I think you could do a lot worse. A Glock 26 is a great option for a one gun battery. I understand the desire to simplify and focus. Most of the time I am comfortable with a j frame and a speed strip and a 26 carries the same ammo minus having to reload. I shoot the 26 better than I hoot the j frame. I shoot my 26 as well as I do my 19.
If you are want to go to the one gun route I would ask the following: which one do you shoot better cold and how do you know that?
If you can satisfactorily answer those questions, I would pick that gun.
PS-I would buy another one just like it, set it up like the first one, shoot it 500 ish rounds so I know it worked. The new one would be my carry gun, the old one would be my trainer.
This ^^^^^ is what I did, sorta. My not quite a year old G19.5 is now my dedicated nightstand gun. I'm carrying an H&K P30SK as my EDC. Then there's this recently purchased M&P340 wearing VZ grips that's just itching to go places. To date, I only have a Nemesis pocket holster (on the brink of ordering an AIWB holster for it, though). What, exactly, is it about wheelies that makes them so irresistible? It's in my pocket as I type this! I mean, immediately after I live fired one, the saving began.
Do you mean only having one gun that you own?
I think you should own at least 2, even if it is the same model or similar models. There is always the risk of a gun being stolen, becoming inoperable, needing to go back to the factory, or get confiscated in the wake of a shooting.
No.
I think "limit" was the wrong word to use. I've said it in a couple other posts but I carry the 26 everyday and the 19 MAYBE once a week. So I thought I might be better off just making the 19 my house gun and only carrying the 26.
I agree even if I can't actually afford to own two identical models of the same gun. I will NOT be selling my 19.
Last edited by Cypher; 01-08-2020 at 09:26 PM.