Glock 26 Question

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I have a question on a Glock 26 I just bought for my wife.

It comes with 10 round mags standard. Can I legally in MA add a +2 grip extension to it? I realize that the answer is most likely no, as is everything in MA, but I just wanted to make sure.

Thanks for any replies.
 
I have a question on a Glock 26 I just bought for my wife.

It comes with 10 round mags standard. Can I legally in MA add a +2 grip extension to it? I realize that the answer is most likely no, as is everything in MA, but I just wanted to make sure.

Thanks for any replies.

No. That said, if some guy took an old mag body from a G26 ten rounder and slapped a +2 on it and sold it to you as a preban, there would be absolutely no way for you to tell whether or not it was originally just a 10 rounder. [laugh]

-Mike
 
You could always use a preban 15 round G19 mag and slap on a aftermarket grip spacer to cover the gap between the grip and the base-plate. It will affect concealablity more than a plus 2 extension though.
 
G26 was not made before 1994. There are no pre an models available.

Ditto, this is my understanding as well. There are no pre ban G26 magazines. You can pick up G19/G17 pre bans instead.

In regards to extensions on pre bans, I've found that no one has a definite answer. Some say that it's legal as long as the magazine will function in the original firearm it was designed for. Others have said some extensions were manufactured after the ban so it isn't legal. I've also seen others say that plus two's are okay but not any more than that because the increased capacity is significant enough to change the original magazine (for example, putting a plus 8 extension on a G19 magazine--capacity goes from 15 to 22... adding way more than designed). What do I personally think? Living in this state and owning pre ban firearms/magazines is a calculated risk we take. Extensions are just another facet of this that we have to make our own decisions on until some precedence has been set by our Courts.
 
G26 was not made before 1994. There are no pre an models available.

Then why do I have a 12 round G26 mag with the caliber marking in the middle of the top, then?

ETA: Maybe I am going to MAss hell now, lol. You are right, Fall of 95 was the intro date, but when was the gun introduced in austria? (There are some weirdballs like the P99, where you wouldn't normally be able to get prebans for, but they are straddling on the cutoff because they were introduced in a foreign market a year or two before the ban. )

Oh well, guess I'll be "reduced" to using one of the dozen or so G19 prebans I have in it instead. [laugh]

-Mike
 
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Apologies for brining this old thread back to life. Can I use a pre-ban 15Rd off of a G19 on my G26 in MA without problems?
Yes as long as it is preban you may use it in any Glock. Preban Glock 22 magazines work in Glock 17 and Glock 45 and Glock 43X. Glock 19 mags will work in Glock 26.
 
Then why do I have a 12 round G26 mag with the caliber marking in the middle of the top, then?

ETA: Maybe I am going to MAss hell now, lol. You are right, Fall of 95 was the intro date, but when was the gun introduced in austria? (There are some weirdballs like the P99, where you wouldn't normally be able to get prebans for, but they are straddling on the cutoff because they were introduced in a foreign market a year or two before the ban. )

Oh well, guess I'll be "reduced" to using one of the dozen or so G19 prebans I have in it instead. [laugh]

-Mike

Just curious because I've run across G26 mags with lower caliber markings, would this not mean they were manufactured prior to the AWB and could in fact be used with +2s?
 
Just curious because I've run across G26 mags with lower caliber markings, would this not mean they were manufactured prior to the AWB and could in fact be used with +2s?

That's sort of what I was thinking, because eventually G26 mags had high caliber markings so they could stuff the warning on there if they wanted to, but those mags typically only went with LE
guns etc. Nobody really knows though, glock won't say anything on the record, either. (which is actually a good thing, for us. )
 
Right, and even if the 26 wasnt released until 94 the mags were obviously manufactured prior to that. Might be one of those things where it wouldn't be worth it to find out the consequences. It'd be nice to carry it with 13 instead of 11 though.
 
Just curious because I've run across G26 mags with lower caliber markings, would this not mean they were manufactured prior to the AWB and could in fact be used with +2s?
That's sort of what I was thinking, because eventually G26 mags had high caliber markings so they could stuff the warning on there if they wanted to, but those mags typically only went with LE
guns etc. Nobody really knows though, glock won't say anything on the record, either. (which is actually a good thing, for us. )
G26 10 round mags only had low caliber markings before and during the ban.

I never saw a G26 mag with LEO markings on it which would cause the caliber markings to be raised.

When the ambi mag release and reversible mag release came out (After the ban ended), Glock put on a higher caliber marking. They also have a beveled shoulder.

10 round G26 mags that were made before the ban and during the ban which also have a straight shoulder rather then the beveled shoulder are identical.

There was no need to update them during the ban because they were 10 round anyway.

I have seen G27 9 round mags with LEO markings though. I believe that is because they had a + 2 on it which would have made it hi cap. With the + 2 removed it just looks stupid with LEO markings because it's on 9 rounds. To keep those LEO mags legal - the + 2 had to be removed.

I wound not recommend breaking the law but if you have a G26 mag with a straight shoulder there is no way to prove you ARE breaking the law because they are identical.
 
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G26 10 round mags only had low caliber markings before and during the ban.

I never saw a G26 mag with LEO markings on it which would cause the caliber markings to be raised.

When the ambi mag release and reversible mag release came out (After the ban ended), Glock put on a higher caliber marking. They also have a beveled shoulder.

10 round G26 mags that were made before the ban and during the ban which also have a straight shoulder rather then the beveled shoulder are identical.

There was no need to update them during the ban because they were 10 round anyway.

I have seen G27 9 round mags with LEO markings though. I believe that is because they had a + 2 on it which would have made it hi cap. With the + 2 removed it just looks stupid with LEO markings because it's on 9 rounds. To keep those LEO mags legal - the + 2 had to be removed.

I wound not recommend breaking the law but if you have a G26 mag with a straight shoulder there is no way to prove you ARE breaking the law because they are identical.

But even during the ban you could have put a plus 2 on a 26 mag and made it "hi cap". Whereas a g27 mag with an extension wont hold 11 rounds it will only get 1 extra round in .40
 
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But even during the ban you could have put a plus 2 on a 26 mag and made it "hi cap". Whereas a g27 mag with an extension wont hold 11 rounds it will only get 1 extra round in .40
You are right. I can’t make sense of it.
 
What do you mean by straight shoulder vs beveled? The mag on the left is pre ban g19 and the right is a post ban g26View attachment 361827
The mag on the left has a straight shoulder and is pre ban.

The one on the right is beveled. If it has an ambi notch in the front and or has notches on both sides for a reversible mag release - it’s post ban.

Even if the beveled mag has none of those features I would not carry it.

A sure way to tell a high cap pre ban is the existence of the 2 mystery dots on either side of the witness holes.
 
The mag on the left has a straight shoulder and is pre ban.

The one on the right is beveled. If it has an ambi notch in the front and or has notches on both sides for a reversible mag release - it’s post ban.

Even if the beveled mag has none of those features I would not carry it.

A sure way to tell a high cap pre ban is the existence of the 2 mystery dots on either side of the witness holes.

So 19 and 17 mags have the two little holes but obviously 26 mags are not regularly talked about. How do we feel about these 2? The low caliber markings are a no brainer to me.
 

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