing it's small little pyramids and it does feel very nice in fact I'm gonna actually put tiling grips on these I've already got them ordered because this is somewhat slick on my 26 I added some grips here just on the side panels just to give me a little more umph when I'm grabbing the pistol it one of the things to that you're gonna lose by going with Gen 3 is you're not gonna have replaceable back straps with the June 4 you're gonna have a thinner grip without a back strap you put the second grip on your June 4 and it matches the gen 3 profile of course the magazine release right here now in the June 4 you're gonna have an enlarged magazine release and then also it is reversible which it's not on the gen 3 the trigger system as well has been changed mainly because they've reduced the back strap so they had to change the trigger system in the gen fours again I've had a couple of issues with Gen fours I know a lot of guys love them and have had no issues but for me I've just had a couple and sometimes when that happens I get a little bit prejudiced and so I just have been sticking with overall my gen threes and while they're still available and I think another reason why Gen 3 serve have been left on the production line of Glock is because they can be sold in California and some of the other states that have passed some of these new gun laws whereas the Gen fours are not allowed one of the things about all the gen fours 2 is they now have a double recoil spring guide rod system but one of the things about the 27 and the 26 subcompact Glock is they already had a double recoil spring in the pistol so you're not really losing anything there the biggest thing I think as far as what you're losing with the gen 3 is the back strap otherwise I think the gen 3 is an excellent choice now of course all Glock pistols the smallest version of the pistol will fit all the magazine's so you have your 9 round magazine you also for your model 23 you have your 13-round magazine that fits really nicely in the pistol then you go with your 5th Dean around Glock 22 magazine or you can go with the extended 22 round 40 caliber magazine for the Glock pistol it functions in all of them here we have one of the 15 round magazines of the Glock 22 as you can see it rides below the frame we're gonna check it out to be expected and one of the things I really love about having the baby Glock or the subcompact is that you can carry your standard magazine which would be a non real magazine here and in my back pocket I can have a 15-round magazine for a lot more capacity so it really makes it kind of nice to have that availability with a small pistol having 15 rounds of 40 is really unusual to be able to carry as a backup most of your small compact pistols you know we're single stack and so you're not really going to be able to get that kind of capacity and I guess that's one of the reasons why I really like carrying the baby Glocks is you know I do carry other pistols in fact I've been carrying a sig p210 for a while which I really love but it's very limited to magazine count for my round count with the model 26 it's a little bit bigger or the model 27 but the round capacity is much greater it's really just a trade-off on what you're comfortable with you know really to be honest with you six or seven rounds in a pistol should be adequate but for me I'm just kind of like that I like to have the extra rounds but just because you never know disassembly blocks really easy just remove your magazine make sure the gun is unloaded then you pull the trigger right here are two tabs I'm gonna pull those down the slide just come forward here we have the double recoil springs this really helps with recoil your barrel comes right out then of course you have your slide very well done has the nice non carburized nitride finish I know they were using tenifer for a long time but I think they changed it around just an excellent finish on these Glocks very hard slide and of course the frame is just super lightweight you have your slide rails here and here trigger assembly reassemble place your barrel in guide rod spring slide back on the frame ready to go one of the personal things that I love about glog there's a lot of guys that love Glock there's a lot that hate Glock they just don't like the way it looks don't like it feels you know when I first got my Glock back in around 1986 they had just been introduced and I saw it and I thought that's kind of ugly and until I took it out to the range and that's really what changed my whole opinion about Glock was how accurate it was how reliable how dependable and the other thing that I like you know there are a lot of new pistols out in federal just got an HK p30 that I love it but one of the things I love about Glock is how thin there's just nothing here on the side it's just really simple you just pick it up it is what it is and it's exceptional and it's really hard to beat of course I did the range no big surprises the gun handled extremely well of course no malfunctions no failure des feeds it was just very smooth the nine-millimeter comparison was definitely a difference in recoil the 40 being a little more snappy but very manageable and easy to get on target even with this short barrel I mean a barrel under three and a half inches you know I was shooting at 15 yards on those steel plates and those little paddles and able to hit them with the ease so just an excellent self-defense weapon great for concealed carry no it's not the smallest on the market but when you grab hold of it you've got really something to hold on to and in 40 Smith & Wesson that's important the Glock 27 is an excellent concealed Karrie option you've got a lot of power with 40 Smith & Wesson you have the small size of the baby Glock the dependability of the Glock I think if you're looking for a good concealed carry option and you want a few extra rounds I think the Glock 40 with the model 27 is an exceptional pistol and then if you really want to go with nine-millimeter the model 26 is hard to beat be strong be of good courage god bless america long live the Republic [Music] [Applause] [Music] is that I have a 10 rounder in the magazine they already had the double recoil magazine also on the June 4 you have an enlarged also on the June 4 you have an enlarged magazine the different size comparison that's when the baby Glocks were introduced 96

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Keywords: Glock, Baby Glock, Model 27, G27, Sub Compact, G19, G23, 9mm, 40 caliber, 40 S&W, 45 acp, Concealed Carry, Self defense, Camping, Hiking, Shooting, Survival, Police, Law Enforcement, S&W M&P, XDM, Kahr Arms, Keltec, Sootch00, Sootch, Shooting Sport (Sport)

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Length: 17min 33sec (1053 seconds)

Published: Wed Apr 02 2014