Why No Rails On Subcompacts?

Besides the Poly 80 Builds Why Arent Rails Manufactured On G26/27s?

Because they're designed for low bulk concealment.

Because buying the extra small version of a pistol and adding 30% more bulk by adding a light would be odd?

I Hate those rail thingys. Just me.

I always assumed there wasn't enough material on there to keep it from flexing during recoil and potentially causing malfunctions when the slide whacks against the frame / heavy light mounted on there.

Or they're holding out to put it on the Gen 6.

Sensei Pew Pew said:

Besides the Poly 80 Builds Why Arent Rails Manufactured On G26/27s?

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Back when the 26/27 came out the only lights worth a darn were too big to put on those guns.

Now we have smaller lights that are good quality.

But Glock is of course notoriously slow to respond to the market.

Fortunately you still have options like the link below.

But, thanks to the flex of the frame when fired as mentioned above, these type lights should be considered "semi-disposable" as they are gonna have a shelf life measured in rounds fired.

I am familiar with the Streamlight line, and the one WITHOUT the laser is gonna be more durable than the one with the laser. I believe Crimson Trace offers something similar but I have no experience with those.

https://www.streamlight.com/en/products/detail/index/tlr-6



YMMV of course

NCLivingBrit said:

Because buying the extra small version of a pistol and adding 30% more bulk by adding a light would be odd?

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Depending on the light though right?

Sensei Pew Pew said:

Depending on the light though right?

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Even the compact lights add a good amount of extra size to a 26.

A Springfield XD9 subcompact has rails.