One
of the nice things about
a popular pistol is the amount
of aftermarket items available for it.The
Glock 27 has a few options for the magazine.
Each has it's benefits and problems.
Here are some pictures and a review of
three options for the Glock 27 (.40 S&W)
pistol magazine. We compare the
Pearce PG-2733 Plus Extension, the Scherer
Grip Extension and a standard Glock floorplate.
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Each of the three has
an advantage; size, magazine capacity
or comfort
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The standard Glock magazine
floorplate is
the smallest, and cheapest (costs nothing)
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This one is small for
CCW carry, but also small in
the hand, hard to hold with large hands
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Scherer Grip Extension
The Scherer Grip Extensions
for the Glock 26, 27, 33 offer more
length than the Pearce extension. Shooters
with bigger hands may find this grip
to be the most comfortable. The Scherer
Grip has a cross-hatch pattern on the
front to give you more grip and it
is just a little longer, so you can
get your whole pinky on the grip.
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It's longer and the most comfortable of
the three reviewed. And in CA
or some other state where mag capacity
is a legal issue, the comfort of this
option along with it's legality makes
it the obvious choice (until you are able
to vote those crazy gun laws away)
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PG-2733
The PG-2733
will add one round to the Glock 27 nine
round magazines making them ten round
capacity. (It will add two rounds to
the 26 ten
round magazine making them twelve round
capacity.)
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The PG-2733 is almost as comfortable as
the longer Scherer Grip Extension
but it adds
an extra round to
the capacity of the magazine
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These magazine and grip
extensions use the rest of the
Glock magazine parts only the
floor plate is changed for the
Scherer Grip Extension and the Pearce
PG-2733
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Top and bottom views
of the
three Glock magazine and grip extensions
side by side while off the magazine
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1 - push
the inside of the floorplate up into
the magazine through the
hole in the bottom (not shown)
2 - Push in both sides
of the
Glock magazine body until the tabs
on either side
are clear of their slots. then push
the floorplate off toward the front
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Taking the Glock magazine
apart can be tricky, here's a quick
step by step on how to do it. I
use this old tool. I think
it's for shoeing horses or repairing
fence, it has the wire pinscher
type jaws that come in and apply pressure
in just the right spot for the
Glock magazine
Once the inside
floor plate has moved the
sides of the Glock mag will push
in fairly easily with a tool like
this without leaving any marks
in the magazine body
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FYI - The .357
sig Glock
33 magazines also work in the
.40 S&W Glock 27 with
no modifications at all
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Which did we choose?
No contest, we went for medium comfort with
added rounds
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