Recreational shooting and other stuff
Midwest Industries offers an excellent 4.875″ M-LOK Handguard upgrade for the Ruger PC Charger. This is one of my favorite firearms, for several reasons. While it’s considered a pistol, it bridges the gap between a handgun and carbine. Sized like a submachine gun, but in semi-auto configuration only, it’s a fun range toy or very … Read more
In high school, I took college-prep courses. Probably not a big surprise, coming from a writer. But I also took all the shop classes. Woodshop, metal shop, electronics, and auto shop. And metal shop was my favorite. Welding, casting, milling, and turning stuff on a lathe appealed to me. Working with metal was awesome, knowing … Read more
If you like happy endings, this Ultimate Trigger Kit story is for you. It all started out last year, when I was scraping together parts for a few projects. I reached out to friends, looking for a spare 10/22 trigger group. One of them provided the saddest trigger group I had ever seen. Sure, he … Read more
My PSA Dagger Glock 19 clone project is starting to feel like Groundhog Day. This is my third build, and some details are a bit repetitive. What’s new though is this sweet custom slide and PVD coated barrel from STS Firearms. As mentioned previously, I decided to forgo the complete $299 Dagger, and instead spec … Read more
Next up in my PSA Dagger Glock 19 clone project is the G19 Gen 3 from Tactical Kinetics. While the Dagger is available as a complete handgun for as little as $299, I’d much rather spec my own slide and barrel. I suspect many others will too. This DIY route means buying the complete $99 … Read more
It’s time to wrap up my Project Victory. I started with a pretty good base – the S&W Performance Center version of their SW22 Victory. From there, I did some simple mods, replacing the grips and adding a halo Charging Ring. Then I upgraded the horrible (in my opinion) safety, and swapped out the barrel. … Read more