I've not seen the G26, but I have seen a G17 TALO. I think they take new Glocks and finish the slide with some fancy nickel-boron finish which gives it kind of a matte/bead-blasted stainless steel appearance and a built-in lubricity. More info here:

TALO Distributors Inc. - special limited edition firearms for sale to stocking firearms dealers across the USA.

It's a unique-looking weapon, but only you can decide if the added money is worth it. Glocks are darn near rustproof as they come from the factory, so I don't think you're gaining much in that area. I do like the look, but about the time I found out about the TALO/EXO Glocks, I had just sent off a couple of my Glocks and got them finished in NP3, from Robar. More money, but I could pick and choose what I wanted to get plated. I had them do the entire slide/barrel assembly on both, but no parts from the frame. It sure makes the ported 19C easier to clean.

DJ thanks. Just off the cuff, have you seen the hi vis type front sight blade on a Glock yet? Wonder where one can one installed?

Yes, I recently put a front and rear on a Glock 17, just to try out this style of sights. They are older models, bought from a store that was going out of business, so they may not represent the latest cutting-edge technology of this style of sights, but I think most of my observations will still apply.



They are eye-grabbingly bright outdoors, or indoors under tube-type lights, but most folks who have been using them (or seen them used) on competition guns will tell you they are a bit more fragile than solid metal sights. If you drop it on the floor, once, and it hits on the sights, the sights are probably toast. If you rush a draw and bang it on a doorframe or steel chair arm or table edge, same thing. There just isn't as much metal support around the plastic tube, and the tube itself is far more fragile than a steel sight blade or a night-sight vial that is almost fully embedded in (and protected by) a steel sight blade.



Installation isn't difficult; most of the front sights are held on by a tiny hex-head screw which passes up through the bottom of the slide into the body of the sight. The hardest part is finding a thin-walled 3/16ths-inch nut driver that will clear the front wall of the slide during installation, but I understand that some companies are fixing that problem now by including an installation tool with the sights. Use a tiny dab of LocTite or other "screw glue" to keep it from loosening, and make sure it's square to the rear sight (it is possible to get it slightly crooked/angled, and you don't want the adhesive to harden with it that way), then let it set-up for a day or so before you shoot it.



If you don't want to tackle it yourself, and you have any kind of half-talented gunsmith in your area, s/he should be able to do it in 30-60 minutes. Sometimes vendors at gun shows will put them on while you wait, for a small up-charge.

Thanks, I understand there is a new type sight. Called something with "glo." But most seem to say their great in light, but no so great at night. Probably with just stick with GNS.

Smith & Wesson will make up "exclusives" for any distributor willing to order 5,000 guns. Talo has been doing this for a long time. Back in the early 1980s I bought a "limited edition" S & W stainless steel model 29 in .44 magnum. It featured a round butt (not available in their regular line) and a 2-1/2" barrel (also not available) and a finger grip wood grip. It looked really nice and the pretense was that it would retain its value better because of the exclusivity.

But it turned out to be a very popular model and shortly thereafter S & W added it to its regular line. Gone was the exclusivity.

So if you like the features and the price seems fair, then go ahead an buy it. But as a potential investment...not such a good idea.