Written on Jan 15, 2025
This product looks great on the hellcat and matches the aesthetic nicely. This isn't really a performance upgrade as there's really nothing high speed about a takedown lever but it went in smooth, operates smoothly and the grooves match the slide serrations nicely. Looks very good on the gun!
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Written on Oct 24, 2024
I bought this belt to work underneath my duty belt at work. It's rigid and does a great job holding up the exterior duty belt and it's nice to be able to adjust the inner with just the push of a button. When I'm not wearing the exterior belt, it's a great EDC belt and supports my firearm and holster really well.
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Written on Apr 27, 2024
This barrel will not make you more accurate. There's no magic sauce that you apply to the firearm to make it accurate and you can't spend your way out of low skill. However, this barrel does improve the ballistics of the Hellcat Pro over a stock non-threaded barrel and it will increase the overall accuracy potential of the firearm provided you have the skills to employ it accurately.
This is my second True Precision barrel (first one was for my original Hellcat OSP) and the fit and finish is a higher quality on this one than the first. It feels smoother to chamber, cleans better, and overall feels higher quality than my first buy. I like that it has the index point for compensators as I will likely add the Herrington Arms comp to my Hellcat Pro soon.
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Written on Mar 16, 2024
This is a great feeling trigger! Nice crisp break and it runs fast. It's my first flat faced trigger and I appreciate that aesthetic. I also really like that it's a drop in trigger. AR triggers aren't hard to install to begin with but it is nice to just take two anti walk pins out and be able to clean the trigger/ lower. Great value overall.
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Written on Jan 06, 2024
I bought this to use with my Holosun HE510C which I was previously using a much cheaper UTG magnifier with. However, the HM3XT is lighter, crisper in the image and seems to have better light transmission. Also, the flip aside option is much simpler. To engage or disengage it you simply push or pull it in and out of your field of view. On the UTG you had to pull the magnifier back towards you to release it from its index whether to engage or disengage. On the SIG Juliet magnifier I have, you need to depress a button to unlock the magnifier so you can flip it in and out of view.
I have had no issues with the HMX3T flipping in and out of my way without these retention systems. The detent or whatever they use seems sufficient enough.
One tiny gripe is that I wish the magnifier sat just a tad higher. Even with the larger cowitness spacer, it barely clears my backup iron sight. I also cannot open the rear sight with the magnifier engaged. Also, I wish the magnifier had a larger eye relief. You really do have to lean in pretty hard to get a clear sight picture.
All in all, you're getting what you pay for. Usually I feel that with Holosun youre getting a screaming deal but with this, you're paying a premium for what is a very good product. It seems to be a simple, quality built optic and I'm glad I bought it.
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Written on Dec 07, 2023
This was a nice upgrade for my Dagger. It made it so I don't have to change my firing grip to drop the magazine which really speeds up reloads. It protrudes enough however that I needed to Dremel away a little bit of my T.Rex Arms holster to get it to fully seat without depressing the mag release.
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Written on Dec 07, 2023
Binary triggers are extremely fun and this is my second trigger from Franklin Armory. My first trigger (for the 10/22) was tricky to install but that comes with the territory. This time around it was tricky to install and some of the parts were out of spec. One of the hammer pin spacers was not completely machined so the hammer pin would only insert up to the rim at the end of the spacer and not slide through. Fortunately I have a Dremel and was able to remove the portion where the spacer hadn't been fully bored and now the hammer pin slides right in as designed.
After I completed install, the trigger would not go binary in binary mode. I watched the function check videos and read the instructions but they don't tell you how to resolve the problem if you fail a function check. Very irritating. I ended up finding a video of someone having the same problem on a Franklin AR trigger so I followed their steps on how to polish the trigger components to make them run. This mostly resolved the issue where it works in dry fire 100 percent and in live fire about 90 percent. However it meant doing install and disassembly several more times while I worked to get it polished enough.
One note to make is that in the past I have had to replace lost or worn parts and Franklin charges out the butt for them which is why I used a Dremel instead of bothering with their poor customer service. There's a possibility that you'll pay a premium trigger price for a "meh" piece of equipment that you'll
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Written on Dec 02, 2023
This ammunition was EXTREMELY inconsistent and had about 80 percent failure to cycle the slide on my Glock 42 which has previously enjoyed similar ammunition. The primers showed varying signs of pressure once fired and sometimes the load seemed incredibly hot but mostly they were extremely soft and would not eject. All of the rounds insanely dirty and smokey. Concerned it was something with the firearm I disassembled and detail cleaned it, removing the striker and cleaning all the components. Returned to the range, ran more of the rounds with the same results, tried different magazines, no success. Finally I had a squib round and the powder did not burn and lodged a round in the barrel. I stopped using the ammo and contacted Ammo Inc.
Ammo Inc. was incredibly helpful and quick to respond to my request for comment. I sent them my photos and the lot number and they sent me a shipping label and refunded all the ammo back. (I only made it through 30 rounds of the 500 I purchased from Optics Planet).
While customer service was great and I've really enjoyed Ammo Inc's products in the past, this stuff was incredibly dangerous and even at the reduced price point, was an unfortunate experience.
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Written on Dec 02, 2023
I like this magnifier for the glass clarity and simplicity of use. I have a couple other magnifiers and they have some kind of release to press or some way to manipulate the magnifier to make it flip aside. This one has a simple, solid index point which makes flipping it up and down easy but has enough retention to avoid having it accidentally flip aside. I really like that it includes the spacer needed for lower 1/3 co-witness which is how I'm running my Holosun 510c (I did have to purchase the riser for that separately).
One star off for weight, and the fact that the front bezel extends beyond the mount and makes it take up an extra T slot on the picatinny rail. I wish I could bump my 510C flush to the magnifier but when I do, the front bezel catches on the 510c.
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