 Hey there friends, thanks for checking in think about a Thursday before I get into that I want to acknowledge the death of Gaston Glock He passed away yesterday December 27th at the age of 94 years old If anybody deserves Acknowledgement for what he has done in the firearm industry It is Gaston Glock and a lot of people are mourning his death. I don't necessarily mourn his death I appreciate what he did when he was on this earth, but he lived a very long and prosperous life We're all going to be there someday. I just hope that you and I could do as well But it is think about it Thursday. And what have I been thinking about? I have been thinking a lot about the Glock 26. It was commonly known as the baby Glock You don't hear that too often anymore, but seven eight nine years ago. This was so Popular I think it still is popular today however, I have reasons for thinking about this because I Believe a while back this was among the most popular carry handguns in the country But I recently did a survey with my choose only one video and I asked people to share their primary CCW handgun and two people said they carried the Glock 26 People love them. They say, you know 3.4 inch barrel standard 10 round magazine Except higher capacity magazine feels like a full-size handgun when firing But the popularity I believe has died off a bit. Why is that? Well The Glock 43 X shares the same profile it is thinner a bit lighter if we put this behind The Glock 26 you can't even see it because it essentially shares the same profile, but it is Thinner, okay, we can see right there and it actually has 15 round shield arms mags that many people are using Although the 26 has Additional capacity mags. I think Glock kind of cut into the G 26 with the 43 X now at one time I owned three Glock 27s. I love them It had one with the OD green frame one with flat dark earth Long wolf conversion barrels now. I don't own any in that Glock 26 Pretty much sits in the safe What were many of the comments I got will the revolver people came out many people carry revolvers the 1911 a Little caltech piece on teens came out believe it or not, but only two people chose the Glock 26 Many people said they opted for the smaller and lighter weight handgun Here's a Springfield Hellcat. Here's a p365 when these were developed You could see that the Weight is much less. It's thinner. It's lighter It has higher capacity with 12 rounds here this p365 versus 10 rounds It's four ounces heavier people are opting for smaller options Glock did that with the 43 X. However fewer people carried I only had a couple people say they carry the Glock 43 X and that's just the comments that I received But I found that interesting and I was thinking a lot about it how things have changed in terms of the Glock 26 This this handgun, which I love I once considered it my favorite Glock pretty well sits in the safe. I have excess Big dot sight on there. I love shooting it But I don't shoot it because there are so many options out there. So What has happened to the Glock 26? Is it as popular as it once was? Do you have a Glock 26 that you you keep in the safe? But you don't necessarily carry it on the hip. Do you feel that it still has its place in the world? Or do you feel that it was replaced for the Glock lovers out there by the Glock 43 X or? Do you still carry it and think that it's among the best handgun? It's out there. It's certainly reliable It's certainly an excellent handgun But when we consider size and weight for CCW purposes Something like this just suits the bill and many people's eyes a little more than the Glock 26 and For that matter they opt for the Hellcat the P365 GX4 you name it there are so many out there now and Glock did it with the 43 X But not quite as small and light as some of the other manufacturers. I Have also heard that with the passing of Gaston Glock that Glock may get a little more innovative and perhaps that could be true But I also know that These manufacturers have engineers and development teams marketers everything they study the field and what's going on out there I don't know how involved he was in his 90s in terms of Innovation they have a lot of law enforcement and military contracts I don't know that things are gonna change because he passed away, but we never know, but I'm think about it Thursday I'm wondering if you still feel this has a strong place in the gun world or Has it been shifted off in favor of something else if you like videos like this, please subscribe and share I always appreciate thumbs up button. Thanks for watching and you guys be safe