I wanted a place to discuss my handguns and firearms in general. Everyone seemingly has lots to say about guns, so I promise you this won't be a rant blog.
I ordered a new holster to accommodate the new weapon-mounted light, as well as several more mags for the Kuna.
It’s another QVO More Discreet IWB holster, but without a fabric print. I’ll be using this as an AIWB holster.
This holster is black kydex with the same additional options as my first one – metal wing, and two belt clips, with the holster keying off of an Olight PL.
I’ll have to add velcro so that I can attach a wedge to it. This may be the time to use my Masterminds Tactics pillow wedge. Or, I can order more of their foam wedges (which I’m currently using). Another choice would be to just pull that foam wedge from my current holster so that I can use it on the new holster.
So this Saturday, I’ll add the new light to the Attila and begin using the new holster, after adding a wedge to the holster.
Also on the way are three ProMag magazines for my Kuna. ProMags for Kunas have a good reputation (from what I’ve heard/seen). These were cheaper than buying three more Kuna magazines. They were $16 each.
I plan to visit the range this Friday (tomorrow) and Saturday, I’ll probably shoot the Kuna tomorrow, to test the new mags. As always, I shoot my CC gun when I visit the range, even if it’s only a mag or two.
This video details my ownership experience with the gun thus far.
1082 rounds have been shot out of the gun. There have been no feed/extract issues. There have been no reliability issues whatsoever.
As well, due to YouTube being extremely tyrannical, I’ve taken extra steps to ensure my videos are compliant with their terms of service. Because of that, there’s a banner being depicted when embedding the video into this blog post. This is something I can’t avoid. Apologies.
Below is the Rumble link. Although I’d rather use Rumble (to counter YouTube tyranny), YouTube gets far more traffic. I’ve had little success in getting my Rumble-posted videos to gain traction.
The pink elephant in the room: Yes, this is a Chinese brand. No, I’ve no problem purchasing Chinese merchandise.
The outstanding packaging surprised me. The instructions are good, too.
I love the fact that it’s rechargeable (the Streamlight TLR-7X is also rechargeable).
I was able to quickly install it on my Springfield Armory Prodigy DS Compact. I haven’t yet tried to install it on my Alpha Foxtrot Attila, as I’m still awaiting for the new holster to be built (it will accommodate the PL-X light).
The light is extremely bright and can be easily configured and managed.
It’s build quality feels more expensive (by a lot) than the TLR-7X. It is rock solid and has heft.
I mainly was curious about the PL-X because I hate the little c-clips that Streamlight uses as retaining clips. They’re very small and difficult to manage. I’ve already lost one and the light only comes with two of them. Yes, I can order more from Streamlight, but I’d have to buy an $18 pack of other equipment to get them. Yes, I can probably go to Ace Hardware to obtain some, but I’m not going to be chasing down such small parts just for the sake of a tactical light. I’d rather find a new light that doesn’t have such issues.
As with everything I buy, I’ll report if I’ve any issues with the light.
Yes, I ordered a second holster from QVO Tactical.
Why? I want to try the Olight PL-X weapon-mounted light and my current More Discreet holster will only accommodate the Streamlight TLR-7X.
This particular holster is barebones. Well, not really…as with the first holster, I opted for the metal wing and dual plastic clips, but I didn’t opt for an overlay and also opted to keep the black kydex.
I tried to cut costs, so the holster is somewhat minimal (at $88, with the options I chose).
I also ordered an Olight PL-X – it should arrive tomorrow.
Yesterday, I went to the range with a focus to push to 1000 rounds. I wouldn’t have been difficult, as I already had 861 rounds through the gun before yesterday’s range visit.
It how has 1084 rounds through it. There were no fails to feed or extract this range visit, nor with any range visit. The 1084 rounds were error-free.
I didn’t post the information here, but during the range visit previous to yesterday’s, the recoil spring assembly (RSA) deconstructed. I was not aware that the recoil spring rod was a two-piece system and is screwed together. Well, the pieces became unscrewed. I wasn’t even aware it happened because I was focused on the target when shooting. I emptied the magazine and then looked down on the table to see the recoil rod lying on the table. I shoot with a GoPro and, when I got home, I reviewed the footage. The rod popped out but the gun still operated – I was able to finish the magazine without issue.
Does that constitute a failure? No. There was no stoppage and the gun continued to function.
I was able to reconstruct the RSA and applied thread locker to the rod when reassemblying it.
Needless to say, I’m impressed, especially since I’m currently carrying the gun, but I’m still planning to buy a DPM recoil spring assemby to replace the OEM RSA.
Next, I plan to test a 15-round Glock 48 magazine. I just need to buy one online since I can’t find them locally.
So, the goal was to reach 1000 rounds. I’ve achieved that goal, now I need to work on the 1000 round review.
The next gun to push to 1000 rounds will be the Fusion Firearms XP Comp, and that’s going to be fun!
I bought a few extra Glock 17 magazines for my Fusion Firearms XPs. They arrived today.
I’ve a handful of KCI magazines (not the sets that came with my XPs). While they fit, I don’t like them, as the springs are really weak. They’re weak straight out of the packaging.
Well, I’ll give it to the KCI mags – at least they actually fit into the gun. The RWB Glock mags do not fit. I can get them maybe halfway inserted before they bind.
To be fair, I think Fusion Firearms built their XP guns around the KCI mags, as this is a common problem – the mag well is rather tight.
They fit now, though, because I took sandpaper to them. They fit, but they look like ass, even after using smaller grit sandpaper to lessen the coarseness of the scoring. They won’t drop out of the gun – I have to pull them out (they pull out with a very small amount of effort). Over time, they’ll wear-in.
This weekend, I’ll try to visit some local gun shops in an effort to obtain a few more mags. I don’t have time to order a different brand, as today is 6/26 and the new laws take affect on 7/1.
I mainly focused on obtaining magazines. I now have an adequate (barely) number of magazines for my 2011s and AR15.
I don’t have many for the Kuna, but I plan to buy a Nexus lower for it, so that I can use my CZ Scorpion mags (I’ve a ton of those).
I don’t need anything else. I’d have preferred to have had the time to buy a few more PCCs, but VA has run out of time for that. PCCs, AKs, and ARs will have to wait until we move out of VA (that’ll occur within the next 2-3 years).
Most VA folks are also focusing on SBRs and suppressors, but none of the upcoming new laws have anything to do with NFA items. I have no real need for SBRs or suppressors, and I’m not wanting to even jump through the hoops of obtaining either one of those parts.
As many firearms-associated companies appear to be telling Virginians that they’re no longer going to ship merchandise to VA, I’m not even sure how that will affect obtaining wear items such as firing pins, magazine internals, and recoil springs. I’ve many guns, so I’m not going to be stocking up on spare gun parts for all of them. I’ll just have to find companies that are willing to sell/ship to VA citizens.
For those of you that live in VA, please consider donating to the Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL), Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and the Gun Onwers of America (GOA). Those three organizations have been doing good work for Virginia citizens and it takes money to help them help us.
I’m going to say right up front – this shit is lame as fuck.
Yes, they can make their own policies, but they should be expected to acknowledge their own policies and also follow them. They should not be allowed to pretend there’s a violation when there’s not a violation.
Removing content without providing a reason is bad – how are folks supposed to learn if they’re not provided the information to improve? It’s like slapping a 7 year old because they did something wrong but not explaining what they did wrong. It’s abusive.
What happened? I posted the Attila “table top” video, the exact same video as posted here:
Maybe a month or so after I posted it to Youtube, I got a warning that the content was a policy violation. The notice didn’t say what was violated.
The appeal process is a straight-up joke – they don’t allow you to ask questions, and in this case, the appeal was denied immediately, almost as if it were automated. You also are only allowed one appeal – they ignore all subsequent appeal attempts.
The warning notice states to read their firearms policy, which I did. I then rewatched the video. I didn’t see a violation.
They do not tell you the exact violation but insist that a policy was violated. They also state that you can take a quick training course to remove the warning – why do this is there was no violation? I will not take that training. They also state that if you get another warning within 90 days of the first warning, you get a channel strike. It’s like they’re trying to force you to take the training, which is a joke if you’ve not violated a policy.
Youtube also provides timestamp of the violation (but don’t share details on what policy was violated). In my case, it highlighted a portion of the video where I pulled the firearm out of it’s pistol case (the gun was shipped in that case). This portion of the video, timestamp 3:45, is what was flagged.
They give you the opportunity to remove the timestamped area that they highlight and also give you the opportunity to resubmit. In this case, I removed what they thought was a violation and the resubmittal was denied – they said what was removed was insufficient. WTH. They pointed to the timestamp, I removed, that portion, and they then changed up and said what I removed wasn’t enough.
Everything I tried was rejected but no details were given.
I suspect that their AI didn’t like the fact that the gun had a tag. That tag isn’t legible (I obfuscated the text before I posted the video). I didn’t mention any websites within the video and there are no web links attached to the video. The video is age-limited. I was not selling any guns – that’s clearly apparent in the video. How does a fucking illegible tag that is attached to a gun equate to me selling a gun?
I went to X.com and asked TeamYouTube for a manual review (I did this on 6/7/2026). They replied and said they’d look into it and asked that I follow them so that they could DM me for additional details (which they never did), and then they promptly forgot the request. I reached out to them publicly on 6/19, asking them for a status. They tried to make it seem as if I missed a DM, and I replied, saying that I didn’t miss anything – they never reached out to me between 6/7 and 6/19. They sent me a DM 20 minutes later stating that, “Unfortunately, the video violates our firearms policy” and referred me to the policy. I informed them that I read that policy on 6/7 and it didn’t suffice, as I’m unsure of what portion of the policy was violated. I also told them that I still do not understand what portion of the policy was violated. They pretty much ghosted me after their DM.
I think they use DM so that folks can’t see how badly they’re handling these. I also think that they may be purposely being obtuse so that they can quickly remove and/or shut down channels. Some of this may be AI, but even the humans are being super shady when folks reach out to them for support. There’s a LOT of folks that have been adversely impacted by YouTube staff members being insensitive and purposely unhelpful.
Also, I’ve said this before – Rumble IS NOT A SOLUTION to the issue of YouTube being tyrannical. A small majority of internet users are using Rumble, small enough to not really be a good tool to advocate for firearms usage and education. Most of my Rumble videos have very little hits. Most of the more popular guntubers have very little visitors to their Rumble channels when compared to their YouTube channels. It’s quite clear that Google/YouTube has an unfair monopoly as far as social media is concerned.
At one point, the government was pushing for more transparency from YouTube – what happened with that? Nothing at all.
My problem is with one video removal. My worry is that if YouTube isn’t being forced to be transparent and forthcoming with “policy violations”, they can do this with every single video I own, and my channel is small – I’m making no revenue from YouTube. There are folks that depend upon YouTube revenue (that are not even providing firearms content) that have had their revenue pulled because YouTube insists they’re violating a policy that whey won’t share in detail. That is bad.
What’s crazy is that there’s videos on YouTube of folks showing their camel toes and such and that’s OK to share as content, but this particular video isn’t allowed because it contains a firearm being shared as educational/sporting content.
Although I’ve a fair amount of mags, I went ahead and ordered more, mainly because I’ve very little for my AR15. I also bought more Glock 17 mags.
I ordered 5 AR15 mags and 3 Glock 17 mags. They should arrive approximately 6/24.
I hate ordering online because shipping prices are always high. I attempted to order them from one shop but couldn’t find a shop that had both mag types with reasonable prices. Shipping for both orders totalled $40 (WTF).
I’ll be heading to the range today and will check to see what mags they have there.
I’d been feeding my range money for their range ammo – I’d been buying ammo from Cabelas, but there’s no need of Cabela’s ammo prices are similar to my range’s ammo prices.
Even so, I usually try to buy ammo in bulk (1000 rounds). I used to buy from Bereli, mainly because they included shipping fees in the ammo pricing, but their prices have dramatically increased, from $230/case to $295/case!
I ended up buying Magtech zinc-plated steel case 115-grain for $199, with $12 tax and $29.95 shipping, for a total of $242.
Why Magtech? Magtech is good ammo (made in Brazil). Why steel cased? Why not? I’ve used steel cased ammo without issue in the past – mainly Blazer and Tula. I’ll post up if I’ve issues, though.
Per Gemini:
Magtech uses zinc coatings on their steel-cased ammunition primarily to prevent corrosion and to improve reliability. The zinc plating acts as a slick, protective barrier that ensures smooth feeding and ejection while leaving less fouling in your firearm’s chamber compared to traditional polymer or lacquer coatings. [1, 2]
The main reasons for this zinc coating include:
Corrosion Resistance: Zinc plating protects the raw steel casing from rusting, even in humid environments or during long-term storage. [1, 2, 3]
Smooth Functioning: It creates a sleek, low-friction surface. This allows the rounds to slide smoothly out of the magazine and extract flawlessly from a hot barrel without the gummy residue left by lacquer coatings. [1, 2]
Cleanliness: It burns cleaner than traditional coatings, reducing the amount of carbon buildup and gunk in your firearm. [1, 2]
Easy Cleanup: Because the casing is plated in steel/zinc, you can conveniently use a magnetic sweep-up stick to quickly gather your brass at the range. [1]
Because of these benefits, Magtech’s zinc-coated steel rounds are highly favored as affordable training and range ammunition. [1, 2]
