

Glock equips the ultra-slim Glock 42 pistol with a magazine that holds six rounds of. For people who place a premium on minimum bulge for concealed carry, that’s important. The Glock 42 is dramatically thinner than its Baby Glock predecessors. Now put the pistols beside one another and look down at them from above. 380 ACP when they could get them chambered in 9mm and larger.)īut, that is looking at them from the side. That’s partly due to imported firearm restrictions dating back to the Gun Control Act of 1968 and partly due to the fact that Americans didn’t generate much demand for pistols that size in. They have not been imported into the country for sale, however. 380 ACP as the G25, and the G26 subcompact configuration in. (Glock has for many years made the compact-sized G19 pistol in. In silhouette, it’s only a little smaller than the conventional “Baby” Glocks: the G26 9mm, the G27. RELATED: Glock Guardians – The Glock 41 Gen4 and Glock 42 380 ACP comes in at 13.76 ounces unloaded, a bit less than an Airweight revolver that can hold five rounds of. On my calipers, the Glock 42 measures barely more than 0.8 inches across the slide. 380 “pocket pistol” field.īehold the made-in-the-U.S.A. Now comes Glock, the industry heavyweight whose polymer-frame pistols absolutely dominate venues from American law enforcement to the International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA), with its own entry in the. Many other makes and models have followed. 380 with a polymer frame, pioneered by Kel-Tec with its P-3AT and popularized by Ruger’s bestselling LCP, has been taken to the heart of America’s pistol-packers. 45 ACP with a 5.3-inch “Practical/Tactical” barrel/slide configuration. In January of 2014, Glock introduced two markedly different pistols, a subcompact.
