Patriotic Realist from United States, OH Public Profile

As expected, this cartridge trigger kit has an excellent, light and crisp trigger break and short reset. Scorpion can be viewed as one of the more budget military proven SMG's out there. I had the Stribog, but it's controls are funky. This trigger along with your chosen improved furniture can make it a much better option without buying a $2k+ Sig product.
One of the issues with the Scorpion aside from the trigger not being that great (I had the spring kit in it previously which helped a little bit) is the ridiculously tight safety lever. This Timney kit replaces the safety detent system and improves it massively. If you look at the photo you can see the little pin poking down from the top of the safety drum hole (the safety drum is what the safety levers fasten to). That is the safety detent that operates on the safety drum. It now operates with a spring loaded pin that rides on the safety drum just like an AR15 safety detent. The original safety is just a fixed sheetmetal "finger" with very little flex. Note that, on the photo, there is an allen key on the top of the cartridge; you can ADJUST the tension of the safety detent and therefore the safety levers. Be sure to loosen it slightly when installing the safety drum to make it easier on the user to get the safety drum fitted through the cartridge. This isn't mentioned in the instruction.
All told, this makes the little Scorpion a much improved gun. Don't question it; if your Scorpion is a suppressor host or defensive wea

The charging handle is great; it shows up with primarily bright steel shaft; not black as the pic shows. Beware of the appropriate method to remove and install charging handles on the CZ handguard. It requires the retaining pin to be pulled out, the handle pushed very slightly forward and then the pin pushed back in against it to compress the spring clip on the front of the charging handle so it can be drawn all the way out.
I had a Pakse handguard on my CZ and it does NOT fit with that HG. I expect the Pakse HG has a tighter charging handle channel (or perhaps warped). I chose to revert back to the stock handguard (which is 1.9 oz heavier) to utilize the bigger charging handle. If the stock was shaved of the side/bottom pic rails and converted to M-LOK it would likely be lighter since it's tapered at the top unlike the PAKSE.

I bought one of these with a Gen3 for my PSA AK-104 SBR. The rail fits fine. If you run the screw down until it first bottoms out it will be loose both laterally and somewhat longitudinally. You just need to tighten it a bit further and it will flex/squeeze a bit to remove any play at all. Don't forget to blue locktite all your fasteners once you have it all adjusted at the range!

The AK handguard fits just fine on my PSA AK-104. Note that I modified my factory front handguard retainer as it comes from the factory as a lot thicker than a COMBLOC retainer. I used a dremel to shave the inner bearing surface where it caps over the lower handguard. Other than that, the PSA front trunion has a different profile than the COMBLOC trunions. You must file these "nubs" that slot into the front of the receiver to avoid fouling on the truinon. The entire handguard is one piece aluminum and is very easy to file so GO SLOWLY. Also, file it at an angle so it gets tighter as it gets closer to being slid all the way into place. With this method you will have some leeway when going from "won't fit" to "too loose". At the end, I tapped it in the last 1/8" with a mallet and it fit nice and tight.
With respect to the sling swivel hole on the front, I noticed some sling swivels didn't lock in and some did, but I have chinesium and magpul/bcm/etc, so nothing certain on that front. Note that the swivel hole is only on the left side, not right.

I have a number of Aero parts and uppers, etc. I have never had issue with them and I don't expect much different with this one. The Atlas handguards are one of the best. I did, however, find that this specific lower with No Forward Assist would NOT fit a Radian Raptor SD charging handle. The tabs would fit in the slot but would slide to a halt about halfway to latching in storage position. The latch fits other uppers. Must be a faulty upper which is likely not made by Aero.

I won't comment on the nature of it's effect on sound, sound direction and recoil, etc. I will leave that to you to consider. The item is designed to thread into the endcap threads of the suppressor. You remove the endcap and install the cap on the end of the E-Brake that is seen in the photo. The square sided and knurled surface on the back of the E-Brake in the photo is NOT part of the E-Brake but rather that is the tool needed to remove the endcap from your suppressor and install it on the end of the E-Brake. It has four pins to fit into your endcap. The rear of the E-Brake looks to be closed off down to at least the size of the 30 caliber endcap, so it doesn't really "open up" the front end of the suppressor. I just wanted to point out this in the review as it was hard to find info on it.

I have used a fair number of different clips for MOLLE. These TT Malice clips work very well. They are a bit on the chunky side, so if you have a very tight fitting MOLLE web (like HSGI tends to do) beware they're going to take a bit more work to pull through. If you are aiming for a tighter fit for critical items then these Malice clips are the way to go. They also work quite well if you merely wish to quick-weave the pouch in place instead of weaving back and forth. Their other option, the 'fight light' version are very easy to weave through but are very loose and thin; I personally don't recommend them for most things.
I did deduct one star for a caveat. The product is described as working for 3 rows with the option to use the second (inboard) hole to reduce it's length for 2 row application. This is not very accurate as it only reduces length to 2.5 rows; you'll have loose clips. I do NOT understand why they don't make a two row Malice clip; most modern warbelts are two-row only and could benefit from actual properly shortened clips. A HSGI Slim Grip belt is very popular and effective; it has only two rows and I'd like to keep those magpouches tight. The situation becomes worse with pouches that don't have 'every row' MOLLE to customize your weave.

I have worn the Fugitive GTX Wide for many years (they are built narrow). It is my favorite boot and I always have at least one good pair for daily wear and a second, older pair for "around the farm" or other work that would potentially damage and wear the boots. I chose the Asolo Fugitives after trying a number of pairs of other brands and found them to have an extremely supportive ankle design and yet they're very lightweight and agile. I can walk very quietly and nimbly with them which is useful at times.
I bought a set of Falcons to try for a bit of a 'dressier' option since the Fugitives have hard soles (I have ankle injuries to contend with that require you to walk carefully, etc.) and visually look like a more hiking-style boot. The Falcon seems to be a nice low visual profile 'grey' boot. The soles are definitely softer and don't last quite as long (I have seen some small chunks break out in the middle of the soles), but they do indeed provide a lighter duty option to the Fugitives and somewhat grippier. If the Falcon were reformulated for a more durable sole they would be a great contender.

The Grey Ghost Gear minimalist plate carrier is an excellent option for an armed citizen or other individual with similar needs. If you are LEO or military you can obviously get Berry Amendment compliant (USA made) for several times more cost for free. The GGG minimalist is an excellent example of a low profile plate carrier. It has a very extensive velcro flap for the bottom (yes, if it all came open your plate could slide down and out; that's pretty impractical, though). The straps are low profile for staying out of the way of other parts of your gear. I particularly prefer the simple 2" SRB closure on the sides with some elastication to it. It makes it easy to bend and move without feeling like you're in a skintight oil drum. It also stays away from any gear on a warbelt which is very important. Cummberbund systems or 'airweight' molle web systems for the side are just excess weight, complexity and strapping to wrestle with if you aren't mounting side plates.
The plate carrier has 6 columns of MOLLE front and back and a bit for velcro nametapes at the top with a grab handle on the rear. I have sewns some tactical gear with the proper sewing machines in the past so I can look at the stitching with a relatively well trained eye and it seems satisfactory to me. It's basic, seems durable enough and no frills; exactly what an armed citizen should be looking for. If you overload yourself you cannot be effective. If you have too much useless stuff on yourself you cannot be effec

These sights are really considered proper lower cowitness with some aftermarket slide cuts made by third parties (that are deeper cut than factory). With the factory MOS Glock pistols, it is BARELY visible. With the iron sights lined up properly I have just the bottom part of the front sight's colored ring occluded by the optic; maybe 5 o'clock to 7 o'clock. I would call this noticeably BELOW a "lower third co-witness"; I'd call it "minimal cowitness". Personally I find it perfect; the ironsights are backup after all. Note that this is with a Holosun 508t; another optic may vary.
The night sights are passably bright; about the same a Trijicons but not like TruGlo TFX Pro sights.