glock17/19..M&Pc/full-size etc

alucard0822 said:

With any handgun design there are trade-offs, make it better at one thing, and it might become worse at another. A longer grip has more room for larger hands, and more room for ammo, but a shorter grip will be easier to conceal, and can handle a little quicker. Similar with slide/barrel lengths, the longer they are, the longer the sight radius, and the more precise they can be aligned on target, also more weight to fight muzzle flip, and more velocity. Shorter barrels do conceal better, but it isn't as big of a priority as a short grip when worn IWB. Shorter slide/barrels can reduce weight and bulk, which can help make it point quicker when moving around, or clear clothing easier when drawing or working around obstacles.

Most manufactures make a couple different sizes, GLOCK makes most in standard proportional configurations, sub, compact, full where the grip and slide are in proportion, as the vast majority of pistols are. It offers quick handling concealability on one end, a standard "full" sight radius, grip frame and capacity on the other. There are other combos though that are out of proportion, some can be pretty cool. Longslides are awesome for competition, like the 34 or 17L, they offer a much greater sight radius and velocity, reduced muzzle flip and recoil, good for precision shooting, and with lightweight poly frames the increase in weight is still manageable. Can build a "chopped" or tactical compact, full side slide on a compact frame, works out to conceal well, without giving up on sight radius or velocity, can even use full size mags with sleeves and get a "full" sized configuration. There are short slide designs with a full size grip and compact slide, makes them point a little quicker, and conceal OWB a bit easier at some expense to sight radius.

Personal prefference and it's intended purpose will help you choose, personally I like a proportional compact like the G19 for most things, it is just small enough to conceal, and point really quick, but just large enough to handle and make precise shots like a full size. If I want more precision and greater capacity, I'll opt for a longslide over a proportional full-size, offers a significant increase in sight radius over a proportional compact, or even a full size. Have tried a couple "tactical compact" configuration pistols, and they are cool, conceals just as easy as a subcompact, but is much easier to shoot with less muzzle flip. Would love to chop an 80% "G19" down to be G26 mag compatible, and top it with a G19 slide, would be an awesome concealed pistol, and with X-grip sleeved G19 mags could convert back to be essentially a proportional G19 with all the versatility it offers.

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mopar92 said:

Methinks someone posted, reclicked the thread saw someone else had posted and didn't realize they quoted themselves.

That or boundless is trying to get in the classifieds.

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