Category Archives: Weapon Modifications

PHOTO OF THE DAY: APEX FAILURE RESISTANT EXTRACTOR FOR GLOCK

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As mentioned in previous posts, many current production Glocks suffer from extraction/ejection issues. Some of my recent production Glocks have been great right out of the box (such as my FDE Gen 4 Glock 19). Unfortunately, my brand new Gen 4 Glock 34 had an ejection pattern that looked like a lawn sprinkler. Thanks to Apex Tactical Specialties, this is no longer the case. If you have an extraction/ejection issue with your Glock, check out Apex Tactical’s Failure Resistant Extractor.

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My EOTech works flawlessly on Modern Warfare.

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A while back, my 9 year old son and I were playing Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on XBox, and I came to a realization.  The EoTech on my M4 on the screen was working “flawlessly”.  So, it became the running joke that the only place I’ve ever witnessed an EoTech run 100 percent is on Modern Warfare.  I’ve made this comment a couple of times in front of different shooters and it usually erupts into laughter.  Some get angry.  The “Aimpoint versus EOTech” is the ultimate “Ford versus Chevy” debate, and in the worlds of the interwebs it can get heated. Continue reading →

Grip Force Adapter: Making “perfection” a little more perfect

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For years I suffered from slide bite when shooting Glock pistols, especially the mid size guns like my issued 23.  Between fairly large hands and an aggressive grip I was almost assured to have the web of my shooting hand ripped open by the slide serrations by the end of the day.  The Grip Force Adapter has changed all that.

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Service Pistol Action Jobs- Smooth is better than light

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At just about every class we teach, we have a certain percentage of folks that show up with carry pistols with extremely light triggers.  Earlier this year, we taught a class out on the west coast for a large Sheriff’s Office.  This office has a VERY liberal firearms policy that accepted various types of aftermarket parts, and exceptionally light trigger work.  There were some M&Ps, Glocks, and M1911s with triggers that weighed in ounces.  On duty pistols. Continue reading →

Another View on the Mini Red Dot Sight from Trijicon (RMR02)

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I have been running a Trijicon RMR-02 Mini Red Dot Sight on my duty pistol for some time now. Earlier this year in March, after intentionally dropping the pistol while training with my back-up gun I noticed a significant zero shift. I re-zeroed the sight and did not have any more issues. Unfortunately, in early October, I experienced a repeated problem with the sight losing zero. So the sight went back to Trijicon for warranty repair.

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Review: MESA Tactical Urbino Stock

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Benelli M4 with MESA Tactical Urbino

I have always been a fan of the quality and durability of MESA Tactical products.  Let me also say that I am a, “buy-once, cry-once,” type of consumer.  I need it to work when I need it and I don’t want to ever find myself wondering about if my kit will work or malfunction when I need it most.  With the need to shorten the length of pull on both my pump-action and semi-auto shotguns, I installed MESA Tactical Urbino stocks on both my Remington 870 and my Benelli M4 Shotguns. They quickly solved the problem I had which stems from being cursed with arms the length of a T-rex. Continue reading →

Apex Tactical’s Gen 4 Glock Failure Resistant Extractor Now Available

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Apex Tactical’s long awaited Failure Resistant Extractor for the Glock Gen 4 is now available for ordering from their web store. Many shooters who have bought Glocks within the last few years have discovered their Glocks are ejecting cases erratically or even malfunctioning with stovepipe type malfunctions. My personal Glock 17 RTF worked fine for about 1000 rounds and suddenly began to fail to eject every 100 rounds or so. It was quite frustrating.

As mentioned in a previous blog post, I received a prototype extractor from Apex a while back, which improved the consistency of ejection and extraction of all the Glocks in which I dropped it in. This fix from Apex was able to do what countless other “fixes” from the Internet Peanut Gallery could not. In fact, it worked so well, my Glock was able to reliably extract and eject cases without a magazine inserted in the gun. This is something Glocks have never been able to do from the factory.

Note that this version is specifically for Gen 4 Glocks only, and a Gen 3 version will be coming along soon.

Source: Apex Tactical

 

 

Paint: A Guide to a Practical Finish for a Working Gun

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Paint.

It wasn’t all that long ago that if you wanted your rifle colored to break up the distinctly black outline of Gene Stoner’s creation, you grabbed a can of Krylon, and did it yourself. Of course, some painful lessons were learned along the way about which parts should not be painted, and how best to keep paint off of those parts. Thanks to the internet, and communities of “gun guys” popping up all over it, some were able to avoid the early pitfalls, and come through the Kryloning of a high dollar investment without many vulgarities escaping our lips.

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