Jake De Muss from New Zealand, Public Profile

The advertised 16.1" barrel length was deceiving.

The 16.1" length was measured from the tip to tip with about 1.5" of the barrel inside the upper receiver, so the 15.5" hand guard that I purchased for it was too short. The barrel and thread didn't protrude out of the hand guard.

Don't waste your time and money!

First of all, the kit comes with a proprietary hand-guard, proprietary barrel nut, barrel sleeve, but no barrel nut installation tool or instructions. You'll have to find a tool that will work to tighten the barrel nut without tearing it up.

Second, you'll have to align the index screws on the hand-guard to the barrel nut open slots with the sleeve installed, but that works fine when I hand tightened the barrel nut.

Once I tightened the barrel nut, everything went out of alignment and not timed anymore. I ended up cutting the left and right slots off the barrel nut to get the sleeve to align with the hand-guard screw holes.

First of all, I didn't read the fine print from Midwest Industries website. *Non-Ruger aftermarket receivers and accessories may or may not fit this chassis* and *Not Compatible with aftermarket trigger groups and drop in triggers*. Who would spend all that money to upgrade their chassis and reinstall factory parts?

And yes, non-OEM receivers might not fit or and align properly. The AR grip adapter wasn't chamfered, so the sharp edges will cut your grip fingers. Also, the buffer tube set screw sticks out too far and will also cut the web of your hand. Who designed this chassis?

Overall, this was a waste of my time and my money, so do yourself a favor and get something else. If I wanted to stay stock, I would keep my Ruger 10/22 stock. I also have the Timber Creek 10/22 Enforcer chassis and it was built right. Everything, including aftermarket parts like TacSol X-Ring VR receiver and Volquartsen TG2000 trigger group fit perfectly.

This muzzle brake is very small! It measures about 1/2" wide and 1-3/4" long. I'm using it on my Ruger 10/22, so it worked out, but I wouldn't use it on a 223/556 caliber firearms.

For $1,645 MSRP, you would think you would get perfection. Nope, not with this Trinity Nevada P320 Pirho slide that I bought from OpticsPlanet. First of all, there were tooling and machining marks that shouldn't have been on something this expensive and the PVD finish on the slide only lasted only a few dozen rounds. Also after a few dozen rounds, the front sight flew off. The sight wasn't even pressed in, but it was glue in. Nice try UNLV post-grad engineers!!! To me, this slide has all of Taurus quality at a Staccato price!

On Range Day #1, inserted the magazine and dropped the slide, but the round hung up. I did this a couple of times, but got the same result. Packed up everything and took the pistol home. I looked through everything and discovered that the extractor assembly was bent and caused the extractor to seize up. To be on the safe side, I replaced the entire assembly with the $100 Rival slide complete kit.

On Range Day #2, I inserted the magazine, dropped the slide, the round chambered, and the slide went into battery. Great! I pulled the trigger, the round went off, but the slide wouldn't lock back. The Trinity Nevada came with a recoil tuning kit (Red 12lb, green 14lb, and blue 15lb, with the green installed). None of them worked, so I swapped them out for the DPM 3 springs and 3 plugs combo, but none of them worked and the slide still wouldn't cycle. It was still a single shot pistol. After 100 rounds, I got tired of racking the slide and too

I have the Icarus Precision ACE 320 PRO Competition aluminum grip, Icarus Precision ACE 320 SOCOM Full Size grip, and just bought the Timber Creek P320 Full Size Pro grip. I can say that the TC is a good copy of the discontinued Icarus Precision ACE 320 PRO Competition aluminum grip, but less expensive.

They are similar in weight, but the TC grip is definitely thicker and heftier in several places. However, the TC grip doesn't have the provision to add the five tungsten rods like the Icarus, so you're short changed almost 3 ounces, which makes the TC grip top heavy IMO. Also, the TC doesn't come with manual safety cuts, so I plan to add that soon.

The reason Strike Industries said it' not compatible with the 21-round magazines was because they only provided you with the 13-coil spring. The SI Aluminum Extended Magazine Plate comes with 14-coil spring. I ended up buying the 14-coil spring from Henning Group for less than $8 and now I have a 26-round magazine that will work with an SI EMP Pocket Clip and magwell. No issues with functionality and locked back on the last round and you can drop these plastic EMP on the ground all day.

Here's the instruction from the Strike Industries web site. If you want bullets facing forward and magazine in left hand pocket, pick RIGHT side EMP Clip. With this accessory, you can easily attach this clip to any compatible Strike Industries Extended Magazine Plate (EMP) for a fast, fumble-free draw.

However, Strike Industries neglected to mention that the instruction only applies to the polymer EMP with the mount hole on the back side. The P320 aluminum EMP has the mount hole on the front side, so the instruction was the opposite.

I bought six Strike Industries 5-Round Extended Magazine Plates for my Sig Sauer P320 OEM 21-round magazines and none of the OEM magazines will take more than +3 rounds. All of the P320 21-round magazines bottomed out at 24 rounds, instead of the advertised 26 (21+5). This was used with the Strike Industries supplied extended magazine springs. I should have watched the YouTube video reviews before I bought this!!!

On August 31, 2023, the P365 Trybe barrels were on clearance at less than $60, so I took my chances and I bought a P365 TiN barrel. Even though the reviews were mainly negative fitment issues, but I could always hand fit it, if I had to.

Anyway, I installed the Trybe barrel in my P365 Spectre Comp Custom Works slide, checked for fitment issues, and found non. I shot several hundred rounds through the barrel without a single issue, so not sure what all the cryin' and whinin' were about.