Early Glock 26, unique?

[Xtracrispy]

So i bought an early 1996(I think) Glock26 "Gen 2.5". Just like a gen 3 but smooth between the finger grooves instead of checkered.

I know these aren't particularly rare or valuable, but is there a reason I can't/shouldn't customize it just because it's not a "real" gen 3? Undercut the trigger guard, duracoat, maybe a little stipple on front of grip, anything like that.

Don't know if I will do anything permanent anyways(hard to undo ), like stipple vs just stick on grip enhancers, but wanted to check if it would be blasphemous.

[jcwatchdog]

So i bought an early 1996(I think) Glock26 "Gen 2.5". Just like a gen 3 but smooth between the finger grooves instead of checkered.

I know these aren't particularly rare or valuable, but is there a reason I can't/shouldn't customize it just because it's not a "real" gen 3? Undercut the trigger guard, duracoat, maybe a little stipple on front of grip, anything like that.

Don't know if I will do anything permanent anyways(hard to undo ), like stipple vs just stick on grip enhancers, but wanted to check if it would be blasphemous.

Cerakote if you want, don't stipple. It's not because of rarity, it's a gen 2 more than likely, but just don't do it :-/ Buy talon grips or grip tape and cut your own.

[PseudoTsuga]

Trade someone for a gen three if you want to customize!

[bsg]

being a fan of the early variants of the Glock handgun in factory original configuration, i wouldn't make any permanent modifications. if i couldn't live with the G26 as is, i'd sell/trade it and pick up something that could better meet my needs.

[Xtracrispy]

Like I said, most likely I won't do anything major/permanent anyway, but some extra encouragement to not do something stupid is nice .

I kinda like that it's early too, a little different than the rest.

[bsg]

Like I said, most likely I won't do anything major/permanent anyway, but some extra encouragement to not do something stupid is nice .

I kinda like that it's early too, a little different than the rest.

a few years ago i replaced the early G26 that i sold many years ago with a Gen 3 G26. i still want to pick up an early G26 at some point in time, just because.