Jer from United States, IN Public Profile

*Long review, but it's been a long process with this thing that I think warrants explanation*

I thought that this was going to be a good budget friendly pre-assembled slide for my Glock 19 build, but unfortunately turned out to be out of spec. Either the barrel or the front of the slide was off, and it managed to break 3 different front sights. The barrel was hitting the front sight screw during cycling, or at least that's the best theory myself and some others can come up with.

The installed front sight broke off the very first range trip I took the slide to. I wasn't too bothered, because I was planning on replacing it with trijicon night sights anyway. Once I installed the trijicon's, I took it the the range again, and the front sight worked its way loose. Figured it was user error and maybe I didn't put enough (or maybe too much) loctite on. Re-installed, took it to the range again, and a few magazines in I noticed that the front sight was missing. I found the hexagonal screw head on the bench, which had been sheared off of the screw. Couldn't find the actual front sight. Got a replacement front sight from Trijicon, thinking that maybe it was the front sight being out of spec or something that I managed to mess up during install. Took it to the range, 2 mags in and the front sight was loose again. Brought the slide to a local gunsmith, who couldn't find anything wrong with it. He took the front sight off, cleaned it, loctited it, reinstalled. Brought it to the range a f

I bought this for my PSA Dagger frame. Haven't shot it yet, but the thumb rest sits right where I would want it to and feels sturdy/well made. The only issue was getting it in. I think that's more of a Dagger problem, as even the new Dagger releases seem to have super annoying trigger pins. Once I got the old pin out and the new pin in, no issues.

Also, as a plus for me, the thumb rest fits inside of my Orpaz T40X holster. I've got a Streamlight TLR-1 on the Dagger and there's a grove inside the holster that is used for adjustments, and the thumb rest just happens to fit in. It's a bit stiff, but totally workable. I'm probably one of the few people who uses an Orpaz holster, but if you've got the G19 T40X with the large flashlight, it'll work. Was an unexpected but welcome surprise not having to buy a new holster.

Got this admin pouch to put above my mag pouches on a plate carrier. It's definitely small, arguably too small to make an effective IFAK (which is what I was hoping to make it), but it's turned out to be nice storage for a small notepad/pens/lights sticks/snacks. It barely fit my phone lengthwise, and I don't have a particularly large phone. It's thin enough that it doesn't block my mags when I pull them out of the pouches. I didn't even mess with the included attachment system, after looking at the reviews and seeing it for myself I just took the straps off and used some leftover High Speed Gear pouch clips I had. Overall quality seems good, but I haven't taken it out and put it through it's paces yet.

Overall, it's a pretty good pouch for holding small items that may not have anywhere else to go. I wouldn't get it if you're trying to make a small IFAK or to use as a primary admin pouch, but for a boo boo kit or secondary admin pouch it gets the job done.

I was looking for a plate carrier that would mainly be used for training and SHTF, and I think it's going to work great. I'm a smaller guy (maybe a medium guy, but on the smaller side of the spectrum) and it's a great fit on me. Snug with 2 plates in, but plenty of room to adjust. I can definitely see why some bigger people have some trouble with it. Only "problem" I've had with it so far is that there are lots of threads that weren't clipped or are dangling off. I took some time to run a lighter over the threads that needed it, which isn't a big deal, but makes me wonder what long term durability is going to be like. First impressions are good, though.